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Crafting the Sublime |
| Section: THE ARTS / CRAFT & DESIGN |
| Author: Stephen Henkin |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2001 |
| Size: 978 Words, 6,258 Characters |
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If fresco paintings existed alone, they would still be unique works of art. When seen in concert with the related crafts of their respective eras, the effect can be sublime. Three genres of historical note--relief work, gilding, and scagliola--not only help showcase fresco work but stand on their own as capturing the creative spirit of highly creative periods.
Relief making, whereby sculpture is executed on a surface so that the figures project, without being freestanding, is found wherever art exists. It achieves its special "come alive" quality through a design made so that all or part projects from a flat surface, creating the illusion of three dimensions.
Types of relief are most basically broken down into two kinds. Alto rilievo ("high relie...
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...ngly of milk, ink, marble dust, and yarn. Underneath is a cement pillar with a steel rod through the middle. In 1910 it cost about $100 to make a scagliola column, compared to $1,000 for a marble column. Following this stately example, today nearly half the states are renovating their capitols, and much of the cost has been earmarked for scagliola and other ornamental plasterwork.
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