Download or read book The Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin Vol 20 written by Penn. Museum School of Industrial Art and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin, Vol. 20: October, 1924 Chinese culture in Honan and Shensi, and the presence Of undoubted Six Dynasty cave chapels as well as traditionally T'ang and Sung temples establish the existence in early Kansu Of capable artisans. It is perhaps somewhat fanciful, though extremely tempting, to be lieve that the severely scorched area on the figure's forehead and right cheek happened during the Mohammedan Rebellion of 1870 which devastated Kansu and destroyed the great majority Of the early temples, with all their works Of art, that had survived up to that time. In any case the Museum's bodhisattva was apparently one Of the attendants on either side of an altarpiece, flanking a larger cen tral figure of Amitabha, Maitreya, or Avalokitesvara. The peg pro j ecting from the base (thrust into the-present four-legged stand) was originally fitted into a lotus pedestal and carried either on a side bracket or, more probably, fixed to the main platform Of the altar. Though stylistically later, the form of the figure is very; suggestive Of the attendant bodhisattva on the Tuan Fang'é bronze altarpiece in the Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston.1 Even so, the whole group must have been exceptionally small; this attendant is but nine and a half inches tall, so the central figure could scarcely have exceeded a foot and a half in height, yet with suitably carved back and four or six attendant bodhisattva, guardian knights, kylins, and so forth, it was neverthe less impressive. But the interesting fact is that, while figures as small as this, and far smaller, are familiar enough in bronze, and in stone, as bas-reliefs, in wood they are virtually unknown, no matter what the dynasty may. Be. This is not unnatural, for the likelihood of small wood carvings surviving the effects Of time (and periodic politi cal convulsions) is remote. Further, artists were probably less tempted to use wood for small figures, inasmuch as the results were certain to be less impressive than if the figures were large, no matter how skillful was the craftsmanship. We may suppose, too, that the casters Of bronze fulfilled whatever demand there was for religious figures Of a diminutive size. And lastly, the labour Of laying gesso carefully over the carved surfaces (traces Of this still cling to parts of the Museum's figure) and Of applying the necessary pigment-col ours and gilding would scarcely have been worth the pains taken. We may, therefore, assume that woodcarvers in the main confined them selves to larger pieces, and even Of these extremely few early exam ples have survived. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin Vol 20 written by Penna Museum School of Industrial Art and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin, Vol. 20: November, 1924 The warp threads are stretched in parallel. Lines on the loom and cer tain ones are alternately raised and depressed to allow the shuttle carrying the weft thread to pass between; the various ways in which the two intersect form the various weaves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin Vol 18 written by Pennsylvania Museum and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-29 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin, Vol. 18: April, 1923 Hen Robert Morris, signer of the Declaration of Independ ence and financier of the Revolution, was withdrawing from active participation in the affairs of government, he started to build for his residence in Philadelphia, a splendid mansion on Chestnut Street, between Seventh and Eighth. It was very preten tious in conception: designed by the French architect Pierre Charles l'enfant, it was to be largely of marble, at that time a unique feature in a city made up entirely of houses -of brick or-country stone, and to carry it further towards perfection, Morris brought from Italy a sculptor named Iardella to carve the reliefs for the exterior. As work on the building progressed, the financier placed orders in France-and England for the interior furnishings, so that within as well as with out his dwelling might come up to European decorative standards. Among the furnishings that he ordered from Paris-was the pair of girandoles, here illustrated, which have recently been presented to the Pennsylvania Museum. But they did not hang in the house, for it Was never completed, Morris's vast land holdings in New York, Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia were tragically slow in devel oping, a alondon bank in Which he had large funds failed, one of his partners proved dishonest, and in 1797 he was forced into bank ruptcy. On December 11, 1797, the half-completed house and the land whereon it stood were sold to' satisfy his creditors, and the objects even which he had ordered from abroad met the same fate. These girondoles were purchased at the auction by William Wilson, living in High Street west of Eighth, and they have remained in his family ever since, passing to his grandson, Joseph Lapsley Wilson. Of Merion, who has given them to the Museum. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin Vol 19 written by Pennylvania Museum and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin, Vol. 19: May, 1924 Of the English pieces in the present exhibition, the three 'shown in Plate I are of a high degree of excellence. The dining-room or hall chair on the left, lent by Frank Partridge, Esq., is in many ways unique. It cannot be said to belong definitely to any particular style. Its depressed, wooden seat, probably in use covered with a squab, is highly unusual; it has straight legs which are mildly fluted and ornamented at the top with cyma scrolls. The seat rail is deeply curved and the centre of it carved with motives reminiscent of the Chinese. The splat back has a wheel design in the middle, suggestive perhaps of Robert Adam's influence, and the uprights curve in and join it and then continue to the top rail which is curved and carved in the manner used throughout. The general effect is not only very individual, but highly pleasing. The table in the center, the property of George D. Widener, Esq., is strongly architectural, yet possesses great merit: it was almost surely made at the time when Chippendale was working for the Adam Brothers. The top is of black marble; the straight legs are square and fluted and taper slightly to the plainly-moulded foot. Large acanthus leaves are carved on both sides at the beginning of each leg, which relieves the severity. Under the marble top is a series of rosettes and a gadroon-edging, broken in the middle by a garland of flowers carved in the realistic manner of Grinling Gibbons. The beautiful and rare ribband-back chair shown at the right is also lent by Mr. Widener. It is typical of' the designs in the first plate of the Director, and is in every way one of the most splendid expressions of the style of Chippendale. Its cabriole legs, terminating in ball and claw feet, are carved at the knees with acanthus leaves. The bottom of the seat rail has the usual gadrooned moulding, while the top of the same rail is decorated with a leaf carved ogee, a unique feature. The top rail is strongly curved, and the uprights are pilastered and capped with acanthus leaves; The ribbon is executed with the highest skill and seems literally to tie the back splat together, with the long tassel hanging down in the center. This type of chair was popular between 1755 and 1760, yet there are very few specimens extant that can be said to have been made then. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin Vol 19 Number 86 May 1924 No 86 written by Pennylvania Museum School of Industrial and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Download or read book Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin Vol 19 Number 85 April 1924 No 85 written by Pennylvania Museum School of Industrial and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin Vol 19 Number 87 June 1924 No 87 written by Pennylvania Museum School of Industrial and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Museum written by Philadelphia Museum of Art and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some vols. include the museum's Annual report.
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Download or read book The Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin Vol 18 written by Pennsylvania Museum and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin, Vol. 18: March 1923 The second panel shows three knights, similarly clad, hewing bushes or young trees with swords and hatchets. The middle knight wears a rose-lavender colored hauberk, with white chain mail on his legs. The two side knights are clad in white with ruby hose and ruby belts about their waists. It is to be noticed that the knight on the right has his sword in his ruby scabbard, for, unlike the others, he wields an axe. In other respects the coloring of the panel is like the other, with. A blue background and ruby border, but there appear to be more restored portions. Probably but half of this medallion has its original glass. The trees are stranger than those of the first; rose lavender and pale green, curling and twisting, they resemble the stems of vines. It is even more difficult to tell What these two subjects represent, than to date them. Generally, glass of this period depicts some Bib lical story. They must have been minor parts of a large window, full of medallions, and these tell only part of a story. These knights may represent Christian champions combatting the forces of heathendom, symbolized _as a wilderness of trees; they may themselves be returned Crusaders, the Teutonic Knights, who drove back the un-christian hordes of Northeastern Germany in the thirteenth century. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book The Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin Vol 21 written by Pa. Museum And School Of Industrial Art and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin, Vol. 21: June, 1926 Tapestries made during the period from 1375 until 1515 are the greatest achievement of tapestry weaving, because the requisites of design are more adequately met within these years than in any other period in the history of the craft. The earliest tapestries held closely to the architectural tradition, as the King Arthur fragment now in America so clearly demon strates. A series of Gothic canopies each give shelter to a single figure archaically drawn; their structure and ornament have been faithfully transcribed from existing types of building. Then an increasing love of natural forms led the way for the verdure pieces, allegorical and romantic themes furnishing a slight subject for tapes tries entirely sprinkled over with sprightly growing plants; now and then active dogs, strange beasts or an occasional human figure claimed a space. Until about 1450 no precise demarcation existed between French and Flemish workmanship. In the fourteenth century the Flemings dominated sculpture, painting and cartoon making, yet they worked in France, under French patronage, on earlier traditions. Their earthy, energetic natures were somewhat tempered by the greater sensitiveness and fastidious taste of the French. However, as the religious formulas relaxed which had heretofore checked their free dom of expression, the Flemish compositions seethed with interest, human figures failing to achieve first importance among the great mass of rich fabrics, jewels, architecture, flowers and animals. On the other hand, the French withstood this realism and carried on the earlier tradition of design. Brussels became the chief centre of tapestry weaving in the last years of the fifteenth and early years of the sixteenth centuries, weavers going to Italy, France, Spain and England; Tournai, Lille and Valenciennes shared in part its glory. The tapestry,1 (figure 1) lately acquired by the Museum, belongs to this golden age of tapestry making and easily takes its place as the outstanding single purchase in any of the Museum's collections. It is an acquisition of first importance. The subject of the tapestry is the Deposition from the Cross, although in its narrowest sense the episode pictured here is more properly known as the Pieta. The scene fol lows the removal of the dead Christ from the cross and precedes the Entombment. In early times the last events in the life of Christ were narrated in seven scenes, beginning with the Entrance into Jerusalem and ending with the Entombment. Fourteen scenes have since come to be shown, of which the Deposition is the thirteenth. The set of Passion tapestries attributed to Jean de Rome includes eight scenes; in this case the Deposition is the seventh episode. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book The Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin Vol 18 written by Pa. Museum And School Of Industrial Art and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin, Vol. 18: January, 1923 It is not without purpose that so far we have deferred discussing the age of this bronze. It is a problem that presents insuperable barriers to the western critic, and no trustworthy solution can ever be reached until students of the subject in India turn seriously to search for evidence which can end the large amount of meaningless speculation on the subject. The publication in Rupam of the recent discovery of a dated bronze Nataraj a is a step in the right direction; certainly it should silence those who would have us believe that images such as these date as far back as the eighth or ninth cen tuties, for in spite of its apparent antiquity, judged by the patina the metal had acquired and the comparative simplicity of the modelling, it proves to be inscribed with the date 4611 (1511 A. D.) In part this revelation is but additional proof that appearances of age, in bronzes especially, are no safe guide to accurate dating; in truth the sorry fact that by the application of chemicals and skillful treatment any patina may today be imitated has made us unwary already of depend ing upon that indication alone. It might be said that the Museum's Nataraja is not so old as the one found dated 1511, if we argue that it seems slightly more sophisticated in treatment, a belief to which the sharper form of the features, the more refined turning of the limbs, and the restrained pose of the head and neck all might be said to testify. On the other hand it cannot be denied that a far-earlier sculptor with a readier hand but more restraint might have produced our example in the fifteenth century. And so the matter stands, nor can we hope to get nearer the truth until a close study, technical as well as esthetic, is made of the early Natarajas and similar metal figures in India, a far from uninteresting research and one to be earnestly encouraged. Fortunately uncertainty of date does not trouble our artistic ap preciation of the Nataraja; mere years cannot rob the statue of its imperishable youthfulness in our eyes, and the lithe virility it por trays is unalterably appealing. Though twenty centuries of closely traditional thought have made our western minds purblind to almost all religious symbols save those whose aspects are benignant calm or majestic suffering, yet still we may grasp the happy meaning of the Nataraja - the dance of the all-pervading spirit of the universe that is the rapture, the ecstasy of creation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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