Peace
?1 Answer in Detail
What figures or monuments jointly represent spiritual force, symbols of peace, and religion?
1. dolomite 2. Obelisk 3. Crowns 4. Buddha figures
The Answer is: 4. Buddha figures
"What are Buddha figures?
Place = Korea
Buddha figures such as the carved granite stone one in cave-temple at Sokkuram, Kyongju, made during the Great Silla Dynasty, 8th century. (height of Buddha including pedestal 5.15 meters.)(Color plate on page 99 of the first book listed below.) are a most perfect symbol of peace. A peace both in body and spirit and a peace that transcends time.
Buddha statures or figures represent the Buddha."The Buddha was a human teacher, not a god; having attained Enlightenment, bodhi, which is nibbana, he spent the rest of his life trying to teach other how to do the same."
the Buddha of Sokkuram
*image credit-guid.jpg- 16K,Welcome to Hyundai- Korea's World Heritage-Sokkuram Grotto at http://www.hyundai.net/newy3.htm
The Great Silla Dynasty of Korea culture was in close link with the Chinese Tang Dynasty culture, both prosperous periods. Buddhism dominated the entire society of the Great Silla period. This golden age of Korean art created many splendid temples filled by statues of Buddha made in stone as Korea is rich in stone.
Many Buddha figures face the direction of the east in eternal watch over the Eastern Sea.
The Meitreya Buddha, a bronze figure, Three Kingdoms period, 6th century, located now in Toksu Palace Museum of Fine Art
*image credit- sculp03.jpg is 9K, a gilt bronze seated Maitreya on a square pedestal, 7th century, Packche
The Meitreya Buddha, a bronze figure, Three Kingdoms period, 6th century, located now in Toksu Palace Museum of Fine Art (height 28.5 cm, shown on page 90) is another sublime example of Buddhist art. This delicate bronze work is in complete contrast to the solid massive stone work of the Buddha of Sokkuram, Kyongju. Its slightly tilting head, thin willow body with arching curved arms sits as perfection in perfect proportion to the lotus leaf base, that rests upon yet another base with open cut work. The sculpture of this Buddha is pure drawing expressed with deep emotion, depth of feeling and trace like intuition.
Andrea della Robbia
What Italian artist used swaddled babies in ceramic wreath tondos as the subject of his art?
1. Brunelleschi (1377-1446)& dates corrected thanks to MDennyL ; Fillippo Brunelleschi 2. Andrea della Robbia (1437- 1528) or (1435 to 1525) 3. Luca della Robbia (1399/1400-1482) 4. Donato Donatello (1738-1820)
What is a tondo? -- Word: tondo or plurel tondos -definition = a round sculpture relief or a round painting.
The Answer is: 2. Andrea della Robbia (1437- 1528) or (1435 to 1525)
Luca Della Robbia, his uncle, born 1399 / 1400, in Firenze, died in 1482, in Firenze, Italy.image-Cappunccini Tondo, glazed terra- cotta, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence.
(Late Renaissance)
Biography
glazed terra-cotta bas-reliefs, usually with white figures on a blue ground, but also some with a vast array of color.
image: Tondo - Glazed terra-cotta, Ospedale degli Innocenti, Florence, Italy
A white ceramic baby wrapped in swaddling cloth on a blue ground.
"The Hospital of the Innocents is one of the first buildings produced by the Renaissance, a masterpiece designed by Brunelleschi and erected by him between 1421 and 1424. The hospital was constructed a a refuge for orphans and abandoned children. Its nine harmonious arches are decorated with terra-cotta tondos by Andrea della Robbia, which depict babies symbolically seeking the charity of Florence's rich."
Site even has a nice feature that lets you send a postcard of this image to a friend. Wow, could it be?, fun on the web!!
http://sunserv.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/r/robbia/andrea/1tondo.html
or similar if it is turned upside down to the Mercedes-Benz logo.
C.S.
What French artist used a image of a lion watching over a sleeping man as act of giving peace?
1. Gustave Flaubert 2. Emile Zola 3. Honore Balzac 4. George Sand 5. Edgar Allen Poe
The Answer is: 1.Henri Julien Felix Rousseau-(1844-1910)
Henri Julien Felix Rousseau-(1844-1910) Nicknamed "The Douanier" or "The Customs Officer",
The Sleeping Gypsy
Douanier's Lion as a Sleep Watcher- In Rousseau's work the sleeper is not some supine central female full of feminine charm but is instead a man dresses in a coat consisting of all the hues and colors of the world, a veritable color chart of man's color coded states of being.The lion however tempted by hunger has stopped still , (in fact the whole of the tableau is in a state of eerie stillness) and decided not to eat the resting man, who appears to be free of superstitious fear; perhaps the lion is lured into a calm state by the sentient presence of the full round moon. Nothing creaky here. The lion is awake. The man is asleep. "Invariably the encounter with sleep implies opportunity."(Leo Steinberg). Yet, the lion does not take his opportunity to eat the man or to cut down an enemy in his slumber , as in Artemisia Gentileschi's 'Judith beheading Holofernes', and rather almost offers himself as a sentinel figure, standing guard over the man to allow him to rest in peace. The lion with the patience of Job, bearing witness to the man in his fragile state of sleep is echoed by this now silent musical instrument, resting at his side as if it were his life mate. This act of giving is a symbol of Peace, in fact the entire painting rings out - sings out - 'be at peace". The lions tail swings out to capture and hold the space of the painting on the left side, as if the tail is a sort of wet finger held aloof in the wind in order to gauge the direction of the wind. Serenity and balance. (C. Sutton)
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau (1897)
The Sleeping Gypsy, Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York, oil on canvas, 129.5 x 200.7cm (51"x6'7")
Coat of many colors as Jacob's in the bible.The lion with the patience of Job, bearing withness to the man in his fragile state of sleep is echoed by this now silent mucical instrument, resting at his side as if it were his life mate.
Rousseau hit a stroke of genius by having the stick's light and shadow side read as just another stripe of color in the garment and he brilliantly highlighted strings of the music instrument to echo the stripes.
The lions tail swings out to capture and hold the space of the painting on the left side, as if the tail is a sort of wet finger held aloof in the wind in order to gauge the direction of the wind.
Corner detail of moon
?4. Answer in Detail 3. Dove by Picasso
?4. Match a well known shape or symbol for peace with it's artist. Which match best fits the symbol used by ---?
1. diamond by Noland 2. spiral by Miro 3. Dove by Picasso 4. Love by Indiana
The Answer is: 3. Dove by Picasso
Jazz time!
Time = November. 2, 1956-
Place = Salle Pleyel, Paris,
Jazz great Miles Davis on trumpet with other records
"Lady Be Good (G. & I. Gershwin tune) for and O.R. T. F. radio broadcast
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~losinp/
music/miles/paris_56.html
The same place as the Communist sponsored World Peace Congress held at Salle Pleyel, Paris, France.
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Pablo Picasso was left handed- - a southpaw--
Famous Left- Handers
http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/
left.html
more doves or more pigeons?
Did Picasso paint more Doves or did he paint more Pigeons? He made ceramics, prints, drawings, and painting, and sculptures of both doves and pigeons. Picasso also painted many Owls. Pablo painted both ibis and cock. Even crane. He owned doves, pigeons, a pet owl and a pet parrot.
from the Temple de la Paiz, "Round of Peace". the Vallarius Chapel, is the setting of two major frescoes, La Guerre and La Paix, 1952.
http://www.artxpo.com/
quotes.html#Pablo Picasso
Notes: Picasso keeps white doves while in his late life, while living at Villa La Californie, near Cannes, France.
from page 139:,
"White doves shared La Californie's third floor with Picasso, living on the terrace just outside his studio. Cannes and the Mediterranean fill the horizon beyond his garden. These doves,sitting on the tree-branch roost, inspired the artist to paint nearly a dozen canvases of exactly this scene-" " from
the book"Viva Picasso , a Centennial Celebration 1881-1981" by David Douglas Duncan, text and photography.
Italian Fantail , weigh 14 to 18 ounces
Fancy Pigeons-Organizations, Publications, Information
http://idt.net/~darndt19/fpigeon.html
PICASSO AND HIS BIRDS
INTRODUCTION
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CONTINUES ...section on Francoise Gilot/Picasso & his birds
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section on Francoise Gilot/Picasso & his birds
The listing of Picasso books and web related sites
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section on-Boeck/Sabartés book on Picasso with annoteted notes on bird related text.
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+ essay
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includes a chart TIMELINE --of characters from text with their human and bird relationships. 1881- to 1953
and an Illustrated Biography of Jaime Sabartés.
?5. #1 is correct- Tadao Ando
Architecture + Peace.
Which of the following architects designed a symbolic building, The Tower of Peace, for UNESCO,in Paris, France? The Answer is:
The Answer is: 2. Tadao Ando, architect of The Tower of Peace
Tadao Ando
The Tower of Peace
Architecture:
Meditation Space, a secular building dedicated to the coexistence of all religions and the promotion of Peace.
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) began in London with 41 nations signed on in 1945. Recently UNESCO commissioned Japanese architect Tadao Ando to design a symbolic building that would mold the ideas of its organization .The result was a tower called the Meditation Tower built and added to the Paris complex between the secretariat building and the conference building.
This UNESCO complex in Place de Fontenoy, was a joint design project that originally included architects Marcel Breuer, Bernard Zehrfuss and Pier Luigi Nervi. Many other architects and artists assisted in the project. Isamu Noguchi designed The Garden of Peace.
Read more and view 2 photographs
at this or internet site:
Tadao Ando, Japanese Architect designs a symbolic building, The Tower of Peace, for UNESCO, a page on "Secular meditation"-in Paris, France. "To revitalize its (UNESCO's) function as an intellectual forum in an era of social and political upheaval on a global scale." And "encapsulate the ideals of the organization in a meaningful and emotional way".
http://www.abitare.it/tadao353.html
Other interesting Peace or internet sites -
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