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In 1957, the board of trustees of Western Washington University established a policy that encouraged public art on the campus. [3] The first work added to the collection, commissioned by Paul Thiry, [6] was James Fitzgerald's Rain Forest, in 1960. [3] Campus architect Ibsen Nelsen commissioned Isamu Noguchi's "Skyviewing Sculpture" in the 1960s ...
Floralis Genérica is a sculpture made of steel and aluminum located in Plaza de las Naciones Unidas, Avenida Figueroa Alcorta, Buenos Aires, a gift to the city by the Argentine architect Eduardo Catalano. Catalano once said that the flower "is a synthesis of all the flowers and, at the same time, a hope reborn every day at opening."
A CT scan confirmed Wildung's findings; Thutmose had added gypsum under the cheeks and eyes in an attempt to perfect his sculpture. [31] The CT scan in 2006, led by Alexander Huppertz, director of the Imaging Science Institute in Berlin, revealed a wrinkled face of Nefertiti carved in the inner core of the bust. [34]
Living sculpture is any type of sculpture that is created with living, growing grasses, vines, plants or trees.It can be functional and/or ornamental. There are several different types of living sculpture techniques, including topiary (prune plants or train them over frames), sod works (create sculptures using soil and grass or moss), tree shaping (growing designs with living trees) and mowing ...
Urban Garden is a sculpture by Ginny Ruffner, installed in Seattle, Washington, United States. [1] [2] It depicts a pot, flowers, and watering can. [3] The 27-foot-tall kinetic sculpture was commissioned by the Sheraton Seattle Hotel and weighs approximately 10,000 pounds. [4] [5] The pot is 9 feet tall and 7 feet wide. [6]
[2] [1] Of her approach to making functional sculpture, Kisch said, “I have eased into functional art, its duality offers a resolution for some of my ideas. Wrapping my fantasies around a preconceived utilitarian object is the basis for this dichotomy.” [ 25 ] The art critic Rose Slivka noted that Kisch’s furniture forms ‘look as if ...
Selenite, satin spar, desert rose, and gypsum flower are crystal habit varieties of the mineral gypsum.. All varieties of gypsum, including selenite and alabaster, are composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate (meaning that it has two molecules of water), with the chemical formula CaSO 4 ·2H 2 O. Selenite contains no selenium, the similar names both derive from Greek selḗnē (σελήνη 'Moon').
Soft sculpture is a type of sculpture or three dimensional form that incorporates materials such as cloth, fur, foam rubber, plastic, paper, fibre or similar supple and nonrigid materials. Soft sculptures can be stuffed, sewn, draped, stapled, glued, hung, draped or woven.