Middle-aged man / Luk Socrates

• Main Author: Socrates, Luk
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Art and Design 2021
• Subjects: NB Sculpture; Special forms
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/59052/1/59052.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/59052/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Mastering the techniques in drawing a child without any reference is a real challenge because it requires good memorization and accurate computations. The toddlers on medieval paintings were fully formed-man, or the most notable term Homunculus. It has the features of a man packed with sculpted musculature and old facial features. The bizarre features of the children in medieval paintings are the influence of the formation of MIDDLE-AGED MAN sculpture. It is a tribute to each homunculus that have seen on Madonna and child paintings. The unrealistic appearance of the child felt wrong but at the same time right. In art school, our professor in anatomy class taught us how to create a 1-year-old child with a proper proportion, and before we proceeded, we were required to draw a 1-year-old child without any reference, and the results were appalling. Some drew a child that has an alien head shape with adorable eyes. Based on my observation, nobody reached a quality like a homunculus on a medieval painting. With that experience,I used it as an inspiration in conceptualizing the sculpture, which resulted in an appropriated portrait of a homunculus.