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Description:Excerpt from Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Museum: Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia A fine specimen of seventeenth century Spanish wood sculpture, painted in polychrome and gilt on "gesso," spread over carved walnut, has been acquired recently by the Pennsylvania Museum. The group represents the Madonna and Child receiving the homage of the Magi. One of the latter is kneeling at her feet kissing the foot of the Holy Child; one is standing by her side on her right, holding in his hands a golden cruet, and the outline of his form marks, to the right, the outline of the group. On the other side must have stood the third of the Magi whose figure, however, is entirely missing. The block of walnut here has been cut off short, leaving that end of the group unfinished, although it is coated with red color, quite unlike the base, which is delicately decorated in finest pol chrome and gilt design on "gesso." The specimen is said to be of the seventeenth century; it may be earlier. It is two feet ten inches in height, by two feet in width in its present condition. The figures are half life size. But for the missing figure, it is well preserved: and the rich polychrome elaborated in gold, and the general treatment of the figures, are characteristic of the Spanish method of the time. In Gothic times, the practice was universal of painting and gilding sculptures of all kinds. Stone, wood, ivory, and even metal were colored in an effort at realism inherited from the older civilizations. The painter and sculptor, when not one and the same, worked together. The Flemish artist influenced his European confreres, and his treatment of this polychrome statuary and sculpture is more refined, more suggestive of the close understanding in which worked sculptor and painter. In the early Middle Ages, and to the end of the Gothic period, flesh was painted of one single tint and varnished. Walnut, cedar, cypress, pine and other resinous woods were used by the Spanish carver, notably the pine of Cuenca, which was highly esteemed for this purpose. Wood sculpture in Spain had already acquired a prominent position in the thirteenth century, though early pieces betray French influence. Among the earliest art influences that were felt in Spain was the Oriental, or Arab, that came through the Moorish invasion and the prolonged occupation of the territory by the Moors. The Choir Stalls of the thirteenth century preserved in the Madrid Museum are Arab in style. 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."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Museum: Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Museum: Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Museum: Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia A fine specimen of seventeenth century Spanish wood sculpture, painted in polychrome and gilt on "gesso," spread over carved walnut, has been acquired recently by the Pennsylvania Museum. The group represents the Madonna and Child receiving the homage of the Magi. One of the latter is kneeling at her feet kissing the foot of the Holy Child; one is standing by her side on her right, holding in his hands a golden cruet, and the outline of his form marks, to the right, the outline of the group. On the other side must have stood the third of the Magi whose figure, however, is entirely missing. The block of walnut here has been cut off short, leaving that end of the group unfinished, although it is coated with red color, quite unlike the base, which is delicately decorated in finest pol chrome and gilt design on "gesso." The specimen is said to be of the seventeenth century; it may be earlier. It is two feet ten inches in height, by two feet in width in its present condition. The figures are half life size. But for the missing figure, it is well preserved: and the rich polychrome elaborated in gold, and the general treatment of the figures, are characteristic of the Spanish method of the time. In Gothic times, the practice was universal of painting and gilding sculptures of all kinds. Stone, wood, ivory, and even metal were colored in an effort at realism inherited from the older civilizations. The painter and sculptor, when not one and the same, worked together. The Flemish artist influenced his European confreres, and his treatment of this polychrome statuary and sculpture is more refined, more suggestive of the close understanding in which worked sculptor and painter. In the early Middle Ages, and to the end of the Gothic period, flesh was painted of one single tint and varnished. Walnut, cedar, cypress, pine and other resinous woods were used by the Spanish carver, notably the pine of Cuenca, which was highly esteemed for this purpose. Wood sculpture in Spain had already acquired a prominent position in the thirteenth century, though early pieces betray French influence. Among the earliest art influences that were felt in Spain was the Oriental, or Arab, that came through the Moorish invasion and the prolonged occupation of the territory by the Moors. The Choir Stalls of the thirteenth century preserved in the Madrid Museum are Arab in style. 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."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Museum: Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Museum: Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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