‘Undine Rising from the Waters’, ca. 1880–1892, by Chauncey Bradley Ives (1810–1894), in the Yale University Art Gallery. Lady under the veil
Lady under the veil
While The entire piece of these sculptures is of marble, it’s hard to believe that this is not a living woman’s body, covered with a wet cloth, but the cold marble. And we have nothing to do but admire the skillfulness of a Sculptor, who deserves our admiration. Indeed, beautiful women wrapped in marble veil represent the vanished epoch of fine masters of the past.
Undoubtedly, the visual illusion of three-dimensional object sculpture makes it quite unique. In addition, this effect used in various works of art for the visual perception of two-dimensional plane, like three-dimensional. Interestingly, this effect works at any angle, and at any distance from the object.
Antonio Corradini ‘Sara’
To start, the wizard sculptor practiced on a regular stone. He took nudes, draped fabrics of all sorts and different density, looked at the “behavior of folds”. Then, the skilled master began to work with marble stone. Anyone who saw the stones on the beach, noticed that some are more transparent, and some, when viewed through the sun rays are too thin and delicate like glass.
Meanwhile, the block, which was to become a statue, had two layers – one more transparent, and the other – more dense. Although these natural stones are hard to find, but they exist. First, the master had a story in his head, and he knew what marble he was looking for. He was observing the texture surface, and went to the boundary separating the denser and more transparent part of the stone. As a result, the remains of the transparent part of the stone gave the effect of the veil.
Lady under the veil
Antonio Corradini. Veiled Woman (Puritas)Antonio Corradini. Veiled Woman (Puritas)Louvre, Paris. Statue 138cm tall… The identity of the sculptor is unknown, as is the identity of the subject – a beautiful woman with her face veileda beautiful woman with her face veiledstatue of the Blessed Virgin Mary in marble, by StrazzaBlessed Virgin Mary in marble, by Strazzamasked and veiled dancer, Hellenistic, 3rd–2nd century B.C. – Greek. BronzeTerracotta head of a veiled woman. 2nd–1st century B.C. Culture – Greek, CypriotThe Bride – Porcelain – Raffaelle Monti [Italian sculptor 1818-1881] – c. 1873The first dated work – marble Christ, under the shroud (1753), originally commissioned to sculptor Antonio Corradini, in the Chapel of San SeveroThe sculpture has caused admiration of Antonio Canova, who, according to him, would have given ten years of his life to become the author of such works. Legend has it that the real veil petrified.The technique is as old as the Greeks, as this sculpture from the IV Century a.C. shows (Metropolitan Museum).The veiled Vestal Virgin by Raffaelle MontiRaffaelle Monti. The veiled Vestal VirginVestal Virgin veiled sculptures by Raffaelle MontiThe sculpture of veiled VirginUnder the transparent silk veil, Elizabeth Ackroyd, 19th Century marble bust with faux-transparent veil, Bankfield Museum, Halifax, West Yorkshire, EnglandChatsworth House. Veiled Vestal Virgin by Raffaelle Montisecond quarter of the 18th century. Veiled WomanZentralfriedhof (Central Cemetary), Vienna. Veiled Woman Statue.Sculpture of Veiled woman at the Loeb Art Center.Veritas. Raffaelle MontiWarsaw. Powązki. Tomb sculpture – woman with a veiled face.ХХ century – Kevin Frances GrayKevin Frances Gray, ХХ century20th century sculpture by Kevin Frances GrayAtlanta museum, veiled ladyBust of a Veiled Woman (Puritas) 1717 – 1725. Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca’ Rezzonico, Venice, Italy. Sculpture, Marble. Done by Antonio CorradiniCircassian Slave. Artist Raffaelle Monti. 1861Dream of sorrow and joy of dreams. Made in London by Raffaelle Monti. 1861Elizabeth Ackroyd, the twentieth century, the Museum of BenkfieldFemale bust. Anatol NowakGhost Girl by Kevin Frances Gray.Closeup of Ghost Girl by Kevin Frances Gray.Giuseppe Croff (d. 1869) – The Veiled Nun, 1860La pudiziaMarble Bust of a Veiled Maiden Signed By Raffaello MontiMarble Head of Veiled Woman (4th c. BC, Greek, PC, NY Met)Pere Lachaise Cemetery, ParisPetrodvorets, Russia. The sculpture of ‘Lady under the veil’. Sculptures by Antonio CorradiniLady under the veil. Rafaele MontiGiuseppe Sanmartino, one of the most famous sculptor of his time, which masterpiece, Il Cristo Velato, is hosted by Sansevero Chapel, the legend says that a real veil was petrified thanks to alchemical processes
