Visit

On the 15^th of april I had gone to make my visit in the art museum  called ‘The museum of fine arts’. This museum is in the city of Malta called Valletta. True this visit I have saw many artistic works of different artists like sculptures paintings and also a 3d art made different woods.

Artistic works

Emvin Cremona
     1919-1987
        Abstract
    oil on canvas

Emvin cremona was an artist found in Malta. he made various works since he was an artist and a stamp designer.He is very well known for his chuch pintings. Afterall he is a famous artist of the 20th centuary.He lived in Valletta. he studied at the school of arts. Edward Caruana Dingli and Karmenu Mangion were his directors to complete his carier on art.He also studied under the direction of Joseph Calleja at the school of nude.

My personal view on this art are that it is a modern art which is based on cold and a bit of warm colours. It is nice since it s colours are puted in a 3D like form.

Carmelo Mangion 1905-1997 Tower road Sliema oil on canvas

Carmelo Mangion
1905-1997
Tower road Sliema
oil on canvas

Carmelo Mangion has a variety of multimedia techniques and the themes explored by him is presented by a variety of different oils and gouaches. he was an alumnus of the British Acedemy of Art in Rome, The academe de grande chouniere in paris and the grand central school of art in New York. He was awarded the national order of merit in 1995.

In my openion he was a very well educated person which have very good artistic techniques. He also observes details good.

George Fenech
1926-2011
Seascape
oil on canvas

He was born in Mellieha. When he was young he spent his time rambling in the countryside with friendsin places like San Niklaw, Gnien Ingraw l-imgiebah and other places.

When he was in his childhood he also discovered that he had an artistic talent.He started by drawing different basic objects, copy from picure and from other things which weren't hard.

He painted landscapes still-lifes, portraits and religious themes. he interpreted different medi for his art like oil, pastels and pen and ink.

Marco Cremona
1951
Wall Hanging
wooden panels

Marco Cremona is well known for his art since it is different.He uses different media to made a piece. He often paints and sculpture to make his production. He often make designs of abstraction. He often make his artwork for chuches, hotels, restaurants and for public Monuments. He has also take place in many exhebitions.

I like much this artist since he made good artwork with different media and I like also the fact that the work is embossed out.

Frank Portelli

1922-2004

Agency of Christ in the garden of olives

Oil on canvas

Frank portelli was an artist which made variuos works in hotels, public places, private houses and he was also famous for designing posters and stamps. Some of his works are also  found in churches like in Isla and Birkirkara.

He and his group have also make a group called the modern art circle. This was made so that modern art will have importance in Malta and became famous. The first show they made was in Valletta in Palazzo de la Salle.

Bibliography

Pictorial Art: George Fenech - 1926 - 2011 – Maltese Traditions [online] available at :< https://sites.google.com/site/maltesetraditions/george-fenech--Maltese-artist > Accessed 19 April 2015

carmelo-mangion-vision-of-a-maltese-master [online] Available at :< http://www.eve.com.mt/events/carmelo-mangion-vision-of-a-maltese-master/> [accessed 19 April 2015]

Wikibin, Marco Cremona [online] available at :< http://wikibin.org/articles/marco-cremona.html > Accessed 19 April 2015

Frank Portelli- Pittur [online] available at :<  http://www.sanfrangisk.com/15Kultura%20u%20Art/kul29-Portelli.htm > [Accessed 19th April 2015]

Malta17, Emvin Cremona (1919–1987) - SlideShare [online] Available at:<  http://www.slideshare.net/michaelasanda/malta17-emvin-cremona> [Accessed 19 April 2015]

Il- girna

The ‘girna’ is a type of hut that was used in the early days by field people. It is found in the Maltese countryside and it is made in different shapes like oval, square, rectangle, although the main one is circular. Its ceiling mostly have a Dome shape.

Squarish giren are better for sheltering but circular ones are more straight forward to build mostly when building the top. The giren are made like the terrace wall is made with double walls and small pieces in the middle. Most of the giren are found to shelter one to two people from the weather.

In the design of the giren generally there are no windows although sometimes a small one is made.

Some of the roofs are flattish to allow the farmer to dry his tomatoes, figs and carobs. Sometimes a stairs is used to be made so that the farmer can see more if there is a case of theft. Most of the giren we found are found in the West and in the top of Malta. The main use of the girna is to keep their products like crops, tools and also food and drink for the farmer.

In my opinion it’s our responsibility to look after these huts since they are of heritage and many of them are being destroyed.

The girna is not typically Maltese and from the research I made corbelled stone huts are found in Italy, Sardinia, Spain, Portugal, France Ireland and the Hebrides.

Stone hut like maltese one only the roof is diffferent. It is found near the Hood river in Oregon.

Irish stone hut which is named a Clochan.

African stone hut which is used as a shelter for farmers and is still being used today. I noticed also that wood is involved for the making of the roofs.

As seen in these pictures we found many huts around the world. Many of them are not being used although we still find ones like African ones that are still being used in these days for farming and also shelter for fisherman.

Bibliography

The Girna- Maltese plural- Giren [online] available at:< http://schoolnet.gov.mt/history/F5/Kampanja/Karat/girna.htm > [ accessed 25 June 2015]

Maltese luzzu

Luzzu is part of the Maltese cultural history,a maltese fishing boat which can be easily recognised from it’s colours blue, red, yelow and sometimes green is also inserted. The name came from sicilian fishing boat which was called ‘Guzzu’. Today the luzzu is also beeing used for tourists tours around the coast of malta. The eyes that the luzzu have on the front are reffered to the ‘Eye of OsIris’. Many believe that they are made to protects fisherman when they are on the sea and ward off evil spirits. The colours of the luzzu have never been changed since they think that it’s bad luck if you change them. The luzzu is also built very strong with double-ended carvel built hull to head out the sea every day also in bad weathers. Many of these fishing boats can be seen in Marsaxlokk and st. Pauls Bay and in many other seaside villages around Malta. In the early days the luzzu Worked with sails but today they are all with diesel engines.

I compared the luzzu to sicilian boats since they have the same design. They have same type of hull and also roundish like the luzzu from the back.

 In my research I also found that the eye of osiris was also found in Phenician boats so that I think that Maltese fisherman may took this thought from them.

Bibliography

What is a luzzu ? – Neptune charter Malta [online] available at :<  http://www.neptunemalta.com/what-is-a-luzzu/> [Accessed 25 June 2015]

The Luzzu: A colourful Malta boat that will grab your attention! [online

Available at :< http://www.maltabulb.com/luzzu.html> [Accessed 25 June 2015]

Maltese bus

The Maltese bus known as the ‘Xarabank’ or also the ‘karozza tal-linja’ was a unique type of bus that is found

no longer exists around the world. The Maltese bus was stemmed by Maltese drivers. Each bus had a unique appearance due the details and decoration each one have on it. The ‘tberfil’ many times is made on the buses to have a nicer look. It was also a tourist attraction and many of the tourists that come to Malta also used it as the main transport to visit places around the small island of Malta. The Maltese traditional bus had operated from 1920-2011. In my opinion this was a very good thing that distinguishes you from other countries in the world.

Characteristics of the Maltese bus

-Addition of chrome parts

- paint details of the ‘tberfil’ (patterns, and also words with different font.)

-Names and nick names and also names of village feasts

-quotations and detailing.

Today the Maltese bus is only used for special occasions like for the graduation students, as school buses and other important events.

I compared the Maltese bus to the Thailand bus. This is because it has the same colors. The shape is also like the Maltese bus in design. It is also used as a transport for people. 

Bibliography

Malta bus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [online] available at :< https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta_bus [accessed on 25 June 2015]

 Malta boat that will grab your attention! [online

Available at :< http://www.maltabulb.com/luzzu.html> [Accessed 25 June 2015]

The village feasts

Although the village feasts have religious origins now a day are being entertaining. In Malta each church is dedicated to a patron saint which the feast is made for. Many of the feasts we found in Malta are made during the summer and each one is made on a particular weekend. The feasts that are celebrated in Malta are a showcase of a particular village, colorful pelmets lining the streets, statues and fireworks which are fired at night. There is also the village band to complete making atmosphere in the streets. In the streets one can also found stands of local people selling nougat.

Maltese fireworks

In Malta we have many activities during the feasts. A very good example that brings many tourists to Malta is the Maltese fireworks. These go to the times of Saint John knights. These are made from good talented people all year round and are made and putted in a place called the kamra tan nar. These people are also always risking their life since sometimes although rarely they explode.

Some of the types of the fireworks are the ‘sferi’, ‘blalen’, ‘tal kulur’, ‘ beraq ta filodu’ like ‘beraq pront u murtuletti’, ‘bombi’, and ‘kaxxa’. The ‘kaxxa’ is the last thing that is fired before the bombs.

Before the fireworks there is the musketterija which consists of many explosion crackers fired in a continuous therm. These are attached with a string of a high building like the church or the kazin.

There are 35 fireworks factories around Malta.

When I was making my research I also found that in Japan they make fireworks. The coloured fireworks in malta have same type of colors like japanese ones and have also same shape.

Maltese fireworks- circular design

 Japanese design

Same design and shape is used in both fire works. One can also see same pattern 2 circles in each firework.

Bibliography

Loghob tan-nar [online] available at:< http://ms.maltadiocese.org/WEBSITE/2012/PRESS_RELEASES/71_KA_LOGHOB_TAN-NAR_SAHHA_AMBJENT_MLT.pdf  [Accessed 12 May 2015]

John Galliano - design essay

John Galliano was born on the 28^th November, 1960 in Gibraltar. He was moved by his Spanish mother and his father to London when he was at the age of 6. His mother often wears him elaborated outfits. She was very proud with him and with her other members in the family.

In 1981 he enrolled at central Saint Martin’s college of art and design. When he was in school he worked as a dresser for Britain’s National theatre. In 1984 he had the graduating collection and was bought by the independent London fashion Boutique, Browns. It was entitled ‘les increyables’ and was inspired by the French revolution. He then had his own label and had dramatic and intricate collections. But then he was squashed by some business prowess. Then he went Bankrupt in 1990.

He was then introduced by Anna Win tour and vogues creative director for the American edition, Andre Leon Tally to Portuguese fashion patron Sao Schlumberger. She loaned him her house for a fashion show.

John had created some of the most famous collections like the Dubois in October 2008 which was inspired by the 1951 film A Streetcar Named desire and the Napoleon and    Josephine in March 1992 inspired by the love story of these figures. He was named a British designer of the year in 1987, 1994 and 1997.

John Galliano during the fashion show 1987

In his design one can see John in his fashion show. He is wearing a white dress which is full of layers it is very elegant. I think that this dress is not a usual pattern since it has a lot of work in it. I like also that the design have shadows in the layers. From the image I can also conclude that the material for the dress was silk. This is because of the shining it has and always its thickness. I also think that it was inspired from flowers because of the design in hole is like a flower faced down and also have lines like petals behind each other.

1994 design

In this design one can see a dress which has a high waste in its lower part. It has also patterned sleeves. There is a difference from the first one because of its shape and color. The shape of the dress is patterned on the upper side and hence lot of fabric is used for the bottom part. 

John Galliano’s graduate collection, 1984, Central Saint Martins, London

In this costume he designed  John Galliano was influenced from the French Revolution.

John Galliano for Christian Dior Spring Summer 2007

This dress is completely different from the others. It is plainest but also elegant. The colors of the brown have also a good eye catch-up. Fewer time is also used to make the dress. It has also more modern style.

I liked much this designer because of his professional artistic designs he used. He also inspired me for the future since I like much textiles and can make and use some of his designs for making something with them.

Bibliography

John Galliano - Biography - Fashion Designer -Biography.com [online] available at:< http://www.biography.com/people/john-galliano-20656947#professional-career > [Accessed 20 April 2015]

John Galliano - Glamorous Dresses And Fashion Designer [online] available at :< http://www.putinstyle.com/john-galliano-glamorous-dresses-fashion-designer/ > [Accessed 20 April]