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Tilman Riemenschneider
Tilman Riemenschneider , c.1460-1531, German Renaissance sculptor, who worked in stone and wood. He was in Würzburg by 1483. In 1520 he was made burgomaster, but he was imprisoned in 1525 because of participation in the peasant insurrection, and little is known about his work in later years. He... Read more |
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Benedetto Antelami
Benedetto Antelami , c.1150-c.1225, Italian sculptor. Considered the most important sculptor of the late Romanesque period in N Italy, Antelami was an aesthetic forebear of Nicola and Giovanni Pisano . His relief carvings emphasize rhythmic design by means of drapery details on elongate figures and... Read more |
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Veit Stoss
Veit Stoss , c.1445-1533, German sculptor. He worked in Kraków (1477-86, 1488-96) and Nuremberg, his birthplace. The great carved wooden high altar in St. Mary's, Kraków, is a significant early work. His stone tomb of King Casimir IV is also in Kraków. The Annunciation carved... Read more |
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Master Hugo
Master Hugo (active second quarter of the 12th century). English illuminator, metalworker, and sculptor. He was a lay artist, but he worked for Bury St Edmunds Abbey, Suffolk. A late 13th-century chronicle of the abbey names him as the illuminator of a ‘large Bible’, which is almost... Read more |
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Sir Charles Wheeler
Wheeler, Sir Charles (1892–1974). British sculptor (and occasional painter). He was born in Codsall, Staffordshire, and studied at Wolverhampton School of Art, 1908–12, and the Royal College of Art, 1912–17. Wheeler did many portrait busts, but the major part of his output was... Read more |
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Erasmus Grasser
Grasser, Erasmus (b Schmidmuhlen, nr. Regensburg, c.1450; d Munich, Apr./May 1518). German sculptor, active mainly in Munich. He worked in an animated and expressive late Gothic style and was the leading sculptor of his day in south Bavaria, with a flourishing workshop and numerous pupils. His... Read more |
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Khiva
Khiva , city (1989 pop. 40,001), S Uzbekistan, in the Khiva oasis and on the Amu Darya River. Industries include metalworking, cotton and silk spinning, wood carving, and carpetmaking. The city, in existence by the 6th cent., was the capital of the Khwarazm (Khorezm) kingdom in the 7th and 8th... Read more |
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chequer
chequer, checker. 1. Pattern involving the division of a surface into equal squares (chequers) treated alternately in different ways, such as in colour or texture: it is commonly found in tile or stone pavements resembling a chessboard and called chequer-work.2. Type of diaper-work in which the... Read more |
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diocese of Portsmouth
Portsmouth, diocese of. The see, comprising south-east Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, was carved, with Guildford, out of the Winchester diocese in 1927. It has a close association with the Royal Navy. The cathedral, the former parish church of St Thomas of Canterbury, originally built c.1190, has... Read more |
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Toungoo
Toungoo or Taungu , town, S Myanmar, on the Sittoung River. It is a railway junction. From the late 14th cent. it was the center of one of the three chief states of Myanmar; in the late 16th cent., under the Pagan kings, it preceded Bago as the capital of a unified Burmese kingdom.... Read more |
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sculpture
...anachronistically, with the Greek goddess of love.Numbers of these early carvings have been found, and most employ an already sophisticated symbolic play...depicted are participants in religious practices or objects of devotion, not (or not only) articulating signs of statehood. Votive... |
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Stations of the Cross
...down; (xiv) it is laid in the tomb.In Roman Catholic and some Anglican churches, pictures or carvings of these incidents are arranged around the walls, and are the subject of public and private devotions in Lent and Passiontide. |
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Station of the Cross
Sta·tion of the Cross • n. (usu. Stations of the Cross) one of a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' progress from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary, before which devotions are performed in some churches. |
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Śāsanadevatā
...jinas but who also respond as gods, at a popular level, to the devotion and prayers of humans. Frequently they are Hindu deities, and...pairs of attendant yakṣas and yakṣis, are often found in carvings without any further identity beyond that of the jina whom they... |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Arts: The return of the Middle Ages The carvings of Lincoln cathedral have...
...eight panels on an extraordinary set of carvings which has stood for almost 900 years...some of the most important and moving carving from the early Middle Ages period that...the cathedral is, even without the carvings, so beautiful it is almost frightening...years. Even in ... |
 "Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)")
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Carving and the call of the wild.
...Aardsma's work is his devotion to detail. His tiny scale carving of a turtle on a branch...investment quality." Carving a career: Aardsma carved...two different types of carvings: He does pocketknife...And he does power carvings with ... |
 "The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)")
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CARVING OUT A TALENT.(Eldorado Section)
...his calling making wood art Carving and painting wood can be a...block of wood and got busy carving. He hasn't stopped since...every Sunday, but he loves carving wood every day. As a parishioner...and sandpaper, his level of devotion matches that inspired in ... |
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Art and Devotion in Late Medieval Ireland
Art and Devotion in Late Medieval Ireland...book makes clear, popular devotion was to a large degree shaped...Maire Ni Mhaille.Maire's devotions offer a remarkable glimpse...examines the contexts of stone carving and the ways in which sculpture...extensive) ... |
 "Hindustan Times (New Delhi, India)")
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Carving images on soap cakes is this boy's passion
...picked up a chalk piece and started carving figures in it. "The moment was memorable when I looked at my first carving of Ganesh on a chalk piece. Afterwards...Besides Ganesh, he also makes the carvings of Radha-Krishna and Gautam Buddha...want to continue with my passion ... |
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The Revival of Architectural Ornament and Fine Wood Carving
...architectural ornament and fine wood carving from homes, had as much to...fineartservices.net/wood-carving- photo.htmlto view samples...makers, such as the ornate carvings for Chippendale and Queen...a natural transition from carving period moldings and ... |
 "Post-Tribune (IN)")
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Ice-carving contest highlight at festival
...spectators. "The ice carving demo will allow spectators...learn about the art of ice carving," said Sherri Holt...Comparing people's devotion to the town's Winter Magic Festival to people's devotion to the Lake Michigan... |
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Art and Devotion.(Arts and Living)
...actually a hobby, it's passion and devotion." He refers, of course, to his fascination...painters, too. Step one involves carving out a wood structure, which can be either...art pieces, because they're art and devotion combined." Puey Quinones: Fashion... |
 "The Washington Times (Washington, DC)")
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Precious ivory: Graceful carvings recall sculpting method once popular in...
...the gallery will present "Images of Devotion: Personal Piety in Medieval Manuscripts...collection, from July 12 to Oct. 12. Ivory carving became a popular medium for sculpting...demise of this fascinating art form - ivory carving, a relatively new field for scholars... |
 "The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)")
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Carving out time for art: A stone-carving studio in the Glade Church basement...
...Yost heard about stone-carving classes from friends at Glade...more abstract art, the shiny carvings beckon the fingers to touch...accountant, said she took up carving about nine years ago when...Brozovsky hopes her passion for carving rubs off on others. ... |
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