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The Oscar statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, [18] is given to winners of each year's awards. Made of gold-plated bronze on a black metal base, it is 13.5 in (34.3 cm) tall, weighs 8.5 lb (3.9 kg) and depicts a knight rendered in Art Deco style holding a sword standing on a reel of film with five spokes. The five spokes represent ...
The award was an 8-inch (200 mm) tall piece of glass with a hand of cards sandblasted at the bottom, the winner's name, and the words "Poker Hall of Fame" in a circle. The circle had a gold emblem bonded to the glass and had the Binion's Horseshoe Casino logo in it. There was a gold plated base with three gold-plated stacks of chips. [8]
The Oscar statuette is getting a minormakeover, and a brand new company to produce the coveted gold prizes ahead of the 88th Annual Academy Awards. N Academy updates Oscar statue design, hires new ...
Austin Cedric Gibbons (March 23, 1890 [1] – July 26, 1960) was an American art director for the film industry. He also made a significant contribution to motion picture theater architecture from the 1930s to 1950s. Gibbons designed the Oscar statuette in 1928, but tasked the sculpting to George Stanley, a Los Angeles artist.
The Emmy Award statue -- which pictures a woman with wings holding an atom -- costs $400 to make, People reports. Each statue takes 5 1/2 hours to produce and is coated with copper, nickel, silver ...
Museum of Modern Art Department of Film: Film preservation and promotion efforts Museum of Modern Art, New York City: United States 1979 Awarded "for the contribution it has made to the public's perception of movies as an art form." Displayed in the lobby of the museum. 1981: Best Picture: David Puttnam: Chariots of Fire
The Oscar statuette was fabricated based upon a sketch by MGM art director Cedric Gibbons in 1927. [4] [5] It was first awarded in 1929. Since then, more than 3000 statuettes have been presented to some of the world's best film and television actors, writers, directors, producers, and technicians. [6] [7]