PERSEUS - Sculpture by Igor Mitoraj (1986) Heykel Igor Mitoraj tarafından

Sculpture number: B208/1000


In order to create the work, he used the following techniques: stone and bronze. It is an alloy known from ancient times that gave its name to the entire Bronze Age. The primary constituents of bronze are copper and tin, although other metals are also used. This alloy owes its name to the town of Brundisium in Italy, which has become the center of bronze production. Casting technique made it tools for farmers and artisans, but it also became popular as an artistic material. As early as in the archaic period in Greece and in ancient Egypt, Persia and Asia Minor, bronze sculptures were obtained using the lost wax method. The "lost wax technique" consists in surrounding the wax sculpture with clay or plaster, removing the wax through high temperature and pouring hot bronze in its place, and then removing the clay or plaster mold. This technique functions in the artistic world to this day, although of course it has been improved. The most famous bronze sculptures were made by Cellini, Donatello, August Rodin, and in Poland by Bolesław Biegas and Wacław Szymanowski.

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