History is often taught as if serious art followed a single European arc—from classical Greek sculpture to Renaissance ...
In a recent study, Dr. Linda Boutoille uncovered the first evidence of lost-wax casting of silver objects in Bronze Age Iberia and, to date, Western Europe. Published in the Oxford Journal of ...
Still from “Hadrian / Bronze Casting Using The Lost-Wax Technique” by Renana Aldor and Kobi Vogman (screenshot by the author for Hyperallergic) The ingenious ancient technique is beautifully ...
The process -- The creation and preservation of the original sculpture in solid wax -- Making the reproductory wax -- Retouching the hollow reproductory wax -- Exterior preparation; tie rods, ...
Craft in America is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and ...
The great Benin Empire flourished between the 14th and 16th centuries under the hereditary male monarch known as Oba, with a highly organised government and powerful army. The Oba’s Palace was adorned ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... British troops in 1897 mounted a violent, retaliatory raid on the Kingdom of Benin, in what’s now southern Nigeria, looting and burning the royal palace and ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Courtesy of the Denver Art Museum The royal palace of the oba or king of Benin was adorned with hundreds of elaborately ornamented plaques, such as this one.
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