Reliquias

Las coronas fueron ornamentos capilares muy frecuentes en la antigüedad, se comenzaron a usar hacia el año 500 a. de J.C y en todas las épocas se han considerado como un distintivo de autoridad real, de poder. Algunos ejemplos: en la República Romana se le concedía a los estrategas que rompían el cerco enemigo una corona hecha con las flores y yerbas recogidas en el mismo campo de batalla, la corona gramínea; la corona olímpica estaba hecha con ramas de olivo; las coronas que se ofrecían a los dioses estaban hechas con ramas de laurel, de encina y racimos de uva.

Siguiendo con la temática del proyecto anterior, Reliquias pretende abordar el tema de la recompensa, el reconocimiento y el honor, en este caso a través de la corona como ornamento y distinción. Todas las coronas reproducidas son copias más o menos exactas de coronas expuestas en museos de diferentes partes del mundo. Las reproducciones están hechas en papel dorado para despojar al objeto de su valor material y resaltar únicamente su valor simbólico.

The crowns were very frequent hair ornaments in ancient times; they began to be used around 500 B.C. and they have always been considered a sign of royal authority and power. A significant example is the one we find in the Roman Republic, when military leaders who broke the enemy’s siege were granted a crown made of flowers and herbs that had been collected in the battlefield, the so-called grass crown; Other well-known examples are the Olympic wreath that was made of olive branches and the crowns offered to the gods, which were made of laurel and oak branches, and bunches of grapes.

Following the subject of the previous project, Reliquias(Venerable Objects) aims to address the issue of reward, recognition and honour, in this case using the crown as an ornament of distinction. All the crowns reproduced are aimed to be exact copies of wreaths exhibited in museums in different parts of the world. The reproductions are made with gilded paper in order to strip the object of its cost and highlight its symbolic value.

Macedonian Crow & Crown decorated with fourteen human faces.

Filippo IIs Crown & Laura’s Crown.

Anonymus Crow : 22cm x36 m H with floral design

it date back to the second both of the first century BC and was found in tomb number 6 in Tilly-tepe Afghanistan, that was excavated in 1979 by a soviet_afghanteam leaded by the Russian archaeologist Sarianidi. The original can be found in the National Museum of Afghanistan.