{"id":16273,"date":"2019-05-15T14:25:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T14:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/?p=16273"},"modified":"2019-06-10T04:42:39","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T04:42:39","slug":"the-human-form-in-3d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/2019\/05\/15\/the-human-form-in-3d\/","title":{"rendered":"The Human form in 3D"},"content":{"rendered":"

Curricular ties<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Big ideas:<\/p>\n

-Growth as an artist is dependent on perseverance, resilience, and reflection.<\/span>
\n-Artistic expression is an artist\u2019s physical, emotional, and cognitive articulation of our humanity. <\/span><\/p>\n

Explore and create:<\/p>\n

-Create three-dimensional (3D) artistic works using sensory inspiration, imagination, and inquiry \u2022 Explore artistic possibilities and take creative risks \u2022 Intentionally select and combine materials, processes, and technologies to convey ideas <\/span><\/p>\n

First Peoples Learning Principals:
\n–Learning requires exploration of one\u2018s\u00a0identity<\/span>.
\n–<\/span>Learning is embedded in memory, history, and\u00a0story.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Intro<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have heard it said, although there is really no the way to be sure, that Sculpture was the first of the visual arts.\u00a0 Hmmm, I wonder what the First art was? Oh, but I digress…<\/p>\n

Sculpture the act of representing something, even if its nothing, through 3D materials.\u00a0 Either additive, subtractive, or both. Sculptures\u00a0fall into four basic categories: moulded, cast, carved or assembled. (wikipedia)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The oldest figurative sculptures we have are categorized as Venus Figurines, as they are understood as earth goddesses or fertility figures found in the Upper Paleolithic period circa 10,-50,000BCE.\u00a0 \u00a0Not many Male figures have been found from this period.\u00a0Venus of Hohle Fels<\/b>\u00a0dated circa 35,000BCE.\u00a0 It was Carved from Mammoth tooth Ivery.<\/p>\n

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Image source Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n

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Another of these Venus figurines is the Venus Wilendorf<\/strong>, found in Austria.\u00a0 It was carved from stone.\u00a0 \u00a0It dates somewhere between 25-28,000 BCEd.<\/p>\n

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The first Ceramic Human fig seems to be the\u00a0Venus of Doln\u00ed V\u011bstonice,<\/b> found in what is know the Chezc republic It dates to somewhere between 25-29,000 BCE.<\/p>\n

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Image source Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n

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Here is the\u00a0Goddess of Catal Huyuk.
\nA Terracotta sculpture from around\u00a0<\/b>6,000 BCE.\u00a0 Made from Terracotta.\u00a0 Found in Asia Minor – Anatolian Civilizations.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Image source http:\/\/www.visual-arts-cork.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Hmmm, did you ever see Mad Max?\u00a0 but I digress again.<\/p>\n

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OKay, we had to start somewhere and the Venus Figurines seem to be an easy place to begin.\u00a0 After all, we can relate to them as fertility gods, mothers, women, givers of life.\u00a0 There is something special about venus figurines.\u00a0 There not Beautiful in a contemporary aesthetic, but they’re known, there recognizable to us on a primal level.\u00a0 How amongst us as a small child didn’t look up to their parents and thought that they were huge, that they were giants.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, not many, if any, Male sculptures from this time period are found.\u00a0 For this project I want us to take it as a learning and playful experience to build our understanding of ‘How’ we can use clay to produce a product of our own making which hold meaning and we can define through words, through feelings, through memories.<\/p>\n

Let us start,<\/p>\n

Take an emotion you know,\u00a0 that you have REALLY known- Anger, Fear, Anxiety, Joy etc.\u00a0 In privet find a dynamic body position that echos your memories of those feelings.\u00a0 Now sketch it- do your best to get the vibe, the proportion is nice but not the most important thing.\u00a0 If you can write a paragraph, or more, about it. (Breath)<\/span><\/p>\n

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This bronze sculpture\u00a0\u00a0Shadow Spirit<\/strong>, Julia S. Rasor<\/p>\n

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Image source http:\/\/www.fineartsculpt.com\u00a0JS. Rasor<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

And Departed<\/strong>, also by Julia S. Rasor, are a good place to begin…<\/p>\n

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Image source Rasorssculptures.com\u00a0JS. Rasor<\/p><\/div>\n

And,\u00a0Transforming Spirit<\/strong>, Julia S. Rasor<\/p>\n

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Image source http:\/\/www.fineartsculpt.com\u00a0JS. Rasor<\/p><\/div>\n

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For me, there is a beautiful quality of ‘human-ness’.\u00a0 We know they are of the human forms but they speak to us on a different level, an emotional or a phycological plane.<\/p>\n

Question: What does this work do to you? How do they make you feel and what do they make you think? (Answer in your sketchbook<\/span>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Okay, now let’s take a look at some more artists.<\/p>\n

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Image source ww.xavierhufkens.com A. Gormley<\/p><\/div>\n

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The works of Antony Gormley also present us with human quality in a way that we have to think beyond what we usually do when we see someone walking down the halls.<\/p>\n

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Image source www.xavierhufkens.com A. Gormly<\/p><\/div>\n

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Image source http:\/\/iloboyou.com\/ XA Choi<\/p><\/div>\n

Here are more images by various artists:<\/p>\n

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Image source www.metmuseum.org Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux<\/p><\/div>\n

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Image source www.metmuseum.org A. Rodin Nudes<\/p><\/div>\n

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Image source jamesrottmanfineart.com Sorel Etrog<\/p><\/div>\n

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Image source odonwagnergallery.com\/ S. Etrog<\/p><\/div>\n

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Image source https:\/\/pikstagram.com H Lanino<\/p><\/div>\n

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Image source https:\/\/hyperallergic.com D Youngblood<\/p><\/div>\n

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Image source https:\/\/hyperallergic.com D Youngblood<\/p><\/div>\n

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Image source https:\/\/hyperallergic.com D Youngblood<\/p><\/div>\n

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https:\/\/contemporarynativeartists.tumblr.com\/ .\u00a0Rose Bean Simpson<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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https:\/\/contemporarynativeartists.tumblr.com\/ .\u00a0Rose Bean Simpson<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Image source http:\/\/iloboyou.com\/ XA Choi<\/p><\/div>\n

And I have to say,\u00a0 this next Artist\u00a0Yoshitoshi Kanemaki from Japan is doing some AMAZING WORK!!! Take a look.<\/p>\n

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Image source thedesigndome.com<\/p><\/div>\n

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Image source thedesigndome.com<\/p><\/div>\n

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Image source thedesigndome.com<\/p><\/div>\n

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AND!\u00a0 here is another treat!\u00a0 \u00a0The work of the Spanish sculptor\u00a0Isabel Miramontes,<\/a><\/p>\n

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Image source mymodernmet.com<\/p><\/div>\n

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Image source mymodernmet.com<\/p><\/div>\n

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Image source mymodernmet.com<\/p><\/div>\n

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Image source mymodernmet.com<\/p><\/div>\n

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For more images of a realistic variety check out This <\/a>link and\u00a0This link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Project Criteria:<\/strong><\/p>\n