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Looking at Metalwork
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What kinds of artwork are made from metal?
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Key Term Repousse- a metalworking technique in which a sheet of metal has a design worked into it by pushing the metal in and out from both sides using a variety of tools.
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Key Term Chasing- the pushing in of metal on the front of the design.
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Chasing is the opposite of Repousse. (Repousse=Push out on back) (Chasing=Push in on front) Metal smiths use both of these techniques together on their pieces.
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The metal is stretched so the sheet remains intact with no loss of material. In French repousse means “pushed out”.
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Agamemnon's Funeral Mask Repousse is a very old art form dating from ancient times. Widely used with gold and silver for detailed works. Copper and bronze were used for larger sculptures Gold Mycenaean Cup
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By the year 3000 B.C.E. semi- mass production techniques were introduced to avoid repetitive free-hand work. Artisan’s could press sheets of gold into molds carved in intaglio into bone, metal or stone to more easily form a design.
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Patterned punches were introduced as early as 2000 BC. to texture the background and sharpen details and relief. Early materials used to fill repousses included mud and resin in Egypt and beeswax in Ancient Greece.
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Revere was a goldsmith, an engraver, practiced repousses, and a publisher of historical and political cartoons. He was a manufacturer of gunpowder, Church bells, and rolled copper. He even kept a hardware store in Boston, where he sold jewelry and picture frames.
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The largest repousse in the world is the Statue of Liberty.
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The copper of the Statue of Liberty was 2 inches thick. It was heated first, then hammered.
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Portlandia is another famous repousse sculpture. Located in Portland, Oregon. It is the second largest copper repousse in the United States.
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King Tutankhamen's mask is a repousse made of gold. Egyptians used gold because it was a close resource and the metal is soft.
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Repousse continues to be used to make decorative plaques and is a popular technique of making jewelry.
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