Wall Clock & Colonnade Egg Clock

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The two pieces that will be analyzed is the “Wall Clock” by Escalier de Cristal and the “Colonnade Egg Clock” by Faberge. The medium used in the wall clock includes bronze, gilt bronze and cloisonné enamel. This clock is detailed with a dragon inspiration and design, and was created in 1880. The medium used in the Colonnade Egg clock are bowenite, four colour gold, silver gilt, guilloche enamel and rose diamonds. This clock on the other hand, was created in 1910.
In terms of visual elements, Escalier de Cristal applied color, space, lines, motion, mass and shape. The main color he chose for this particular piece was teal which falls under the analogous color scheme and the cool color side of the color wheel. This three dimensional clock was created with geometric shapes, and interacts with the space around it in open form. Its open form interacts with surrounded space by the dragon head with an open mouth above the clock that extends further horizontally than the clock itself. In creating the dragon this way, the surrounding space overwhelms it and suggests how small the dragon really is which may actually imply the irrelevance of dragons and telling time. Apart from the dragon, de Cristal created minor details to compliment the dragon. The detail in the actual clock illustrations are created by three different lines; actual, implied and dance of curving lines. These lines were essential in painting the “numbers” around the clock. Since this is a clock, it’s obvious that there would need to be movement for it to correctly function and therefore is considered kinetic art.
Faberge’s clock was a little different. The visual elements he used were color, space, lines, motion, shape and mass. Although the elements used in this clock are the same ones used in de Cristal’s, the two pieces are extremely different. For instance, the main colors of this clock are green and

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