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Tandragee Idol
The Tandragee Idol (or Tandragee Man) is the name given to a granite or sandstone carving dated to c. 1000–500 BC, found in a peat bog near Tandragee, County Armagh, in Northern Ireland. It is in height and consists of the torso and head of a grotesque and brutish-looking figure positioned on a on a stone slab. He has a pierced nostrils, a vulgar and course mouth, a horned helmet and holds his right arm with his left. It was probably produced as an idol for an Ancient Celtic religious shrine. The figure may represent the mythical chieftain Nuadha of the Silver Arm, who was thought to have lead the successful Tuatha Dé Danann invasion of Ireland against the then dominant Fir Bolg settlers. It is the best known of a number of Iron Age carved stone-head idols found in County Armagh, a number of which are in the crypt of St Patrick's.Kingsley Porter (1934), p. 55 It is often associated with a figure on a later Janisform head from Boa Island, County Fermanagh; both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carving
Carving is the act of using tools to shape something from a material by scraping away portions of that material. The technique can be applied to any material that is solid enough to hold a form even when pieces have been removed from it, and yet soft enough for portions to be scraped away with available tools. Carving, as a means for making stone or wooden sculpture, is distinct from methods using soft and malleable materials like clay, fruit, and melted glass, which may be shaped into the desired forms while soft and then harden into that form. Carving tends to require much more work than methods using malleable materials.Daniel Marcus Mendelowitz, ''Children Are Artists: An Introduction to Children's Art for Teachers and Parents'' (1953), p. 136. Kinds of carving include: * Bone carving * Chip carving * Fruit carving * Gourd carving or gourd art * Ice carving or ice sculpture * Ivory carving * Stone carving ** Petroglyph * Vegetable carving ** Thaeng yuak (Banana stalk ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
