Aesthetics and Appreciation of Tree Trunks and Branches Into Sketches and Sculptures - Couverture souple

Bentum, Samuel Adentwi

 
9781490721187: Aesthetics and Appreciation of Tree Trunks and Branches Into Sketches and Sculptures
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ISBN 10 : 1490721185 ISBN 13 : 9781490721187
Editeur : Trafford, 2014

Synopsis

Aesthetics and Appreciation of Tree Trunks and Branches into Sketches and Sculptures introduces a way of seeing and experiencing art. For centuries, artists have relied on nature as their great source of inspiration. Tree trunks and branches are comparable natural sculpturing materials that are worthy of adoration and adoption. Nature, in this sense, directs the liberation of the images within these tree trunks and branches. The concept, upon which these aesthetics and appreciations were deduced, was based on the philosophy of truth which presents the materials, their sources and physical appearances as the basis of these sculptures. Therefore, the need to preserve and present the material was as crucial as the artistry. The style of these collections centered on simplified realism that clinches on plain geometric shapes and forms. Carving technique was at times interspersed with the tree bark texture, surface defects and marks from chain saw and machete. Titles of the sculptures were derived from the Akan-Fante culture and offered their English versions. Hence, the dignity of the African culture is clearly and solidly established through the form and imagery created from these tree trunks and branches.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Aesthetics and Appreciation of Tree Trunks and Branches into Sketches and Sculptures introduces a way of seeing and experiencing art. For centuries, artists have relied on nature as their great source of inspiration. Tree trunks and branches are comparable natural sculpturing materials that are worthy of adoration and adoption. Nature, in this sense, directs the liberation of the images within these tree trunks and branches. The concept, upon which these aesthetics and appreciations were deduced, was based on the philosophy of truth which presents the materials, their sources and physical appearances as the basis of these sculptures. Therefore, the need to preserve and present the material was as crucial as the artistry. The style of these collections centered on simplified realism that clinches on plain geometric shapes and forms. Carving technique was at times interspersed with the tree bark texture, surface defects and marks from chain saw and machete. Titles of the sculptures were derived from the Akan-Fante culture and offered their English versions. Hence, the dignity of the African culture is clearly and solidly established through the form and imagery created from these tree trunks and branches.

Biographie de l'auteur

Samuel Adentwi Bentum a.k.a. Ebo Bentum is an Anthropologist, culturis and an art historian. He holds Ph.D in African Art and Culture and MFA in Sculpture and Painting all from Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science And Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana. He is an Art Educator at Takoradi Polytechnic, Takoradi, Ghana. He is a practicing artist who works with materials such as wood, concrete, plastic, steel, fabric and acrylic. He is a muralist and an interior artist. "Chief-dom: The Women's World" and "That Root You Left Behind" are his next books on the block.

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Éditeur
Trafford
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1490721185
ISBN 13 
9781490721187
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Nombre de pages
138
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ISBN 10 :  1490721177 ISBN 13 :  9781490721170
Editeur : Trafford Publishing, 2014
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