DOI issue:
Nr. 333 (February 1925)
DOI article:Ackerman, Phyllis: The east meets the west
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19984#0119
mceRnACionAL
But it is not decorative in any light sense. For lovely and still expressive designs of colors and
there are three conceptions of decoration in sculp- applied patterns, even considered for the moment
ture- pattern of silhouette, ornamentation of sur- in the flat. Or seen m a sharply lighted photo-
face'and design of masses. A sweep or dash of graph that minimized outline and pattern and
. i „„- neglected color they would be
out me is what many decora- - -■ * J ,
^ ... +u™ MHUMHi a line- articulation 01 massive
t ve sculptors content them-
1 . . „ . t-v- segments cleaned by shadows
selves to achieve. Hunt Die- & . •>
, „ij and bunded into a coherent
derich, for example, could .
... , . ^„+Qi equilibrium. 1 his equal ira-
work as well in cut sheet metal i i
t „ „„j portancc oi all three qualities
as in cast iron or bronze and « ' ' t •+• • i * •
... -j l;c oi composition is characteristic
ncleed he has recognized his Jl^H f ti +. i * f +i
. ,■ k„+i, "^Hffi ol the great sculpture ol the
fitness for that medium both W| . 6 . h
lr . • i I,,. Orient. It is sculpture and it
by actually using it and In . . K ,
j . . tt i i -.i™, is decoration. 1 hus the Cam-
drawing m blackened siinou- Mt
A ' I ' crustation of jf^,; bodian round reliels though
ettes. nc m „+u„,. they might seem almost ex-
surface is what many other • r • , , t .■ n
i pn,.i cessiveiy jeweled and highlv
decorative sculptors seek. Paul -W^ j e j
' j ' r U mretimes on w™uSM^re always built ot
is Iargely^an outli^^ ^ ^ . ^he same exalted degree is
' 1 is "Hindu Sundial" which present in Bufano's modeling;
is primarily a setting for an and t0 §et the fu|| realization
of the Orient to his education. ™.lth his c0nvlctI0ns and with
Take for example one of the his esthetic principles. He has
great Bodhisattias in - -•• and is still formulating his the-
terra cotta made in the late __—„.■M.MMm^.—,i.i.n,i.i.....-—a . , , . . J
_ . „ „QT.;^ '----7,- ones. 1 hus lie is m danger of
T ang or earn" oung periou "man of sorrows , . , . . r
which were brought out of bv benzamxno bufano being ab.t over-conscious of
China not so long ago and . hf- But he is first and per-
placed in various western museums, two of the sistcntly a sculptor. And he is remarkably young,
finest -oing to the Metropolitan. Seen in twilight With a more complete fusion of his intellect, his
. s . . «.„_ d-v «n tliat onlv the technical skill and his emotions, he shows promise
against a glowing western skj so uicn- j _ r
outline was sharp cut against the light they would of being one of the few endunngly important
have monumental and expressive poise. Seen sculptors that America, if she can claim him,
t j j ^-t-oi,-, tint confused the out- has had.
against a brocaded curtain that coniuseu Li
.. ... • tllPV WOllld be Photographs by courtesy of the Arden Studios
line with its continuous pattern tney wouiu
february i
three seventy-nine
But it is not decorative in any light sense. For lovely and still expressive designs of colors and
there are three conceptions of decoration in sculp- applied patterns, even considered for the moment
ture- pattern of silhouette, ornamentation of sur- in the flat. Or seen m a sharply lighted photo-
face'and design of masses. A sweep or dash of graph that minimized outline and pattern and
. i „„- neglected color they would be
out me is what many decora- - -■ * J ,
^ ... +u™ MHUMHi a line- articulation 01 massive
t ve sculptors content them-
1 . . „ . t-v- segments cleaned by shadows
selves to achieve. Hunt Die- & . •>
, „ij and bunded into a coherent
derich, for example, could .
... , . ^„+Qi equilibrium. 1 his equal ira-
work as well in cut sheet metal i i
t „ „„j portancc oi all three qualities
as in cast iron or bronze and « ' ' t •+• • i * •
... -j l;c oi composition is characteristic
ncleed he has recognized his Jl^H f ti +. i * f +i
. ,■ k„+i, "^Hffi ol the great sculpture ol the
fitness for that medium both W| . 6 . h
lr . • i I,,. Orient. It is sculpture and it
by actually using it and In . . K ,
j . . tt i i -.i™, is decoration. 1 hus the Cam-
drawing m blackened siinou- Mt
A ' I ' crustation of jf^,; bodian round reliels though
ettes. nc m „+u„,. they might seem almost ex-
surface is what many other • r • , , t .■ n
i pn,.i cessiveiy jeweled and highlv
decorative sculptors seek. Paul -W^ j e j
' j ' r U mretimes on w™uSM^re always built ot
is Iargely^an outli^^ ^ ^ . ^he same exalted degree is
' 1 is "Hindu Sundial" which present in Bufano's modeling;
is primarily a setting for an and t0 §et the fu|| realization
of the Orient to his education. ™.lth his c0nvlctI0ns and with
Take for example one of the his esthetic principles. He has
great Bodhisattias in - -•• and is still formulating his the-
terra cotta made in the late __—„.■M.MMm^.—,i.i.n,i.i.....-—a . , , . . J
_ . „ „QT.;^ '----7,- ones. 1 hus lie is m danger of
T ang or earn" oung periou "man of sorrows , . , . . r
which were brought out of bv benzamxno bufano being ab.t over-conscious of
China not so long ago and . hf- But he is first and per-
placed in various western museums, two of the sistcntly a sculptor. And he is remarkably young,
finest -oing to the Metropolitan. Seen in twilight With a more complete fusion of his intellect, his
. s . . «.„_ d-v «n tliat onlv the technical skill and his emotions, he shows promise
against a glowing western skj so uicn- j _ r
outline was sharp cut against the light they would of being one of the few endunngly important
have monumental and expressive poise. Seen sculptors that America, if she can claim him,
t j j ^-t-oi,-, tint confused the out- has had.
against a brocaded curtain that coniuseu Li
.. ... • tllPV WOllld be Photographs by courtesy of the Arden Studios
line with its continuous pattern tney wouiu
february i
three seventy-nine