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Whilst browsing trade-me for a worthy piece of design to comment on I found a 'gold lady statue lamp', also said to be known as Athena. The design of the lamp is rococo-esque.
Hunter-Stiebel, P (2008). described rococo as a "sensuous impulse [that] looks to nature for models that feature the sinuous S-curve"(pp.3). This is evident in the 'gold lady statue lamp' which is based on a lady, a common rococo design influence. Women are regarded as both curved and naturally beautiful, recreating their form in design is ideal.
All of the statue except for the lamp is coloured gold. "Precious metals led this luxury trend... ...[gold and silver] projected the wealth and daring tast of their owners"(Hunter-Stiebel, P,2008,p.4) . The use of Gold was prominent in rococo as it portrayed wealth.
The lampshade of the 'gold lady statue lamp', which is supposed to appear as if it is a torch, is proportionally larger than the women. This is characteristic of many rococo designs; proportion was not taken into consideration.
"It is with much regret that we find ourselves obliged to beg them (artisans) to confine their genius within these laws of proportian." (Charles-Nicholas Cochin, 1754). A torch which is that disproportionally large when compared to a person is insufficient, if real, it would be heavy and tiresome to carry. When an object is disproportionate it appear unintelligible, as if the creator of the object did not consider it. The 'gold lady statue lamp' gives us the impression that a lady is able to torch five times the size of her head above her head easily. I think that anyone would struggle to hold up a torch that proportionally large.
The name Athena comes from the Greek God of Wisdom. Rococo designers have taken influence from many things including Greek culture.
Charles-Nicholas Cochin. (1754). Wk_3_Baroque.pdf. http://schoolofdesign.ac.nz/mod/folder/view.php?id=434
Hunter-Stiebel, P. (2008). The Continuing Curve, in Rococo: the continuing curve. http://schoolofdesign.ac.nz/mod/page/view.php?id=366
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