Sculpture

Woody asked:


Copyright covers an artists work during there life + 70yrs until after they are deceased. If the artist is inbetween living and deceased for more than 70 yrs how does one get copyright permission (especially assuming that family are hard to locate).

Any thoughts on requirements/means to get approval?

BLAIR

MOCCA asked:


I’m ‘fresh’ makeup artist and I really want to get some experiences with the best people within! How, who to choose and how to find the greatest?

LUCIO

marcaeusyates asked:


I would like to become a cover artist for Books, Albums etc and wondered if anyone could set me upon the right path.

ANDREW

Ryder asked:


coming up with a logo for a particular beer. It’s like a label, just like how Heineken and Guinness etc. has its label on the beer. How much should an artist charge to come up with something good?

ISAAC

Ali D asked:


Over the past 3 years I’ve been contemplating becoming a makeup artist. I have an extensive collection of makeup (all MAC). I’ve done makeup on friends and obviously on myself. The only MAC counter we have here is in Nordstrom and you have to do this one hour application that doesn’t ask anything about my skills as an artist, just dumb “if you saw someone stealing would you;” questions. Anyone here a current or former MAC artist? How do I get into working at that counter? Is school really necessary? Any help would be awesome.

BRET

The Dutchess asked:


I’m in a college level beginners art appreciation class. We are to pick an artist to study during the course of this summer semester and apply what we learn towards evaluating the particular artist we choose, and compile a massive paper— which will be the majority of my grade. I’m totally illiterate when it comes to art– can you please help me– give me some suggestions on what may be some simpler artists to study, and who are well know! Thank you for your help!! I really appreciate it!

ALEJANDRO

Jose Mauricio asked:


There are a great amount of attractive statues in Havana. Some of them are emblematic and classic such as the Christ at the entrance of Havana’s bay or the statue of José Martí at the Revolution Square.

   It can be very interesting to walk through the capital looking for vivid monuments of famous people of the past.

   Some examples of them are everywhere, coming from different places and times. For example, let us mention a few but representative number of them.

   Very closed to the Havanan Malecón (wall) it can be seen a statue of José Martí, Cuban National Hero, wearing his classical frock coat and holding his son in his arms.

   In the Avenida del Puerto (harbor avenue) near the trade zone of the bay, closed to the Paula Church, there stands very elegantly Agustín Lara, the renown Mexican composer.

   This statue was donated to Cuba by the people and the government of Veracruz in November of 2000 and makes us remember his romantic songs.

   The visitor may also see statues of gods such as a marble Neptune that points out with his trident the way to Havana at the entrance of the bay.

   However, less known people’s statues can also be found. That is the case of the one erected to Pierre Le Moyne O´Iberville, famous military man of New France, actually Canada, who was Fleet Admiral of King Louis XIV and died in Havana in 1706.

   This statue was donated by Québec authorities and was placed by the Office of Havana Historian’s workers in November 14th, 1999.

   More unknown is, perhaps, the Japanese Hasehura Rokuemon Tsunenaga, hero of Sendai province in Japan, and whose monument perpetuates him as the first Japanese person who came into Cuba in 1614 in a park of this capital. Having a Japanese-Spanish explanation, and wearing a kimono, this man seems to suggest the 11 850 kilometers that separates both cities.

   Another remarkable statue is the one erected to Francisco de Albear y Lara at the park with the same name immediately after his death in October 24th, 1887. This place is located in the surrounding areas of the famous restaurant El Floridita.

   Don Francisco was the designer of the Havana’s aqueduct, master piece that is still functioning.

   The fountain of this sculpture complex perpetuates the never-ending efforts of this man for providing Havana with a water system.

   During the last years, sculptor Jorge Villa has been a protagonist within the city. Some of his sculptures have been raised in different places of this city: John Lennon quietly sitting in a bench at a park of 16 St., in Vedado; Ernest Hemingway leaning on the bar of El Floridita; devout Teresa of Calcutta seating at a bench of the San Francisco de Asis´ basilica; or the “Caballero de Paris” walking as a perennial passer-by of Old Havana.

   Meanwhile, some other immobile and nameless figures of beautiful undressed women keep their non-stop observation of Havana’s days, always animated by the flow and noise of either nationals or foreigners.

   Statues are a real Cuban feast that pays homage to those famous persons who were fond of Havana.



CLINTON

SEO Expert80 asked:


When most people think about stone sculptures, it’s probably giant pieces of abstract art located outside large buildings or perhaps inside a famous art gallery or museum. Sometimes people think of stone sculptures as the ancient mythological characters like God. For contemporary fine art, many see stone sculpture only for serious collectors or for the rich and famous to display in their well kept mansions. Most individuals, even fans of natural stone and stone sculptures that are add extra beauty to home.

The Indian people have been carving stone sculptures for thousands of years but it was only introduced as fine art to the modern world on a significant scale during the 1950s. Today, stone sculptures have gained international recognition as a valid form of contemporary fine art. Even so, most people who are aware of stone sculptures are those who have visited India in the past and got exposed to this interesting form of aboriginal art while visiting Indian museums or galleries.

If you haven’t seen stone sculpture, there’s a lot to offer from the Indian Arctic. The Indian do some very realistic sculptures of the Arctic wildlife they are so intimately familiar with. These include seals, walruses, and birds and of course, the mighty polar bears. Human subjects depicting the Indian Arctic lifestyle are also popular as stone sculptures. One can see pieces showing lamp with lady, beauty lady, sleepy, mothers with their children. The stone sculptures can come in a variety of different colors including black, brown, grey, white and green. Some pieces are highly polished and shiny while others retain the rougher, primitive look. Styles can vary depending upon where in the Arctic the Indian sculptors are located.

The stone sculpture can definitely be integrated into one’s home decor and will usually be quite a conversational piece since most people have never seen such artwork before. This is especially true in areas located outside country where stone sculpture is not well known. MM Stoneworth India have often given stone sculptures as unique business or personal gifts. There are stone sculptures to suit almost every price range and budget at about $100 to several thousand dollars for large, intricate pieces. Most can be purchased at galleries located 383, Nirman Nagar AB, janpath, Ajmer Road, Jaipur-302019 (India) Phone: 0091- 141- 4025521, 4034524 Fax: 0091-141-518070 , 4034524 but there are now many new marbles item also you can find. We everyday design new and latest arts for all world that specialize in this form of art. Not surprisingly, the latest retail source of Inuit stone sculpture is on the internet. This development is especially useful for those who are not located near an art gallery and he want to give look his home.

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REED

Sagiv Shats asked:


The artworks of sculpture reach as far back as the times of the ancient Prehistoric Period. This clay model was completely covered in wax and then clay. India soon followed with creating sculptures with bronze, and then Europe and China showed evidence of bronze coming to be used by 2,100 BCE.

The material of bronze is not purely one material, but it is a copper material combined with some other type of material, like tin and may also include aluminum, phosphorous and even silicon. Bronze has the easiness of expansion during the cooling period within the mold.

The artworks of sculpture reach as far back as the times of the ancient Prehistoric Period. Sculpture has touched most every culture of all the world’s countries during this very early period of the humanist time line. This can be seen throughout the Ancient Greek’s history of various statue formations, and what would flow on through most all other cultures, such as the Egyptians, the Babylonians, the Chinese, the Ancient Japanese and so forth. But it is the Greeks of ancient times that seem to have the strongest very first ties between life size statues made of the alloy of bronze.

The very first bronze statues were somewhat crude in the method of shaping by hammering, and then welding the smaller sections into what is seen as some of the very first bronze sculptures of life size. The Greek culture then went on to using the first method technique of a model made of clay. This clay model was completely covered in wax and then clay. It was at this point for the next step to pour molten bronze between the two clay models, and forming where the wax had originally been.

With a history of 6000 years, bronze has come a long way from originally being one of the materials of weapons, to the versatility of being easily workable, highly durable, and a holding of unique beauty to the artworks throughout time. By the historical findings within archaeological studies, bronze items of many variations had touched the countries of Iraq, Iran and Turkey all the way back to 3,500 BCE. India soon followed with creating sculptures with bronze, and then Europe and China showed evidence of bronze coming to be used by 2,100 BCE.

The material of bronze is not purely one material, but it is a copper material combined with some other type of material, like tin and may also include aluminum, phosphorous and even silicon. Bronze has the easiness of expansion during the cooling period within the mold. It is this unusual ability of expansion formation that gives such a realistic detailed look of what ever the mold has originally allowed for of uniqueness.

Another view of the historical time period of bronze slightly before the Greeks life size sculptures was the period known as the Bronze Age. It was from 3000-1200 BC, linked directly to the Aegean civilization. This is a civilization sectioned out into the culture of the Cycladic Islands, the culture of the Minoan and the Mycenaean cultural artistic bronze contributions of the Greece mainland.



DARNELL

John Parks asked:


Here’s the rub: It’s a beautiful day in Oslo (summer, preferably), and you want to be outdoors in the fresh and sunlit air, perhaps have a picnic on the grass, stroll and enjoy the sights. But you also want some culture, a bit of art, yet not be cooped up in a museum on such a glorious day. Where do you go? The Vigeland Sculpture Park, part of the Frogner Park, located in Oslo, is one of the most popular and visually compelling places to visit in Norway’s capital. 

Three kilometers northwest of the Oslo city center, the park covers 80 acres and features 212 bronze and granite sculptures by Gustav Berg. Each figure was personally sculpted out of clay by Vigeland and individual craftsmen were contracted to fabricate the pieces into what visitors see today. These works of art reside along an 850 meter-long axis divided into six sections: The Main Gate, The Bridge, The Children’s Playground, The Fountain, The Monolith Plateau and The Wheel of Life.

The Main Gate is made of forged granite and wrought iron and serves as an entrance to the park itself. It consists of five large gates, two small pedestrian gates and two copper-roofed gate houses, both adorned with weather-vanes. Financed by a Norwegian bank, The Main Gate was erected in 1926. Walking along the 328 feet long, 49 feet wide Bridge, you will encounter 58 of the park’s sculptures. The Bridge serves as a connection between the Main Gate and the Fountain. All of the sculptures are bronze-clad and contribute to the “Human Condition” theme of the park. One of the Oslo Park’s more popular statues, Sinnataggen, or “The Little Angry Boy.” This was the first part of the park to be opened to the public, in 1940. While most of the Oslo Park was still under construction, visitors could enjoy these sculptures.

Next one arrives at the Children’s Playground, located at the end of the bridge. This is a collection of eight bronze statues, all representing children at play. In the center, mounted on a granite column, is a representation of a fetus. One cannot say that there is no attention to truth.After the Children’s Playground is the Fountain, fabricated from bronze and adorned with 60 individual bronze reliefs. It portrays children and skeletons in the arms of giant trees, symbolizing new life emerging from death. It took Vigeland from 1906 to 1947 to establish this monument in Oslo.

Finally, you arrive at the Monolith Plateau and the Monolith. The Monolith Plateau is a platform made of stairs housing the Monolith totem itself. Thirty-six figure groups reside on the elevation carrying with them the “circle of life” message. Eight figural gates forged in wrought iron give access to the Plateau. They were designed in Oslo between 1933 and 1937 and erected shortly after Vigeland died in 1943.

The Monolith (Monolitten) is unquestionably the most popular attraction in the park. As the name suggests, the work is created from one solid piece of stone. This massive work was begun in 1924 when Vigeland himself modeled the monument out of clay in his Frogner studio. The design process took ten months. Then the model was cast in plaster. In 1927, a block of granite weighing several hundred tons was delivered to the Oslo park from a stone quarry in Halden and was erected the following year, protected against the elements by a wooden shed. It took 14 years and three stone carvers, beginning in 1929, to transfer the figures. The Monolith towers 46.32 feet high and comprises 121 human figures rising heavenward. This is meant to symbolize man’s desire to become closer to the spiritual and the divine. The tightly embraced **** figures convey a feeling of togetherness as they all make their way to salvation.

At the end of the park’s 850-meter-long axis is a sundial, forged in 1930. This is followed the Wheel of Life, completed between 1933-34. It is essentially a wreath depicting four people and a baby floating in harmony. It symbolizes eternity and suggests the Oslo park’s overall theme, which is man’s journey from cradle to grave.

Marvelous and powerful as these works are, not everyone has appreciated the sculptures. In March 2007, this park in Oslo was defaced when an anonymous person or persons affixed black strips of paper to every exposed nipple, crotch, and posterior on the park’s sculptures. As always, there is no accounting for taste.

For more information on Oslo, visit http://www.blogoslo.com and http://www.oslomicroblog.com.



BEAU