Tuesday, May 31, 2011
illustrator to maya
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Bernini
Triton Fountain
-Gian Lorenzo Bernini
-Built in 1643 in Rome
Fountain of the Bees
-Gian Lorenzo Bernini
-Built in 1644
-Tribute to Pope Urban VIII Barbernini
Fountain of the four rivers
The " Fontana Dei Quattro Fiumi" was designed by Gianlorenzo Bernini in the year 1651. it represents the four major rivers of the four continents and it can be found in Piazza Navona, Rome.
Fountain of the Bees
oFountain of the Bees
Designed by Bernini
o Style is Baroque
o Fontana delle Api
o Decorated with the heraldic bees of the Berberini family
o Pope Urban’s family was the Berberini family
o There are three bees, symbolizing the Berberini family crest
o Upper shell originally designed for Pope Urban VIII at a different location,
but later moved for traffic requirements
o Built in 1644
o Original inscription, celebrating Pope Urban’s 22nd year of reign, was changed because he had only reigned for 21 years
o “The Supreme PontiffUrban the Eighth, after building a fountain for the public decoration of the Eternal City, built this separate fountain for the use of the citizens in the year 1644, the twentieth of his papacy”
o Inscription says that the fountain is or use by the public and their animals
o Originally popular with horses
o Located in the Piazza Barberini alongside the Fountain of Triton
o Built because the fountain of Triton did not suit the needs of the public.
o The water is drained from the fountain of Triton
o Materials are travertine and marble
o Plaza Barberini
o Orignal name was Piazza Grimana
o Placed in a depression
o Originally surrounded by villas and gardens
Fountain in Palestrina
A vertical, oval frame of odd-shaped stones. The small pedestal on each side of the structure originally held statues. Only the lower portion of one of these statues remains.Pulvers, Marvin. 2002. Roman fountains: 2000 fountains in Rome : a complete collection. Roma: "L'Erma" di Bretschneider.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Fontana delle Anfore (1926)
Fontana delle Anfore, Piazza dell'Emporio, Rome
This fountain, fed by Acqua Marcia, dates to October 28, 1926. It commemorates the fourth anniversary of Mussolini's March on Rome, the march of Fascist party that lead Mussolini to power and is by Pietro Lombardi, who was commissioned by S.P.Q.R.. Lombardi won a city contest, which stipulated that statues, groups of figures, bas-reliefs, bronze or marble could not be used. The fountain is a reminder of the amphorae used to transport food, wine, and other goods to the port of Ripa Grande. Goods came by ship to the port of Ripa Grande and were stored there in amphorae in large warehouse. They are the symbol of the rione Testaccio. Now, the broken amphorae cover an area of 16 acres, 120 feet high. The fountain was originally placed in Piazza Testaccio before being transferred here. Each of its four sections is reached by a set of five concentric steps. Everything is rounded, with no sharp edges or straight lines.
Pulvers, Marvin. 2002. Roman fountains: 2000 fountains in Rome : a complete collection. Roma: "L'Erma" di Bretschneider.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
2. Start outlining the artifact. Have in mind certain criteria the become defining points/areas of importance
- you do not want to end up with a line drawing of the artifact, but rather and abstraction of it from which you can infer spatial/atmospheric notions. Based on those points/areas, you can also begin to decay the item--that is erode away the original notion to get diagram from it, always using the objects own logic and points of influence to apply an effect in certain areas.
3. Once you have the linework setup, you can begin combining/blend shaping between lines.
- Either select two lines at a time, or a series of lines
- Go to OBJECT-blend-make
- OBJECT -blend - blend options ---here you put specified distance and adjust the space between lines...hit preview to view how it will look before you commit.
-these objects now are parametrically based, you can use the DIRECT SELECTION TOOL (A) to move specific points and the set of lines follow.