المؤلف
Unknown
تاريخ النشر
1464
مكان النشر
Granada (made) -
الموضوع
Star Scrolling Foliage
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Depth: 6.5cm, Height: 37.5cm, Width: 24cm
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
A.16-1913
رقم السجل
A.16-1913
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
1464
ملاحظات
Alhambra. Sculpture; Stucco painted, Islamic Spain style, 1464-1482
نص عينة
Transliteration,
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Gypsum plaster, carved Gypsum Plaster Carving
Fiziksel açıklama
Description This object is a fragment of plasterwork of an irregular shape with broken and abraded edges. It is most likely to be a fragment of architectural gypsum plaster decoration, most likely the right spandrel of an arch. For some reason it must have been extracted from the wall to become an object to display in itself, proof of this are the numerous metal hooks on its back and side, reminders of previous displays probably in the Museum and even before. This fragment of Gypsum plaster is of an average of 6cm deep, its front has carved decoration, with remains of a white paint layer. Its back presents the rough mortar that would have been originally in contact with the wall. Technical Description The fragment is composed of two different layers of Gypsum mortar, interestingly both are of the same thickness, around 3cm. On the back there is a very coarse and heterogeneous mortar mixture of greyish colour, containing large particles and impurities, its easy to observe with the naked eye very small particles of white gypsum, soot, and clay; some are quite large, up to 3mm thickness. The layer of mortar at the front is much finer, porous and compact, more appropriate for the carving, but still presents the same kind of particles and impurities that can be observed in the previous layer of mortar; the only difference is that they are much smaller, around o.5 mm thickness. On this layer is where we can find the carved surface. The carving technique was probably carried out after a preliminary geometrical drawing was drafted into the fresh plaster surface doing shallow incisions using rulers and compasses; traces of some of these incisions are still evident on the surface forming geometrical forms such as circumferences. The main carved motive is a star of eight points and it seems it was based on a preliminary design of circumferences and square geometrical shapes. The drawing of the design probably was commenced by tracing a big circumference which would provide the dimensions for 2 superimposing squares which would form the dimensions of the star. For the rest of the most complex inner decoration of proportional and symmetrical curved shapes it was used a superimposition of different circumferences always using as a reference a proportional measurement of the radius of the biggest and first circumference, the one drawn at the beginning to form the star. Once these measurements were taken and the drawing incised on the fresh plaster surface the motive was then carved with probably a variety of small metal chisels of different sizes and shapes that would have allowed the creation of the different effects found on the panel. Most of the grooves created with the carving are of âVâ or square shape measuring from 0.3cm to 1.5 cm in width. It is interesting to see how this grooves or concave spaces produced by the carving are of different depths, ranging from the 2cm of the small four point star in the centre, up to 1.7 and 0.5 cm in different areas to create symmetrical but different visual 3D effects. Another subtlety found in the carving is that the outer edges of the star were chiselled out to create a certain angle effect all around the intricate star. Another proof of the sophistication of the technique and the sensibility of the artist. The paint layer. The carved surface when complete was originally painted with a thick white coating, similar to the icing of a cake. In some areas the brush marks can still be appreciated. This layer was originally applied quite scarcely as the brush did not quite reach the deepest areas of the carving leaving the plaster exposed. This layer would have been originally of a completely bright white as it can be seen on the broken edges. At the moment it has a darker appearance due to all the impurities absorbed mostly related to water damage.
Üslup
Islamic Spain Nasrid
