Video: Out-of-the-box technologies of the 19th century
2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55
Hike to the museum. Vrubel, Omsk
Friends, I decided to share with you my impressions of the trip to the Museum. Vrubel to the main exhibition, but from the point of view not of a historian, but of a design engineer.
Earlier I already visited our museum, but at that time I could not share my observations with you, I did not have a magazine yet, but there is something to watch and wonder there. Sometimes the jaw just falls off:)
Our ancestors were great craftsmen, and their products are a real treasure, a work of art of a very complex shape and with high quality workmanship. Personally, while working at a large enterprise that has a number of impressive technologies, I have no idea what the tool of our ancestors should have been like, what is its accuracy ?!
Many exhibits are under glass, so some of the photos have glare and slight distortion, and there were problems with lighting - using a flash is prohibited!
And yes, the photo is practically without processing, so as not to lose possible details.
Let's start.
01. Sculpture "Frederick the Great".
02. This is biscuit unglazed porcelain. It is a very complex manufacture.
03. Pupils, wrinkles. Masterpiece!
04. Fingernails, there are even wrinkles on the hands!
05. This is a replica of the statue of Artemis. In ancient Greek mythology, the virgin, always young goddess of the hunt, the goddess of fertility, the goddess of female chastity, the patroness of all life on Earth, giving happiness in marriage and assistance during childbirth, and later the goddess of the Moon.
06. Marble copy!
07. Feet. I was not particularly impressed with the detail. The figure stands on a flat surface (in my opinion, this remark is important, it will be clear below why).
08. Nowadays, such a statue can also be made, but only using 5D milling, with cutters like a dentist.
09. A very beautiful woman with perfect shapes and facial features. There are no pupils.
10. It is unrealistic to do it manually, considering the specifics of marble.
Very cool, but still lacking in detail. Although, perhaps, I am not so versed in this matter …
11. A beautiful woman-goddess!
12. Next comes the original sculpture, not a copy. "Bacchante" - in ancient Greek mythology, the companion and admirer of Dionysus. By the way, he will continue.
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14. Nude in marble. Here the detailing is a little deeper and better.
15. See what proportions - as if alive, as if frozen in stone.
16. The muzzle of the slain beast. See how deeply the eyes are worked, and not only that, the marble in the eye sockets is polished. What for?
16. The jug, although not hollow, is still quite deeply processed.
17. The shape of the jug is ideal - a figure of rotation.
18. The paw of an animal with the outline of a fur.
19. The model is standing on a flat surface.
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21. Nails and protruding joints …
22. Here, it seems to me, the size of the cutter is clearly visible.
23. Compare with the previous sculpture - here the detail is higher.
24. Compare with your foot:)
25. Take another look at this beauty.
Another Bacchante from an unknown sculptor.
26. A very old statue - the marble has already "bloomed". Here the detail is even higher.
27. The pupils are "drawn", the nostrils are cut deeper, the hair is a little more detailed.
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29. Estimate the milling depth.
30. Let's look into her eyes again.
31. There is a hoof on the skin. It's all made of a whole stone!
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The next sculpture is Aphrodite with beautiful buttocks.
33. This is a copy. The original is much larger, almost two meters. By the way, this statue has a lot of copies in the world.
34. And here is the reason for this name:). It is she who dresses after bathing.
35. The detailing is "usual" (if you can call it that), there is nothing super-dupery.
35. Strange little holes …
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37. Beauty!
38. Goddess.
Next comes the copy again.
39. This is Hebe, in ancient Greek mythology, the goddess of youth, the daughter of Zeus and Hera, who served on Olympus as the cupbearer of the gods until she was replaced by Ganymede.
40. The model is standing on a flat surface.
41. Very beautiful facial features.
42. In general, everything is normal.
43. There are pupils.
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45. Look what a little little finger. The fingers were all straight, they obviously walked barefoot.
46. The pitcher is not as deeply carved as the previous girl's.
There is another original made of marble.
47. This is a portrait of Madame Julie Recamier (1777 - 1849). A famous beauty, mistress of the famous literary and political salon, which at that time was the intellectual center of Paris. Her name became a symbol of good taste and education. She was a "star" on a European scale, which was talked about in Russia and England, in Italy and Germany.
48. The marble "bloomed" a little.
49. The detail is good. The sculpture was made in the 18th century!
50. Signature of the author.
51. There are flowers on the fabric.
52. Quite delicate work.
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Next in line is simply a masterpiece with excellent quality and an abundance of small details.
Great copy ?!
54. This is Silenus with Dionysus. There are many options for this statue, but ours is slightly different - Silenus (spirit of nature, demon of fertility) is not standing on a flat surface, but on a slope. I think the slope was needed to represent the relief of the muscles, which means (I guess) the original statue was painted from life.
55. Dionysus is the God of vegetation, the God of fun, and Silenus is his faithful companion, who was always and everywhere with him.
56. Strong.
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58. Pay attention to the emptiness under the berries on the head.
59. Silenus was not a man, he was a spirit in the form of a man with only horse ears …
60. … and a small tail.
61. Pay attention with what activity the fingers are performed.
62. A very muscular guy!
63. I have a stupor! How?
64. It seems to me, or are there veins on the legs? The little finger is very small. I don’t know about you, but it seems strange to me.
65. The question is, how long should a person stand while such a statue is written off from him? It's 3D! Maybe they had some kind of 3D scanner?
66. Satisfied muzzle of the killed beast.
67. This is what the slope is for - all the muscles are visible, the person is in tension.
68. Marble "bloomed" - an old sculpture, apparently.
69. Everything is so detailed that you are amazed.
70. Indeed, there are veins on the leg!
The sculptures are finished. Now let's move on to the vases - there is also something to see here, we have a real treasure in the museum!
71. This is a porphyry vase. Rock. A solid piece of rock, not casting, but solid machining - I could not find the joining points.
72. This is exactly a rock, look at the characteristic pattern of the rock. And the edges, the edges are perfectly even, what are the corners, the hemispheres. Personally, I doubt that this can be done now.
73. And how to make such internal right angles?
74. And the inner depression is simply space!
75. I worked at an enterprise as a designer and technologist - I have no idea how to do this. Even with bronze casting under high pressure, such figures and facets cannot be obtained!
76. Here is also a masterpiece.
77. A very difficult vase to make.
78. But this vase is composite, but this does not make it easy to make.
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80. Here's another space.
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82. This vase is a pure rotating figure.
83. Old and battered in places.
84. But from a single piece - this can be seen from the pattern of the breed. There was something upstairs before, but apparently it broke off.
85. Another beauty and also a figure of rotation. I wonder if it's hollow inside or not?
86. From a single piece!
87. Here's another vase, but made of pieces.
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90. Next, I show a figure I just liked.
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92. Upstairs it is not clear what, whether a peeling ball, or a globe.
93. Probably just flaky.
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97. Sheep heads.
98. A goby with a monkey.
99. I don't know what that means.
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In general, it was very interesting, be sure to go to our museum and be sure to look at the details, not missing the little things!
Shl. Currently, such products are performed only on a 5D milling machine with very small milling cutters and computer control. How it was possible to make something like that in the 18th century, I don’t know … But with vases, especially with the first, I don’t understand anything at all!
Something like this!
Evgeny Vdovin
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