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- Art & Places, Frankfurt, Germany, graphite, moleskine, prismacolor, sculpture, Travel illo, TRAVEL/HOLIDAYS
Art & Places: Statue of Minerva, Romerberg, Frankfurt
Here is a statue of Minerva situated in front of timbered houses at Romerberg, Frankfurt.
Pencil and color-pencil on Moleskine plain notebook.Minerva was an ancient Roman goddess of wisdom and reason, of warfare for a good cause, protector of handicrafts, arts, schools and sciences. She was the daughter of Jupiter, the king of the gods.
Minerva was built from red sandstone by sculptor Friedrich Schierholz in 1893/94. It was half destroyed in 1944 during the WW2 and again in 1951 by the Romans. Later in 1983, sculptor Fritz Klimsch sculpted an exact copy of the statue. Minerva wears a lion head’s helmet with a crest decorated with a head of a woman (not sure what this means) and feathers.
She holds a spear on her left hand while the head of Medusa on her right. She is wearing a toga protected with an Aegis, a shield or buckler, on her body. She stands on a column decorated with floral ornaments.
Reference:
Kunst Im Offenlichen – Minerva Fountain
- Art & Places, Frankfurt, Germany, graphite, moleskine, prismacolor, sculpture, Travel illo, TRAVEL/HOLIDAYS
Art & Places: Statue of Justice, Romerberg, Frankfurt
The statue of the goddess Justitia that graces the Fountain of Justice (Gerechtigkeitsbrunnen) stands proudly at the heart of the Romerberg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Pencil and color-pencil on Moleskine Plain Notebook.Previously, in 1610, the sculptor Johann Hocheisen created the fountain and the figure from red sandstone but after the war, Justitia had lost half of her arm (not sure left or right) and the scales went missing. Later in 1887, she was rebuilt in bronze by F. R. Schierholz, funded by a Frankfurt wine merchant.
Justitia, the Roman goddess of Justice, is an allegorical personification of the moral force in judicial systems. Justitia is depicted with a set of scales suspended from her right hand, upon which she measures the strengths of a case’s support and opposition. Mature, pretty and draped in flowing robes, she is also carrying a sword in her left hand, symbolizing the power of Reason and Justice, which may be wielded either for or against any party.
The statue is adorned with 4 water nymphs on the corners of its pedestal as symbol of fertility.
Reference:
Wikipedia.org – Lady Justice
Fountain of Justice
Historical Frankfurt – Fountain of Justice -
Art & Places: Pinang Fountain, Georgetown
At the King Edward’s Place roundabout, there is a sculpture of areca-nut palm (or commonly known as betelnut) standing proudly to greet visitors with it’s unique modern look contrary with the historical Jubilee Clock Tower.
Pencil on Moleskine. Coloring was done digitally.Standing at 4.8 meters in height, the metal sculpture serves as a fountain where a spray of water comes up from inside the sculpture. Named as Pinang Fountain, the sculpture was erected to commemorate Pulau Pinang which translates ‘the Island of Areca-nut Palm’. History has it that when Portuguese traders discovered Pulau Pinang (which was a small uninhabited island back in the 16th century) they named it “Pulo Pinaom” as there were abundance of Arecanut Palm trees found around the island.
Reference:
http://www.penang-traveltips.com/pinang-fountain.htm
http://www.visitpenang.gov.my/portal3/about-penang/history.html -
Moleskine: Spotted Wood Owl
A spotted wood owl from my trip to Taiping Zoo. This is purely pencil drawing.
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IF: Book
The challenge at Illustration Friday (IF) this week is to illustrate ‘book’. Here’s one of my dreamy flower girls with her books. I am keeping the pen style for IF, helps me practice my line artwork. I just bought a set of red Moleskine Cahier Sketchbook for me to carry around in my handbag. One for IF, one for reproduction of Boys & Girls and another one has yet to be determined.
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Moleskine: Kuala Gandah’s Elephant drawing
This is as details as I can get. Pencil drawing on Moleskine. It is based on my own photo during my trip to Kuala Gandah National Elephant Conservation Centre in Lanchang, Pahang.
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Moleskine: Sika deers
A pen drawing of Sika deers I visited recently at Deerland Park, Lanchang, Pahang. Pen on Moleskine.