Atlante : Male statue replacing a column in architecture. The male equivalent is a Caryatid . It supports on the neck and the shoulders a cornice, a platform, or another construction in corbelling. Both Atlante and Caryatid suffer punishment. The Caryatid were a warning to those who attacked Greece, this is what will happen to […]
An artisan (from French: artisan, Italian: artigiano) is a skilled craft worker who makes or creates things by hand that may be functional or strictly decorative, for example furniture, decorative arts, sculptures, clothing, jewellery, food items, household items and tools or even mechanisms such as the handmade clockwork movement of a watchmaker. Artisans practice a […]
Articulation : In sculpture, term used to express the correctness of the connections between the parts of a figure.
Art Nouveau : Artistic movement of the late nineteenth century that renews the architectural and decorative creation, also called modern style. Although it has nuances according to the country, its criteria are common: the Art Nouveau is characterized by inventiveness, the presence of rhythms, colors, ornaments inspired by trees, flowers, insects, animals, and which introduce […]
1530s, "workmanship, the making of something by craft or skill," from Middle French artifice "skill, cunning" (14c.), from Latin artificium "a profession, trade, employment, craft; a making by art; a work of art," from artifex (genitive artificis) "craftsman, artist, master of an art" (music, acting, sculpting, etc.), from stem of ars "art" (see art (n.)) […]