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Dolls are approximate and abstracting imitations of the human form; they vary in size and are executed in countless materials. Dolls become jointed or moveable when they are not finished from a single piece, but are rather composed of various members that can be manually moved independent of one another. For thousands of years, jointed dolls were largely fashioned from wood and clay, but also ivory, bronze, amber. The degree of realism employed in their execution varies as much as their size,...Dolls are approximate and abstracting imitations of the human form; they vary in size and are executed in countless materials. Dolls become jointed or moveable when they are not finished from a single piece, but are rather composed of various members that can be manually moved independent of one another. For thousands of years, jointed dolls were largely fashioned from wood and clay, but also ivory, bronze, amber. The degree of realism employed in their execution varies as much as their size, which ranges from the span of a human hand to life size. Already in antiquity, jointed dolls were documented in relation to cultic (or sacred) rituals; in the Middle Ages, this role was taken over by figures of Christ or saints. Today the jointed doll is most well known as a tool in the visual arts, and since the early modern period has functioned as a replacement for live models in study of the human figure. The scholarly research on jointed dolls (also known in English as lay figure, in Dutch as manneken or leeman, in Italian as manichino, in French as mannequin, and in German as Gliederpuppe) has concentrated on its function as a tool for artists in their ateliers, although since the 19th century their symbol-laden external representation has also been considered.» weiterlesen» einklappen

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