...Evan Galleto AB POLITICAL SCIENCE 2A JEFFREY BALLARET INTRODUCTION TO HUMANITIES 101 September 19, 2013 Table of Contents Objectives of the Study - - - - - - - 2 SCUPLTURE - - - - - - - 3 MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES- - - - - - - 3 Carving - - - - - - - 3 Modelling - - - - - - - Objectives of the Study * To further understand the importance of sculpture. * To know more about the different kinds of sculpture. * SCUPLTURE Sculpture (Latin sculpere, “to carve”), three-dimensional art concerned with the organization of masses and volumes. The two principal types have traditionally been freestanding sculpture in the round and relief sculpture. MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Sculpture can be made from almost any organic or inorganic substance. It puts together into a beautiful, meaningful shape such materials as wood, stone, metal and other hard materials. The processes specific to making sculpture date from antiquity and, up to the 20th century, underwent only minor variations. These processes can be classified according to materials—stone, metal, clay, and wood; the methods used are carving, modelling, and casting. Carving A procedure dating from prehistoric times, carving is a time-consuming and painstaking process in which the artist subtracts, or cuts away, superfluous material until the desired form is reached. The material is usually hard and frequently weighty; generally, the design is compact and is governed by...
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...Tonya Lewis Professor Neissner English 100 12 February 2015 How to Carve a Pumpkin! Ah, Halloween…it is that wonderful time of year when everyone in the neighborhood comes together to adopt new identities, gorge on free candy, and frighten small children. Littering their yards with cheap Styrofoam gravestones. There is nothing more representative of that crisp autumn night than the sight of a plump Pumpkin grinning merrily on one’s front stoop? People get very creative when carving pumpkins some people choose not to carve them but paint them. No one is born wise in the ways of goo and knives. These are learned skills. With this handy guide, a person should gain the ability to carve a wonderful looking pumpkin. To carve a pumpkin a person needs to pick out the one he or she chooses, clean all the goop and seeds out of it, and then carve and display it. First of all, the size, and shape of the pumpkin are very important. Be sure to choose the right size pumpkin to go along with whatever design they wish to create. People will be going to the grocery store or the pumpkin patch to find a pumpkin suitable for a Jack-O-Lantern makeover. One of my favorite memories as a child was going to the pumpkin patch and I would run through the fields looking for the perfect one along with my siblings. Keep in mind that the bigger the pumpkin, the longer it will take to clean it out. So choose a pumpkin that is between 12 and...
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... The African continent has one of teh richest resources of art tradition in the world. Archeological excavation has therown more light on the history, culture and art of the people of Africa. The yoruba people of Nigeria must have had many more wood carvings than any other Nigerian people. Indeed, perhaps, no people in the world have done as much wood carvings as they have. Thier principal gods or Orisa are carved specially in woods and these carvings are used by thier worshippers during regious and annual festivals. In the olden days the doors and varanders posts of important houses were carved. Some of these ancient carvings can still be found in very old houses. The Yorubas are also rich in ivory carving and thier works rank among the best you can think of. In the northern part f Nigeria, wood carving is virtually non-existent. This is so principally because of the Absence of suitable wood for carving. These are however, somecarvings of domestic utensils and drums. The part of ghe country is predominatly savannah forest. Wood carvings in the Benue River are highly interesting. Among these are the horned, red-painted head dresses of the Mama and Rindri of the Wamba District. These carvings are simple in form and give an impression of birdlike lightness. They are related in type of curious head-dresses of the Chamba...
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...Dwarika’s Story The history of The Dwarika’s Hotel is intertwined with the life and times of its founder, Dwarika Das Shrestha. Dwarika Das Shrestha was an extraordinary human being – a true visionary who was acutely aware of his own identity, the changing world around him and his responsibility towards it. His story is one of inspiration borne out of struggle and torment, the relentless pursuit of an aesthetic ideal, and one man’s determination to make a difference. Early beginnings Being born into a relatively affluent Newar family, Dwarika Das Shrestha was sent to school in India at the tender age of six. With less than one percent of the Nepali population being literate, in the early 1950s, as Nepal took its first steps towards democracy, it was ill equipped to face the challenges of modernisation. It stood at a position where it could neither fully embrace the dramatic changes that modernity brought, nor fully comprehend the value and potential of its ancient cultural heritage. Dwarika Das Shrestha completed his education with a degree in law and commerce in the early 1950s, and returned to Nepal with the dream of helping Nepal regain its past glory. His first business was the establishment of the first hotel in Nepal, Paras Hotel, in 1952, at a time when Nepal was yet to establish itself as a tourist destination. The hotel’s primary patrons were Indian and Nepali pilgrims who came to visit the Pashupati Temple. Back then, charging religious pilgrims for shelter was considered...
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...Running Head: WOOD-WORKS CARVINGS INVESTMENTS Wood-Works Carvings Investments Professor Daniel Terfassa PhD ACC557 May 19, 2013 Wood-Works Carvings Investments Describe the type of business you have created including: The product or service, and general staffing plan. Provide a rationale for your plan. Turning a lifelong hobby into a business is what has happened in the creation of Wood-Works Carvings. Wood -Works Carvings creates custom wood cabinets, furniture and carvings, that range in scale from miniature to full sized. In order to create such custom works it requires the company to lease out warehouse space for the milling process. Custom wood carvings have to be created by those that already haves the necessary skills and are familiar with how to operate the mill equipment. Wood-Work Carvings is a small company that will employ around forty people that will be employed in three broad departments, which range in areas of responsibilities from human resources, logistics management, and mill workers. Those that work in the human resources department will be critical in ensuring that the company brings in the right people with the right skill sets to move the company forward. This will act as the company’s filter when bringing people into the company, because there may be a great deal of qualified candidates but hiring the best of the best is what will make the company really stand out among the competition. The logistics management group will be...
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...the confines of their own immediate surrounding, and at times that was indeed the general condition of life. Nonetheless, it is important to note that in the late eight and early ninth centuries, Charlemagne not only ruled over an immense kingdom (all of modern-day France, Germany, the Low Countries, and Italy as far south as Calabria) but also had extensive diplomatic contact outside that kingdom, The Carolingian World). Charlemagne maintained regular, if somewhat testy, diplomatic relations with the emperor in Constantinople (at one point he tried to negotiate a marriage between himself and Byzantine Empress Irene in order to consolidate the two empires). Cunningham/Reich, 187. Ivory Carving One other art form that developed from the Carolingian love for the book is ivory carving. This technique was not unique to Charlemagne’s time; it was known in the ancient world and...
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... Among the social institutions of ancient Rome, public baths were unique for their inclusive rather than exclusive policy and their vast appeal to the masses regardless of sex, color, creed, or wealth. Roman baths . What is more interesting, although we have considerable evidence for social segregation in many other institutions of public entertainment, such as the theater, the amphitheater, the stadium and the circus where sits or blocks of seats were formally and rigidly reserved for certain classes or groups, the same groups in mentioned in their benefaction charters appear to have mixed in public baths without restrictions. (Yegul 2010) when fine polished stones are carved, the strong light and reflections conceal the carving. The carving could best be seen by turning the carved part against a strong light." In alerting us to the importance of light, Ghiberti must have been speaking from experience, for the subtleties of his own bronze doors, with their gilding and miniaturist detail, practically disappear on a sunny day (Halls 2000). A change in location as well as a change in light can radically alter the impact and meaning of sculpture. chose to analyze the piece titled Akkadian Ruler that was created between 2300-2200 BCE in the...
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...Highway 90 Tree Sculptor ART100 Highway 90 Tree Sculptor The beautiful tree sculptures that I get to see every day on my commute to work were created by Marlin Miller a native of Manson, Iowa. Miller has created over 30 sculptures and some reach heights of 3 stories (Negrottosgallery.com). Miller uses dead trees that were left behind from Hurricane Katrina as his medium along with several other carving tools and a chainsaw. His pieces bring life back to the beach roads, the same roads that were demolished by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The subject matter would be the oak wood that is used along with the various stains and coatings that he adorns his pieces with. Miller uses various lines and patterns to recreate mostly sea animals and other various figures to display along the medians on Highway 90 in Biloxi MS. His work is viewed from tourists all over the world and respected by the locals. Many locals feel that his work brings a since of life back from something that was once dead. I believe Miller is trying to convey just that. I believe he wants people to recover from the memories of the destruction that Katrina left behind and he helps create new memories by beautifying Biloxi with his work. Every afternoon I drive down Highway 90, I always see tourists taking pictures of his work or posing with their families in front of giant wooden dolphins or birds that were carved and rejuvenated by Miller’s passion. Miller donated several pieces to the city and since then...
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...Assignment 3: Cultural Activity Report Jakie Liebhaber Christine Prickett World Cultures I 3/11/2016 I visited the Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art at 119 Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee. I work within walking distance of the museum, and I had passed by the museum many times. The collection of Asian art is the largest in the southern United States with more than 900 pieces. There had been carved jade, ivory, sculptures and many other forms of art that range in date about 202 BC up to the 20th century. The Judaic displays depict stories from the Old Testament and demonstrate the change throughout the centuries of the style of Judaic art. I was amazed upon entering the museum with the size and detail of the carvings that were in the front area. You can purchase an audio tour for $3.00 that gives great detail about the pieces on the tour. The Museum is décor and atmosphere is very eloquent and feels warm and inviting and makes for a very pleasant experience. The rich detail of the Ivory Pagoda temple was unusual in its size and the accuracy. It is an octagon shape and tall. The people on five levels of this hand carved are done very detailed, and there are many visitors in this sculpture. The walls were decorated with designs and symbols with excellent point precision. The roof on all five levels was formed perfectly and painted to make it look like it was gold with stripes painted on them. The carved ivory Ball-in-ball was intricate. The base of the sculpture...
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...funerary arts in the 1800s, showed remarkable detail in their marble work. Especially seeing how small the real object was in-person, it did surprise me on how much the sarcophagus was ornamented. This certain sarcophagus is evident that it was from the Roman period because of the style that it portrayed. It was usually made with marble and had full-length relief sculptural portraits of the deceased that were halfway wrapped around the block. The portraits on this sarcophagus are very precise and comprehensive, yet very smooth on the lines. It is clear that the sculptor did take a lot of time and energy on this piece, knowing that a wealthy and powerful person could only have purchased these funeral receptacles. As for the process of the carving, I would have to say, based on the decorativeness and compacted size, the tools were similar to what a traditional sculptor would use to carve marble, but a much smaller size. Some basic implements used for marble were tooth chisel, point chisel, the drill, and a rasp. There were also other techniques that might have been used to smooth out the overall sculpting, which was to sand it. The contrast of depth and high relief of these figures were most likely done to create the light and shade of the overall image and allow the eye to wander from one end to the other....
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...Antonin Mercié of the École des Beaux-Arts, and was invited to enter the workshop of Auguste Rodin. Even though he admired the eminent Rodin he left the Rodin studio after only two months, saying, "Nothing can grow under big trees."[1] After leaving Rodin's workshop, Brâncuși began developing the revolutionary style for which he is known. His first commissioned work, "The Prayer", was part of a gravestone memorial. It depicts a young woman crossing herself as she kneels, and marks the first step toward abstracted, non-literal representation, and shows his drive to depict "not the outer form but the idea, the essence of things." He also began doing more carving, rather than the method popular with his contemporaries, that of modeling in clay or plaster which would be cast in metal, and by 1908 he worked almost exclusively by carving. His work became popular in the U.S., however, and he visited several times during his life. Worldwide fame in 1933 brought him the commission of building a meditation temple in India for Maharajah of Indore, but when Brâncuși went to India in 1937 to complete the plans and begin construction, the Mahrajah was away and lost interest in the project when he returned. When Constantin Brancusi first created the abstract style in 1900s, he could not have realized how it affected the process of modern sculpture....
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...THE BEAUTY OF ROME March 2007 marked the most beautiful experience in my life in an enchanting place called Ancona a region of Central Italy with a large harbor located over two slopes: Monte Conero and Monte Astagno. From the hotel view, you will see the golden sunset setting over the rolling hills not far from the port. It was amazing how God created such breathtaking existence that I have witnessed several times; but as I went back having new eyes with my husband, who was seeing them for the first time, it was a different story. The river reflecting the clear blue of the sky glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly; and the paddle of the fishermen dipped into the water with a clear and liquid sound. On both sides were untouched natural beauty, and I was very delighted by the historic town not far from my hotel room. Not to mention the delicious cuisine and unique dishes the town has to offer. Being on a port town, you would expect a wide variety of seafood worth trying, as well as many cafes and bakeries known for traditional breads and pastries. Food markets are lively with vibrant colors of fresh fruits, vegetables and of course seafood and a whole lot of wine shops. Three hours away from the hotel lies the Pope’s official home in Vatican City. I have seen many beautiful places in Rome, but the one that made my eyes glitter is the world’s famous chapel, The Sistine Chapel. I was astonished by the beauty of the place. One line to St. Peter’s...
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...Both countries have historically shared the superstition of gods, spirits and other aspects of mythology. And, like Norse carvings, ancient Maori carving share a rare survival. Because the people would submerge works of carved art, including canoe prows in swamps during non-peaceful times, some very rare examples were inadvertently preserved. It is thought that the Maori people are descended from areas of eastern Polynesia as they share similar stylistic traits. Over time though, the Maori have developed put their own spin on the traditional Polynesian carving and is now known as the classic Maori style. The classic Maori style is more intricate, bold and is also three-dimensional where the Polynesian carvings were more sparse and simplistic. A difference between the Maori and the Norse and their mythological beliefs is that Maori mythology indicates that the carved posts are representative of people who became were turned into a carved wooden form versus the mythological serpent but both are believed to make the ship or canoe more powerful....
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...Pumpkin Genocide Every year around Halloween the act of carving pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns always seems like a perfect idea, doesn’t it? For you, maybe, but for a pumpkin like me it hits close to home. If you could put yourself into my shoes, (if I could wear shoes) Halloween would be a dreaded time for you and your family. Humans snatching the innocent neighbors, siblings, cousins, or even parents and children of pumpkins from their home to poke holes in them? Horrible. Carving pumpkins is not right; children are taking the lives of pumpkins all over the world for one night of pleasure and most them don’t even know why. Do you know what the Holocaust is? It was a mass killing of all the Jewish people by the Germans in the late 1930’s and it went on for almost a decade. It sounds terrible and horrific, right? Think about all the pumpkins being cut open and placed on front porches for Halloween every year. You’re resembling a nazi murderer every Halloween and do you really want that on your conscience? Pumpkins are being killed for Halloween just because they’re pumpkins; it’s not our fault. It seems like children these days obtain pleasure from poking holes in pumpkins and spilling out our guts just to fill us with a candle. These children are psychotic, arsonistic, crazy, and just disgusting. My family’s guts stuck in your fingers, and you’re laughing? It makes me sick. Kids say, “pumpkins are going to rot and die anyway!” but so are they so why not cut up children...
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...through history it is believed to be still highly used in tattoo marking and tattoo art and is used heavily through women and men not only representing the mythological meaning but also bringing opposites together and creating unity between them. The seven movements of the ouroboros have been known to be marked somewhere in the tattoo. They are wearing this symbol with a sense of pride and a way of life bringing the ouroboros meanings into everyday actions. Conclusion Is ouroboros still relevant in the carving culture today??? From the research that I have done on ouroboros I think that I does have an impact on a large amount of stone carving cultures to this day. I fell that ouroborus has many ties to today’s stone carving culture depending on how you look at it. People are still carving ouroboros stylized symbols depending on their culture and still have strong beliefs in their spiritual meanings and is still involved with the religious beliefs that go into carving today. the circle of life is being carved still to this day which has no beginning and has no end which I fell gives a sense of a serpent devouring and eating itself to maintain immortality and to represent infinity all cultures that you research to do with the symbol ouroboros has a variation of the serpent eating its own tail which again leads back to the circle of life. in Maori culture there was no exact links found back to the ouroboros but in my opinion the spiritual beliefs are much on the same page, the...
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