Mechanical Marvels-Automaton: Clock in the Form of an Elephant, ca.1600
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- The mahout (elephant keeper), the turbaned Ottoman warriors, and the crowning crescent all allude to the Eastern origins of the elephant. Within the Kunstkammer the elephant represented rulership. This automaton clock, which strikes at both the quarter hour and the hour, is driven by a movement connected to a wheel mounted on the walkway of the howdah (saddle). On the hour, the four Muslim warriors revolve around the brickwork tower. The mahout thumps his arm up and down, as though he were leading the animal, and his counterweighted eyes move back and forth as the machine travels.
Featured Artwork:
Automaton Clock in the Form of an Elephant, 1600-1610. German, Augsburg. Metal (gilded), bronze (silvered), copper, steel, enamel, wood (ebonized), glass, paint. Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Thomas Stamm with deep appreciation and affection in recognition of Rev. John J. Piderit, S.J., 22nd President, Loyola University Chicago, Martin D'Arcy, S.J., Collection
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1:22 I like the English curator's little chuckle describing the mahut's arm pumping up and down. He's clearly tickled and adores that little clock....
Wonderful: thank you!
So elegant!!! I like it!!
Thank you.
Amaizing. the. Skill. of. Creater!!!!!
It can do doughnuts on the table, but can it do a wheelie?
awesome
Elephant is always cute 🥰
Amazingly intricate piece, but brings to mind all of the strife we've subjected animals to over the eons. Presume the tusks are ivory?
@Ashura you sound like a speciesist which is far worse 🖕
Oh :(( hopefully it isn't
Well...yours was a particularly jarring change of subject (from the sublime to the ridiculous).
Al jazari's elephant clock one of the greatest invention in the Islamic golden age
It also run around?
At least call it "Middle Eastern" golden age
@@stiannobelisto573 bet you didn't expect something like that coming from an islamic background right?
Nice
Do you have lectures on art works like The National Gallery in London's UA-cam channel?
nice
Were all of those gears and machine parts hand made ??
yes 🙌🏽
0:20 “so I brought in a ______-______ expert...” He brought in a what what expert? Rogue like? Clock work? Lookalike?
MindMessed local expert
A local expert.
Local
They dont talk about the inventor
Please give it to Turks(Turkey) it deserves to be in its original lands.
Too many artifacts around the world's museums are robbed from other countries. Once the pride and joy of countries that lost them forever. Ask Greece and Egypt how many prized objects were robbed by Europe especially by the British and French.
Disappointing poor presentation. Ignorant of any detail.