Design

CONTEXTUAL STUDIES

TASK 1

Luke Sheldon AD AD Group F

I have decided to go to Wignacourt museum to study some art and design works.

Design

1800s - 1940s Chair

The Design on this chair is similar to the designs on most of the Maltese Tiles which is very old but also modern in some houses these days which is used for tiles.

The Design on the back of the chair has a similarity with the design called Baroque patterns and also has similarity to Art Nuoveau Patterns. The colours are black and gold wich leaves a good tone with the two of them. The reason why these two patterns have so much in common is because of its fine lines that they have, very simple but it attracts most people especially tourists.

Drawing of the Reliquary of ST .Pauls Collegiate Church.

This is a drawing which was drawn by Vincenzo Bonello. This is a drawing of ST .Pauls Collegiate Church. This was a church which is placed in Rabat. It is made out of gold and bronze with a design called Gold Ornate which is basically the baroque pattern in gold material.

Maltese craftsmanship craved wood and gilded revolving exposition throne.

The lines of this shape are mostly horizontal and vertically rounded on the top. The shape is long in length and has a wide base to keep it balanced. There is a triangle and some semicircles and spheres as well when it comes to shapes. Its form is very complicated and delicate and the tones used are roughly the same amount of tones. The texture is very beautiful and mind blowing because it is designed with very fine lines and some points are rounded and sharp which are very hard to be created by hand so it is quite impressive. The patterns are in a form of arrows around the middle sphere around the triangle. The colours of the shape are gold and Red. The composition of the sphere is very well proportioned on the shape itself.

Bronze ruquel representing Beheading of St. Paul Alessandro Algardi (1598-1654)

The lines of this Bronze ruquel are very harsh on eash other and are very confusing. The shape of the ruquel is bery simple because it is a circle into another circle. The form of the requel is not noticeable because it has very harsh lines. The tones are very badly used here because the 3d and shadow effect is quiet poor. The texture looks good and sanded. Its not smooth lines but harsh lines and its not shining so that’s a sign of sanding.

Statue of Baby Jesus from the 19^th Century.

 

The lines of this small statue who is Baby Jesus are mostly curved to create the shape of a body. When it comes to shapes the bottom is a rounded with baroque patterns on the side of the base. The form of the glass is curved to protect the statue. The tones on the statue is very detailed because it shows a lot of shadows to the fine lines around the clothing. There is no sign of pattern in the statue but there is a pattern on the base which is related to the Baroque and Art nouveau patterns. The colours that were used on the statue itself and the casing to protect it are white and brown and a darker brown and yellow on the pattern around the base.