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Episode 05 - Canons of proportion

Episode 05 - Canons of proportion

FromThe Sculptor's Funeral


Episode 05 - Canons of proportion

FromThe Sculptor's Funeral

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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Nov 2, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The history of canons of proportions and their use by sculptors is discussed in this week's episode. From the Egyptians up to the present day, artists have sought the key to caputring an ideal, or a norm, in human form. As it happens, notions of ideals - and of what we consider normal - change over time, which has given rise to dozens of canons practiced by different artists at different times. Host Jason Arkles discusses several, and how artists have always sought to tie the measurements of the human form to other notions of perfection- be it the sacred, or geometry - or even sacred geometry.
Released:
Nov 2, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (96)

The Sculptor's Funeral is the only podcast dedicated to figurative sculptors living and working today. Art history, tech talk, news, and interviews for those working in the Western European tradition of figurative sculpture, along with a social media forum and listener mail/questions/comments make this podcast required listening for any sculptor who knows the Fine Arts aren't dead, they just smell a little funny.