#tumblr/restoring sculpture

[sexypinkon]

Sexypink - This much needed facelift at the Jean Pierre Sports Complex is deeply appreciated. Read and experience what the Sculptors Sherlann Peters and Maria Diaz had to say about the process.

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Restoring History through Art! Excited to share the incredible collaboration between myself and Maria Diaz as we joined forces to breathe new life into two iconic monuments at the Hansley Crawford Stadium. Witness the magic unfold as we lovingly repaired and restored the magnificent 1992 Carifesta V Monument and the historic 1979 Netball Championship Monument.Witness the magic unfold as we lovingly repaired and restored the magnificent 1992 Carifestav Monument and the historic 1979 Netball Championship Monument.

[libertado63]

Le cavalier Grec par Francois Theodore Devault The Greek rider

Photographed by Christophe Maîtrejean.

Restoration of the four horsemen of the Pont d'Iena, Paris , France.

[avelera]

Let's Play: What's Wrong with this Sculpture?

Following in the theme of sharing astonishing moments of ancient sculpture pedantry here on Tumblr, based on my brief undergraduate stint as a T.A of ancient art history, I thought I'd share one of my other proudest moments of being an absolutely insufferable know-it-all about ancient sculptures.

In the process, I hope I can also share some of the sort of largely useless (from a practical perspective) information that Tumblr tends to glory in, so buckle up buttercups.

This question was posed to me on a walking tour of the Capitoline Museum in my ancient art history class while I was living abroad. Our professor, a delightfully curmudgeonly Belgian, stopped in front and asked us to figure out why this sculpture is just plain wrong.

I intend to walk you through the process of how I got the right answer and, after gaining my teacher's rare approval, glowed with enough serotonin to power a small nuclear reactor.

So, let's return to the original question: what is wrong with this sculpture?

Because if you are truly eagle-eyed you should be able to spot what very famous sculpture this actually is, before an overly imaginative Frenchman brought it back wrong.

Hint #1: It was incorrectly restored.

Look closely at the the difference of the patina, or color of the stone. It's a bit hard to tell in this photo, but the head was added later. It's a paler white than the core of the torso, which is what we have of the original sculpture.

Hint #2: It was incorrectly restored in the 18th century by a Frenchman (Pierre-Étienne Monnot) who made some, shall we say, creative interpretations of what's going on here.

You can tell it's by an 18th c. Frenchman because the facial features are so delicate. Ancient statues tend to have less narrow and delicate chins and noses. In general, that is a dead giveaway when something is 18th century French vs. Ancient Greek or Roman.

Here's a good example. The first sculpture is 18th c. French, the second is the famous Venus de Milo. Note her blockier chin and less delicate features. So in the future, you can tell these sort of later additions to Greek or Roman sculptures if they added a new head because 17-19th century sculptors in Europe had tools (like finer drill tips) and tastes (beauty standards that favored more delicate men and women) that led to a pronounced difference in the faces.

Hint #3: Check out the anatomy of his lower shoulder. That's another addition, that arm should not be coming straight out of a torso where the muscle, if you look closely, is turned inward.

Seriously, that looks painful.

Hint #4: The sword he's holding up is just total nonsense for the Roman era. I mean, the restoration makes no secret of the fact that this sword is a later addition, but it's also just an absolute nonsense sword with its silly little curved cross guard. This Frenchman literally just made it up.

Here's an ancient sculpture with a sword in it that actually looks right:

From the Ludovisi Gaul, a famous Hellenistic Baroque work of Greek sculpture. Note the much blockier sword though I will admit, it could be a later addition, I don't know for 100% certain, but I'm pretty sure it's the original. Regardless, it fits the sculpture much better and let me add that sword I'm criticizing is completely made up for the sculpture we're talking about and is not there in the original sculpture that was incorrectly restored.

Ok, so those are all the hints.

Look closely at the body of the first sculpture. Cut away the arms that are not connected to the body correctly, the sword that shouldn't be there, the face that was far too delicate. When you separate those later additions out, can you tell me what sculpture that actually is?

Because here is the reveal!

The Discus Thrower, aka, the Discobolus by Myron.

The French restorationist got carried away by his own imagination, saw a twisted torso and thought it could only possibly be a warrior in the midst of twisting around to fend off a blow, not an athlete in the midst of a demonstration of skill. It's a martial, fanciful read that completely misinterpreted the subject.

This is why most restoration today employs a much lighter touch, rather than trying to reattach pieces incorrectly, they tend to just outline where the missing pieces are with a light sketch of an educated guess of what might have actually been there. Faulty restorations like the Capitoline Discobolus is one reason for this modern stylistic principle when it comes to restoration work.

When my professor asked us to identify the correct original sculpture that day on the museum tour, it was the sword that pinged me as wrong first, but zeroing in on the core of the sculpture, the torso, is what revealed the true statue underneath.

This notoriously difficult to please professor was very proud when I blurted out, "It's the Discus Thrower!" and the high-octane serotonin I got from his approval probably could have propelled me into the sun that day, and brought to you Yet Another Moment of Ancient Sculpture Pedantry.

[whencyclopedia]

Horyuji

The Horyuji Temple near Nara in Japan was founded in 607 CE by Prince Shotoku and is the only surviving Buddhist monastery from the Asuka Period in its original state. The complex, consisting of 48 listed buildings including a 5-storey pagoda, has the oldest wooden buildings in Japan. Within the temples are many ancient Buddhist sculptures including some of the oldest bronze and wood figures produced by Japanese sculptors. In 1993 CE the temple complex became the country's first UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Foundation & Design

The Horyuji Temple was founded during the reign of Prince Shotoku (594-622 CE), regent to his aunt, Empress Suiko. Shotoku helped spread Buddhism in Japan, which had arrived via Korea in the mid-6th century CE. He oversaw the construction of many Buddhist temples, among them Shitennoji (593 CE) and Hokoji (596 CE), but Horyuji is the only one to have survived in its original state. The site was not without its problems for several buildings burnt down c. 670 CE but were then rebuilt so that by 710 CE it had regained its former glory. The historian E. F. Fenollosa suggests that the outer gate, pagoda, and Great Hall escaped the fire. The site is divided into two connecting precincts, the Sai-in (Western) and slightly later To-in (Eastern), both of which have their paving covered in white sand and are enclosed within walls to separate them from the non-sacred outer world.

Horyuji's wooden buildings, rare examples of early East Asian architecture, are the oldest such structures in Japan. Features typical of Asuka Period (538-710 CE) architecture include double terrace platforms on which the buildings stand, columns which curve slightly and taper as they rise so as to appear perfectly straight at a distance (entasis), columns topped by wooden block plates to bear the weight of the heavy tiled roofs, and wooden brackets decorated with cloud designs, again to aid in load-bearing. The site benefitted from major restoration works in 1374 CE, 1603 CE, and in the mid-20th century CE.

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[minamishimada835]

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General Stuff:

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[vanadiumwolf]

Tysm everyone for the reblogs, likes, and follows 😭

After using tumblr off and on since like 2014, I think my restoration post has the most notes I've ever gotten before. I genuinely appreciate it and look forward to posting more of my work! I have lots of second hand mounts that I restored/ am going to restore and pelts I plan on mounting!👀

Everything I have rn is my personal collection.

I hope to also post some sculptures and digital/traditional art

Again, tysm!! ❤️

[dogfruit01]

I found this lil bronze lamb with a broken foot and ear in the back shelves of tk maxx, they let me buy him for £3 cheaper and I fixed him up with stone clay, acrylic paint and nail polish

now he lives on my desk :)

[yatzer]

One of our favourite designs by English designer Chris Martin for Stockholm-based furniture company @massproductions, the Crown Armchair has been reinvented by Geneva-based artist and illustrator Flora Mottini @fuluwatu in psychedelic fashion. The project is the first instalment of “The Crown Jewels”, a series of collaborations where four artists have been invited to recondition eight worn Crown Armchairs. Drawing from science fiction images and cartoons of the 1930-50s, Mottini’s work is imbued with a surrealist, psychedelic sensibility that draws you in. This is also the case here, with the artist swathing the chairs in soft foam material (sourced from leftovers from previous art projects) whose pleated form turns the chairs into sculptures. The series demonstrates the possibilities of restoration in line with Massproductions’ focus on sustainability, and in particular its mission to minimize waste, and comes in tandem with the launch of Face Lift, a global network of skilled upholsterers that aims to simplify the care and restoration of customers’ existing furniture. Photography by Estelle Spririg © Massproductions. #yatzer #yatzer_inspiration #furnitureart #uniquefurniture #objectdesign #instafurniture #furnituredecor #interiorproject #interiorfurniture #furnituredesign #furniture #interiordesign #design #decor #interiors #interiordesigner #interiorstyling #inspiration #interiordecorating https://www.instagram.com/p/CWm1D6vKJoz/?utm_medium=tumblr

[smieska-draws]

Hello. How are you and your health? Well... in general... I wanted to ask a few questions. 1 - When did you learn to draw and why did you want to do it? 2 - What are your favorite hobbies? 3 - When did you get to know Undertale and Deltarune? 4 - What are your favorite characters of these two games? 5 - How do you feel about such ships as Asrisk and Krilsei?

oh butts I only just saw this ;0;' sorry for the delay!

I'm doing alright, 'cautiously optimistic' is more like it...!

1 - I've always been attracted to making things and seeing how things are made. I remember always looking in awe as a kid when my dad would open up the VHS player to clean it and he would show me how it worked.

So naturally, I kinda just always stuck with drawing because I loved reading comics, I would doodle in class, flipbooks, all that good stuff. I started "taking it seriously" (ex: became obsessed with digimon) at like.. 13 or something, as you do. I lived in the middle of nowhere in the 2000s with primitive internet so I had to teach myself how to draw. I remember constantly taking out the only book on artist anatomy in the library several times.. deviantart tutorials were starting to pop up so mid 2000s there were some of those... But it was pretty much just through observation and making my friends pose for me while I drew lol (I have a whole can of worms about that but oop i won't rant)

2- Bringing back the 'creating of things', I low key scold myself everytime I get invested in a new craft. I really wish crafts were more appreciated instead of it being seen as an old lady or kid thing.. So I enjoy a lot of crafts!!! Sewing, embroidery, painting, MAKING paint, making paper/bookbinding, beading, crocheting, stained glass, cooking/baking, so many damn things. My absolute favourite types of videos to watch are the 'making sculptures out of trash', or restorations (paintings, consoles or old things) just.. HNG. CREATING STUFF AND SEEING HOW THERE'S MADE. AAA 😔👌

3 - When it initially blew up lol it came out in September 2015, I was visiting back home and just enjoying autumn, but my tumblr dashboard was getting inundated with two cartoon skeletons and something about spaghetti? So in October I went back to my apartment and thought 'huh ok lets give it a shot i guess', BAM. heart full, tears wept. Gote boi hugged.

Deltarune was more of a surprise lol Since that day before halloween in 2018, the undertale twitter was being cryptic so I thought it was going to be a Gaster reveal or something. Nope, he just ... dropped a whole ass game on halloween. Amazing. I remember zooming home in the rain after work to play it. I thought it was a troll by Toby, like he saw all the endless AUs being made and decided as a joke he'd make his own AU. But... the game kept going and I thought, 'ok this is too elaborate to be a prank omg' ALSO, seeing Ralsei all cloaked up and mysterious, i sus'd him out IMMEDIATELY (mainly because my fav is Asriel and YOU KNOW the first thing i did was hug Ralsei because i cried like a baby in undertale) The one thing I wanted from undertale was for Asriel to be by your side and supporting you (instead of being a sneaky soulless flower) and HELL YEAH I GOT MY WISH. AAAA

5 - meh I've never been a shipper of any kind. Even when I have 2 characters do a thing together that people immediately go 'OMG HAVE THEM KISS' i'm just like '??? no ??? they're very close friends, are they not allowed' idk idk i feel like i'm on the outside of things like that. I personally despise labels and I just like to play with characters and their different personalities, stories and stuff. Its like playing in a sandbox.

[sexypinkon]

Sexypink NEWS - more on the restoration and conservation of Barbadian Sculpture of the late Honorable Prime Minister Errol Barrow.

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Repost from @barbadosmuseum

Our National Heroes have looked after us as a Bajan nation and we need to do the same for them. This monument, by artist Ricky George, commemorates our “Father of Independence” and is located in Independence Square in Bridgetown. The statue of the Right Honorable Errol Walton Barrow (1920 – 1987) was erected in 2006 and is one of several national monuments that have been commissioned over the years and are under the care of the National Conservation Commission (NCC).

These monuments are significant in the landscape of our cultural heritage and symbols of our self-determination as Barbadians, and as such need to be preserved and conserved for future generations. Outdoor sculptures of metal in the tropics and near the sea have to be maintained regularly to avoid damage from the elements.

These types of projects require a range of specialists, skills, resources and planning. This project brought together not only different departments within the NCC but also the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, a specialist sculpture Conservation Consultant from Puerto Rico, as well as the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc., Barbados Tourism Investment Inc and the Barbados National Art Gallery. 

Firstly, the national team assesses and inspects any deterioration, then they document the sculpture and come up with a treatment plan, which is then steered by the specialist within that particular field. 

Images courtesy Anne Bancroft and Verden Seale

[libertado63]

 Le Cavalier arabe (Arabian Rider) par Jean Charles Feuchère.19th century Photographed by Christophe Maîtrejean. restoration of the four horsemen of the Pont d'Iena, Paris , France.

[amazingarchitecturewebsite]

Piano Nobile Loft & Round Wall Studio in Brescia, #Italy by Alepreda Architecture @ale_preda. Read more: Link in bio! Photography: Ottavio Tomasini This gut renovation modernizes the interiors of two apartments in a dilapidated historic Palazzo in Brescia, Italy, while restoring the original grandeur of the spaces. The units on adjacent floors share the same perimeter footprint; however, the different ceiling heights engender discrete architectural responses. On the first floor, the Piano Nobile Loft develops vertically, while the Round Wall Studio, on the second floor, develops horizontally. The units deploy a common formal language that juxtaposes "inserted elements" to a rich historic fabric comprising wood coffered ceiling, brick and stone walls, arched window openings. The insertions are white abstract, sculptural geometries–at scale between architecture and furniture–devised to imply distinct spaces, define house programs, and conceal utilities. #loft #apartment #архитектура www.amazingarchitecture.com ✔ A collection of the best contemporary architecture to inspire you. #design #architecture #amazingarchitecture #architect #arquitectura #luxury #realestate #life #cute #architettura #interiordesign #photooftheday #love #travel #construction #furniture #instagood #fashion #beautiful #archilovers #home #house ‎#amazing #picoftheday #architecturephotography ‎#معماری (at Brescia, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWGvVg-loNU/?utm_medium=tumblr

[bjornsonbrightman]

A (not-so-brief) list and analysis of the things that were changed in the set design of Phantom London, part 1

[*includes things that were changed in between the release of the infamous Planning Document™ and opening night!*]

WARNING: long, image-heavy post

The past week has undoubtedly been very confusing and anxiety-inducing for a lot of phans, I myself included, who were (and are) still horrified of what C*mM*ck has done to Phantom London.

So naturally, as someone who lives somewhere that couldn't be farther from the UK, I decided to compile a list of all the things that I've learned — through hours of shamelessly scrolling through Instagram, Twitter and Facebook tags — about the planning, creation and production of the new set design.

Hang on tight, it's a bumpy ride.

1. The proscenium

The most obvious thing that is now different from the OG. Let's take a look at the concept art shown in the original planning document:

Ahh, I remember the release of this picture and the Tumblr/Twitter/FB explosion that ensued like it was yesterday. Good times.

The new set design by Matt Kinley is mainly derived from what he did for the UK tour, which introduced the cracked, sculpture-less proscenium and the separate proscenium frame/boxes that appear only during the opera scenes. Unlike the greatly simplified UK tour design, however, this design for London appears to have the original lyres and garlands at the top, as well as some structural elements of the OG proscenium (see the outward curved trimmings on the top sides). The surrounding areas of the auditorium are also shown to be restored to their original colours, the most interesting of which is a new false wall in the area behind the top part of the proscenium. These areas were previously blacked out with black paint and black masking.

Despite hewing closer to the OG than the UK tour did, this was still a sacrilegious bastardization far cry from Maria Björnson's design, and I guess the creatives were aware of it too, as they seemed to try to soften the blow by:

using actual pieces of the original proscenium that weren't a part of the OG plan such as this satyr-riding angel...

including an "homage" to Maria (according to ALW) in the form of a new sculptural bust that fills up the Golden Angel's spot (picture from @mariussansmerci) ...

The design of the false wall behind the lyres on top was also changed to... something that I guess gives off the impression of a false dome?? Not too sure about this one but I kinda like it ngl:

Something that the planning document mentions is that the removal of the side sculptures and the installation of a "cracked" proscenium allows for sound equipment to be installed behind the sides of the proscenium, which frees up the two side boxes to be "used as originally intended". And that's exactly what happened. Surprise, C*mM*ck now has 4 extra seats that he can sell overpriced.

And here's the finished result (photos from here):

With the safety curtain that was brought over from the UK tour and without the inner proscenium/boxes:

To be honest? I kinda like the final result. Those (possibly face-saving) changes really saved the design from looking like a bad copy of the original proscenium; now it just looks like a mediocre copy. But don't worry, whenever I get too comfortable with this new design I just pull out pictures of Maria's OG proscenium and my fiery anger for the new one is reignited.

And that's all I have on the proscenium!

Next up we have something that I believe had the most confusing and troubled development out of all the new set pieces:

2. The Chandelier

Man, this poor thing has been through a lot.

When it was originally designed for the UK tour, the chandelier was intended to utilize much of the same technology that the r*staged tour chandelier used, namely the drapes that are "magically" sucked into the chandelier itself and the straight-dropping mechanism. Hence, the new chandelier was made to be circular and non-collapsible, featuring a decorative spike on the bottom. According to pictures of the model and the concept art shown in the planning document, I suspect the drapes were to be sucked in through the decorative lyres (see the circular openings):

But this mechanism was precisely the reason for the downfall of this design. Come opening night of the UK tour, and this chandelier was nowhere to be seen. My suspicion of what went wrong? Either the drapes were snagging on the lyres (kind of like what happened to the short-lived garlands on R*staged Tour Chandelier), or the retractable frame that held up the drapes wasn't working properly.

But whatever the reason for the failure of this mashup chandelier, the designers must've realized and abandoned ship pretty late, because pictures from one of the prop makers showed that it was still being made with frames that were very much non-collapsible as late as February this year:

Once they realized it wasn't going to work, I believe a series of last-minute actions were made. My theory: they brought back the OG chandelier in all its missing-bulbs glory less than a week away from opening...

... and stripped it of its lyres, which were transplanted onto the new chandelier, as is evident from the final product (photo from @soulsoaringphan):

This hypothesis is bolstered by the fact that the new lyres were originally going to have holes in them for drape-sucking (ew), and so once the decision was made to have the chandelier work more like the OG, the logical step would have been to just borrow the lyres from the old one instead of making new ones in less than a week or two from opening.

Also note the gaps in the beading that would've had the rigid golden frame trimmings seen in the model and the in-progress photos above; the designers must have removed them hastily to allow the chandelier to collapse, but unfortunately they just... left it empty. Oh, and the absence of the spike on the bottom, which is now just a huge gaping hole (again, ew). There's also an additional tier on top that wasn't present in the OG, model or any of the concept art.

I'm actually quite relieved that the new chandelier is pretty similar to the OG and the Palais Garnier one, but if I have to nitpick: I miss the horizontal decorative beading, the ones that were on the top tier and in between the lyres in the old chandelier. Maybe it's just me, but the chandelier looks... incomplete without them.

And that's all I have on the chandelier!

3. The Orchestra Pit — wait, I can't upload any more pictures??

Welp, guess I'll have to make a part 2 then. Thanks for reading this long, long rant post, I hope it was at the very least entertaining and slightly informative!

And lemme know if I forgot to credit anyone whose pictures I used!

[ys2006]

hi tumblr seriously long time no see! feels grossly weird to be posting here but feel like i should at least put a little entry on this decade old diary about what my life has been since i last posted here. soooo uh let me see... i graduated college with a bfa in interdisciplinary sculpture! kind of hated art school but i DID join the burlesque club and loved that so it was worth it in the end for stripping lol. i now work retail at a makeup store and i love it! it's surprisingly the most amazing job ever, i'm in a leadership role there and i feel so happy and fulfilled. my coworkers actually were the ones to peer pressure me into redownloading this app 🥴 but really haven't felt this good in a while. in 2020 my health crashed, turns out i have lupus which i always suspected! i was bedridden for about 1.5 years but i'm on medication so i can generally be a normal human being atm. also i got a tattoo of willow!!!!! because uh she died :') i got my blog restored from being locked for banned content because i wanted to find pictures of her and maxwell because they both passed within 2 months of each other. i miss them violently but i carry willow with me everywhere and my new kitten thea keeps me on my toes <3 and also i'm still obsessed with machimiya eikichi dhsgsbdjd ok i think that's all the important stuff to tell you about 2022 link! idk if i'll use this blog after this post but it's nice to use this as my digital diary since i don't have a real one. luv yall!

ALSO pls come talk to me on instagram or twitter: my @ is goodnightlink on both!!!

[jimhair]

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