![]() ![]() Sculptures of Chac Mool related to the worship to Tláloc, the rain god, have been found in Tenochtitlan, on the top of Templo Mayor. The sculpture was masterfully made in the so-called Aztec Imperial style. The god is surrounded by elements that suggest the aquatic and cold environment of the underworld. In the bottom of the sculpture there is an aquatic scene carved in bas-relief, where the figure of the god Tláloc is crouching in a Tlaltecuhtli, Lord of the Land, style. The face of the character is covered by a variation of Tláloc’s rain mask in which his blinkers and long fangs can be identified. He wears sandals with heelpieces ornamented by little tecpatls (personified sacrificial knives) and a headdress of long feathers hanging down behind covering his back. Themes and space in Moore's art, and his quotation on universal forms. He is seen as more complex than Brancusi or Arp, being concerned also with a spiritual dimension. Appreciation of 1972 Florence exhibition (See 0004285). The character is luxuriously attired with large circular earflaps, bracelets, and bangles made of green stone beads, and a three string necklace equally made of green stone beads from which a trapezoidal ornament that seems to represent an ancient object or a relic hangs. Moore quoted on Classical and Renaissance sculpture and on Brancusi. The rim of the vessel is ornamented with feather and jewel glyphs. He holds a cuauhxicalli, or offering vessel over his stomach. 1 (1956), Edith Sitwell gravestone, bronze, length 34.Sculpture representing a Chac Mool in its characteristic position, reclining in a pose difficult to keep, with bent arm and legs and the head completely turn to one side. Official website: Other artworks in churches by this artist:Ĭircular Altar (1972), travertine marble, 255cm, St Stephen Walbrook Madonna and Child (1948-49), Hornton stone, 122cm, St Mary's Barham Single Standing Figure (1981), travertine marble, height 246.5cm, Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban (on loan from Henry Moore Foundation) Mother and Child: Hood (1983), travertine marble, height 183cm, St Paul's Cathedral Head of King and Queen(1953), Corsham stone, height 35.5cm, St Andrew Much Hadham Hand Relief No. His body is interred in the Artists' Corner at St Paul's Cathedral. Before his death in 1986 he founded The Henry Moore Foundation to preserve his legacy as well as fund arts education and institutions. In 1948 Moore won the International Sculpture Prize at the Venice Biennale, was a featured artists of the Festival of Britain in 1951 and participated in the legendary Documenta 1 in 1955. Moore produced many public commissions including at UNESCO headquarters, Paris, France and at the Houses of Parliament, United Kingdom. Post-war Moore was to become the most important sculptor in Britain and one of the most important and influential sculptors of the twentieth century. His drawings of evacuees sleeping in tube stations gained notoriety in the United States, leading to many commissions and exhibitions there. During the war he worked as a war artist mostly sketching the effects of the blitz. During this time he made lasting friendships and connections that influenced and shaped his future career. The close proximity of talent in Hampstead led to an exchange of ideas and influences as well as making it a stopping point for artists, designers, architects and intellectuals fleeing the coming war in continental Europe. In the 1930’s he moved to Hampstead and became part of the burgeoning creative community that included his colleague from college, sculptor Barbara Hepworth. Best known perhaps are his large-scale bronze undulating abstractions of the human form, many in a reclining position. The dual influences of non-western art as well as his collections of driftwood and other organic forms were to have a profound impact in creating his instantly recognizable and unique personal style. Chac Mools are Pre-Columbian stone sculptures of reclining figures with their heads upturned. In his twenties, Moore became interested in non-Western art, filling sketchbooks with drawings of South American and Pre-Colombian sculpture perhaps most tellingly of Chac Mool figures. Contemporary artist website Contemporary Artist from college station Texas United States. ![]() Henry Moore (1898-1986, British) decided to become a sculptor at only eleven after hearing of Michelangelo's achievements. Shawn Corbett artwork Chac Mool Totem for sale and offering more original artworks in Drawing medium and Surrealism theme. Part of the restoration and reordering of the church in the 1970s.
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