Abattis : In molding, secondary abutments molded apart . The sculptor Rodin thus designated his “pieces” which they did not want to separate, little arms, heads, legs, hands and feet, which he modeled in the ground before making them cast in plaster, in many copies. He thus obtained a repertoire of forms in which he […]
In the original context of the world origin means going to the source. The source is the starting point, like the origin of a river and so on. At the heart of classical sculpture is "Original Sculpture" and in classical parlance, original means going to the origin! This now pushes us into a whole new […]
There are four basic lines. Each line if you were to give them thought represents a mood. Horizontal - Calm, Relaxed, Quiet Diagonal - Failing, Masculine, Aggressive, Powerful, Much more powerful than the vertical or horizontal Vertical - Balanced Ordered & Upright. Less stable than the horizontal. Curved - The curve is an enclosure. It […]
You can sort the table by mousing over the column name. The nature of something's ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up. Subject Matter, or the utility of thought. A lesson or allegory leading to the architecture of characters and devices employed. The structure of the composition, using […]