First, an artist must concentrate and visualize his concept. You gotta embrace the marble. You gotta sniff the marble. You gotta lick the marble. You gotta wash the marble. You gotta date the marble. You gotta be the marble.
Everyone is always so surprised how detailed artists in the past got their work, but it always made sense to me. They didn't have the internet, or globalization, or really anything to distract them. They weren't exposed to a million different cultures and ideas on the daily from the internet. They just had their small, localized way of life and thinking. Mastering their craft was really all they had to do.
That's true, I always found it very tough sometimes as an artist in moments where you're in a block and there are multiple distractions readily at your disposal.
All that can actually hone your craft to even higher heights. The issue today, is there's no market for art. If there were, I'm sure the greatest art in history would be made right now, spanning influences from all genres, mediums and cultures.
Like, Adam Savage mail ordered notebooks by Leonardo Da Vinci, and if you ever watched Antiques Roadshow, you'll see all the antiques are depreciating. People today don't like art, or even history for that matter. They like information. And they don't like well crafted information, but they like easily digested information, that takes three seconds to understand, and probably just thought up five seconds ago..
In other words, nobody wants to think. That, and the art that is valuable looks like it could be made by two year olds. It's sad, really. Nobody can, because it's also looked down upon to take your craft seriously. Everyone wants ugly art. They don't want to establish aesthetic norms, except ones that are gross. Jeff Bezos spent an insane amount of money on what is essentially an electric blue painted canvas with yellow font. The font is nice, but that's what he spent a TON OF MONEY on. It's insane how much he spent on that piece. But, that's what sells.
I went to the art Academy of Carrara - not only Statuario marble is used for sculpture - actually there is not much Statuario left - but there is still a lot of Carrara marble, which is a cooler white and has som gray lines in it. Statuario is considered the finest with a warmer color …a bit like cream 🙂💁🏼♀️
Hello Helena I have a question I hope you help me , if I want to look in the internet for someone to make sculpture my own drawing where I should look and what should I write in the search to reach artist who can do it ?
No no no you got it all wrong they say that every statue is in all slabs of marble you just got to bring it out. so he knocked on the marble and waited to hear "get me the hell out of here!!!" and went at it like triple H with a sledge hammer after he spits a mist of wine into the air.
@Masnsen i can't remember what sculpture, but the quality of the marble was so bad, onlookers broke either the penis or the head off of it with rocks. The artist wasn't as loved and supported as he is now. If you visit the museum currently holding the masterpiece, you can still see the damage done to it today. If you ask me, it was the vandalists who worked with demons.
@@cccvvv630 it very well be the case that I'm wrong, since i don't remember all the details I got this information from a youtube video about a behind-the-scenes restoration of (what i thought was) one of his statues. I'll see if i can find it, we can both watch it, and see what mistakes i made, hm? Here, i have found it ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GsrKhGI9uow.html In the time i have posted this, i haven't rewatched it yet, but I'm about to
@@cccvvv630 you're right i did mess quite a bit up. I mixed up the riots that broke Michael's arm off (not his head) with everyone disliking him. And he wasn't given low grade marble, he CHOSE it because no one else was taking the block.
1:32 Most marble sculptures are just not made this way. The sculptor in this video uses a well known but fairly uncommon method for working in marble. Though it is fairly common for carved wooden statues. It's more common with stone to sketch potential ideas for sculptures in flat drawings. Then a clay or wax maquette (bozetto in Italian) or rough scale model in is made as an experiment in the subject, proportions, posing and overall composition. As well as giving hints as to practicality, eg. to visualise what support might be needed. Once the sculptor is happy with one of the many maquettes they might make, most of which might never to see expression in any larger sculpture, they go about transferring the idea to marble. They may for reasonably sized statues actually make a full sized clay more or less final version. That is often cast in hollow plaster for ease of use, or sometimes the clay is hollowed out and dried and maybe fired in a kiln. Then that is copied somewhat mechanically. By measuring the plaster master with calipers or a pointing machine. Skill is still required as this only gives the basic forms, and surface details need to be put in by hand, but that's far easier when you've got the shape right. And it is far less hit and miss than just chipping away semi randomly at a block of stone, which isn't very forgiving and very expensive if you mess up. It's also far less mysterious a process.
@@sissyrayself7508 They still had to sculpt it first. To me that technique is just common sense. Why just start carving without planning it out first, especially considering the finer grades of marble are increasingly rare and expensive?
Looking at all the equipments and machineries, I start to appreciate the effort and time spent by the past artists to make these sculptures with simple tools. They really devoted their lives to their passion.
imagine how superior classical artists are since they weren’t using power tools back then, yet some of their works have the most detailed, life-like features.
@@AverageTrainEnthusiast still, The fact that people working with chisels could create such life-like statues before calculators and before modern measuring instruments, to have their measuring instruments be physical (not calculators or lasers) and precise is absolutely mind-boggling, like using a slide rule instead of a calculator to make a rocket with 100,000 times less computing power for guidance than a smart phone land on the moon This might sound like exaggeration, but we still can’t mass produce Roman concrete, we still can’t rebuild The Vatican, we can’t rebuild the Reichstag, we still can’t rebuild the Palais Garnier that was built with the modern equivalent of €313 million, which is less than it cost to build a modern Opera Bastille which was 147% of the cost.
@UCaQbNwQqi5HfNDPiLnMMR5A Part of it is regulation and taxes: large hallways, high ceilings, and enough room to put columns takes up area that could've otherwise housed businesses, apartments, and has to receive enough income, per taxed story, to justify the orientation of the building. Older buildings were preserved and partially immune to taxes due to landmark classification and various exemptions and benefits given to keep them in blue cities that favor high taxes. The other part is Masonry has upkeep cost that buildings with no extrusions or detachable sections has. Remember in 1890-1910 people could justify these costs still to themselves so it isn't infeasible and is still workable. Keep in mind the cost is still that: Only the high earners tend to be able to afford to frequent these beaux arts areas and especially live in them since regulations and taxes were imposed. Another is oddly enough, political will on the federal level. Trump wished to implement a restriction in which classical buildings for federal buildings would be built, but was stopped. Some say it's skilled labor relative to material costs, but doubt is wise as this mansion only cost 12 million to build ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-j5aFoPmFIT4.html I have a feeling that some of the answers might lie between 1890 and 1910, because pictures of the 1920s start to feature the prominent purpose built facades.
If i remember correctly. Stone cutting blades is not sharp as a wood cutting blade. Instead of cutting, it grinds it down. While a wood cutting blade would open his stomach up in a split second, a stone cutting blade would not. It would leave a mark tho.
Still didnt explain what I wanna see I wanna see how Michelangelo was able to make his sculptures so smooth and lifelike was it just really really fine picks or some custom tool
Yes, it really caught my eye as well......its amazing! Even trying to draw realistic drapery or fabric draping a human form is difficult. I love the way it looks
What the classical sculptors did is nothing short of magic, but we still have to give love to the modern artists. Although the tools have advanced, as with any craft, and thus the process has been expedited, the vision is what matters in the end. When all is said and done, the beauty of one’s creation transcends one’s tools or lack thereof.
As a person who watched spongebob as a youth, I always thought it just took a single well placed strike with a hammer and chisel to reveal the art from the marble.
My goodness what a beautiful works, Thank God for what you gave us materials on this earth and still many people not happy about it, Thank you for your amazing works in this solid marble, Your statues they just need is to speak, God bless you.
I have never been envious of anyone with wealth or fame. I am a bench joiner . I appreciate people that have these kinds of skill. And these are the people I am envious of. I would love to have their level of artistic skill. My work is more practical. Bravo to that gentleman on creating such a piece of art. 👍👍
I just love how they used the Statue of David to brag about the quality of the marble as if that statue wasn't built using extremely low grade marble. I'm not doubting that the marble there is good. But they chose a horrible example and clearly didn't do their research lmao. I mean, I don't claim to be an expert, but that's one of the first things you learn about the statue of David once you research beyond surface level information.
Poor laborers have cut down so much wood, so much granite, mined so much metal for your tables, beds, shelves what not for your excesses. And you have a problem with a few amazing artists creative beautiful things that represent their times? Very valid.
@phillyrick I work in a mine in northern Pakistan and I've seen one of world most unique marble mountains gone within years. Wood can grow, not marble. these mountains have been kept under special quarrying conditions that's why still there but with time, they will be gone!
It takes extreme talent to do it with power tools. So imagine how talented they were back then, they had no power tools, just a hammer, and other simple tools
Respect to the early artist like Michelangelo and others who had to sculpt without these modern and complex tools but still were able to produce most of the great works in this field.
Yeah those sculpture's are crap in its discourse as art. BUT the originality that the narrator refferes its about the material creation of a marble sculpture, opposed to (for example) cast sculpture, wich had a mold. (Sorry is my english is bad)
बड़े कमाल की बात हैं ना आंखें तालाब नही है लेकिन फिर भी भर आती हैं, और इंसान मौसम नही है फिर भी बदल जाता हैं..!! 🌼🦋┄┅══❁♥❁════┅🦋🌼 किसी की तारिफ करने के लिए जिगर चाहिए, बुराई तो बिना हुनर के किसी की भी की जा सकती हैं..!!..
Call_Me_ Karay I mean, sculpting is very different from drawing, since drawing is the illusion of depth (and much more) and sculpting is how to handle that depth in reality.
Call_Me_ Karay You don’t need to do a decent sculpture though, you just need to do a sculpture! There’s no fun in trying to be good at everything you do at first try, that’ll just burn you out! Go for it, if you want to make a sculpture then do it! And let that sculpture be part of the learning process :D
@@theplumscrub1627 Wow, Thank you so much :0, I feel more confident now, I think I might try to do something, I have a bit of clay, Thank you again! You're so kind! ^w^
Call_Me_ Karay You too pal! You’re awesome for being so brave to try it out! It’s really demotivating when we fail, but if we see it as learning then it’s suddenly easier! Thank you for being awesome too, and have fun :D
Hola, sería muy bueno que este contenido se tradujera al Español, o añadieran subtítulos en Español. Es un contenido escaso y muy interesante, que merece atravesar barreras del idioma en beneficio de la educación. Gracias por entregar este contenido ❤️
Lo siento si la traducción no es muy precisa, todavía estoy aprendiendo a hablar español, ¡así que principalmente uso un traductor! A pesar de que su comentario se hizo hace un tiempo, pensé que sería útil para otras personas que también quisieran una traducción.
Artists, especially sculptors, seldom work alone or do all the work themselves. They set up a shop and hire workers to do the rough work and polishing usually after creating a life sized model in clay.
@@joeylawn36111 Marble is mostly Calcium Carbonate. antiacid Tums is basically Calcium Carbonate. you can eat it. breathing it may not be a great idea.
Using our radio wave electronic devices for years is probably going to cause all of us more cancer ..in the long run..than the marble scultpters will ever get from breathing marble dust.
Nice video thank you. I can make almost anything I desire, and of all of it, I love stone the most. A creation stands a chance of being enjoyed for hundreds or even thousands of years. What was said here is true. The mind meets the stone, the two speak about it in silence. The conception of the piece is realised, and the sculptor brings it out of the stone into life. Beautiful
Italians are lucky they have preserved their ancient art where as in India the fine art of sculpting is long gone and no one creates such magnificent sculptures like our ancestors did. There are still sculptures but the art is not flourished as it did in the ancient times.
@@kishor565 Baps have built 80 plus large scale temple And currently building another axardham in America Also baps have there own staff of technician of 4000 person in Rajasthan pindwara U can also visit ..you tube video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-V8oidZbgQoM.html Time frame 13:00 to 20:00
I don't have this talent .. at all, but know how to admire the skill. Great, Amazing, I can feel, see the artist "put their soul to their work ". *Thank you Varo Sculpture*
I doubt Michelangelo had access to an angle grinder when he created David but this man’s creations are magnificent , just to have the imagination to see this finished sculpture on a large rectangular block of marble is amazing .
You are wrong. In the past there were "angle grinder" - It's called apprentice. The master will give to the apprentice to cut off the big shapes, also called to "block-in the form". This stage doesn't require much masterful skill, so skipping it was a practice for the master - since forever. But can help the apprentice to develop some synhronisation of the motion apparatus and to learn how the stone behave.
Marble Mountains r very precious, sculptures can made using any other material, really feel sad, sculptures can never give that much happiness as compared viewing the mountains
Wtf, marble mountains are like any other mountains, and they are not getting the marble from a world famus one. This is as stupid as crying for the mountains "killed" to get the concrete from what your house is made dude.
@@tiredeyes453 Then go away to the forest and try to live 100% ecological way. Cause if you live in the city, even your house is made out of "mountains" and you will see a lot of museums that represent the human history just for display, and dont ignore that even your not necessary purchase of brand clothes are based in natural resources, thats why I recommend this kind of people to go to the forest and live inside a hole. My point is that, a lot, if not all the people who live in the city has a display based life, thats a lot more contamination and "beauty taking", and you are focusing on saying "#savetthemarblemountains"?
Ratitabaco you realize concrete is made from rocks, gravel, or sand mixed with cement, which is made from limestone. Rocks, sand, gravel, and limestone can literally be found pretty much anywhere. Rare marble mountains that have historical importance, not so much. Also, concrete is the second most used resource behind water, so it makes sense that we harvest the materials to make it. Marble is present in what? Maybe .0001% of homes and buildings worldwide? A third point I’d like to make is that the majority of a home is constructed out of wood, and the majority of buildings are constructed out of wood and steel. Concrete isn’t even necessary for most buildings; it’s just cheap as fuck. OP’s point is that Italy has such breathtaking landscapes, so why would we want to destroy them when there are other larger sources of marble that are just as good buried elsewhere.
You know Paris, France? In English, they pronounce it “Paris,” but everyone else pronounces it without the “s” sound, like the French do. But with Venezia, everyone it the English way, “Venice.” Like The Merchant of Venice and Death in Venice . . . Why though?! Why isn’t the title Death in Venezia?! Are you friggin’ mocking me?! It takes place in Italy so use the Italian word, damn it! That shit pisses me off! Bunch of dumbasses!
Think about watching someone sweep up a workshop dealing with any fine particles without anything over their mouth and nose...when they retire, some truly retire shortly after putting 30 years in. To each his own. I am guilty of it sometimes. We all gotta die someday. I don't fear death...I fear those that walk around afraid of everything... especially in 2023...and propaganda...no mask to protect you from that other than getting rid of your television which I happily did about a decade ago. Best of luck to you and everyone out there living in the new normal.
There's a facet to this that's both beautiful and sad. We're destroying whole landscapes for chunks of marble to craft, throw away, and/or possibly immortalize in places that few see. We're exchanging natural beauty for man-made "beauty".
They use grinder now but still a lot work in my POV. I cant just imagined artist like michael angelo chiseling manualy that stone what a dedication they have in their work
SpongeBob: First, an artist must concentrate and visualize his concept. Squidward: Now you've got it. SpongeBob: I've gotta embrace the marble! Squidward: Right. SpongeBob: I've gotta sniff the marble! Squidward: Well, uh, ok. SpongeBob: I've gotta lick the marble! Squidward: Uhh... SpongeBob: [washes the marble in a washing machine] I've gotta wash the marble! I've gotta date the marble! [expands himself so that he's the same size as the marble] I've gotta be the marble! I've got it! I have see the sculpture within. There ya go, bud.
If Michelangelo had access to power tools, he would have used them. That's not what makes him the better artist. The poetry of his work is what sets him so immeasurable far above the "Chick in Skimpy Sheet" brigade.
