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Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes De Asunción
The National Museum of Fine Arts of Asunción (), located on Mcal. Estigarribia and Iturbe St. in Asuncion, the capital city of Paraguay, displays over 650 works of art, paintings, sculptures, ceramic art, ceramics, printmaking, prints, photographs, Paraguayan and international artists. As well as antique coins, furniture and various objects that belonged to its creator. The museum was founded in 1909 by the collector Juan Silvano Godoi, Silvano Godoi, the first director-general of museums and archives in Paraguay. In the same building is the Archivo Nacional de Asunción, National Archives, which houses the largest collection of documents relating to the country's history. History Arts in Paraguay Unlike other Latin American countries, which began after the Conquest a virtually continuous production and valuation of works of art, in Paraguay, the evolution of the arts in general was marked by the difficult course of its history. The rich tradition of craftsmanship ethniciti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sculptures
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sculptural processes originally used carving (the removal of material) and modelling (the addition of material, as clay), in stone, metal, ceramic art, ceramics, wood and other materials but, since Modernism, there has been almost complete freedom of materials and process. A wide variety of materials may be worked by removal such as carving, assembled by welding or modelling, or Molding (process), moulded or Casting, cast. Sculpture in stone survives far better than works of art in perishable materials, and often represents the majority of the surviving works (other than pottery) from ancient cultures, though conversely traditions of sculpture in wood may have vanished almost entirely. In addition, most ancient sculpture was painted, which h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
