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Topic: Sculpture (mollusc)

	Sculpture (mollusc) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sculpture on a mollusc shell is the pattern or ornament of ribs, nodules, growth lines, and other distinguishing marks, which are useful in identification of the species in question.
		Rib - a strong ridge on the surface of the shell.
		Transverse sculpture - sculpture parallel to the edge of the outer lip of the aperture.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sculpture_(mollusc) (285 words)

	Glossary
		Foot: The body-part of a mollusc which is used for contact with the surface, and on which to glide along.
		Gastropod: A member of the Class Gastropoda, a group of asymmetrical molluscs in which the foot is broad and flat, the mantle undivided, the shell in one piece, usually conical.
		Umbilicus: Basal hollow in columella, in gastropod molluscs.
	www.mesa.edu.au /friends/seashores/glossary.html (2739 words)

	Palaeos Metazoa: Mollusca: Glossary
		Muscle scar: Slight depression on the inner surface of the valve of a bivalve shell where a muscle is attached; in limpets, the scar left by the margin of the mantle and the foot retractor muscles.
		Nephridium ne-phrid’I-um (Gr nephros= a kidney) one of the tubular renal organs of the molluscs.
		Sculpture: the decoration (in terms of ridges, ribs, striae, etc) on the surface of a shell; a pattern of raised or depressed markings on the shell's surface.
	www.palaeos.com /Invertebrates/Molluscs/Mollusca.Glossary.html (3521 words)

	Howard Nowes Ancient Art - Ancient Art News
		Ceramic sculpture has a solid presence in the exhibition, appearing in a variety of shapes and encompassing numerous lidded vessels of diverse sorts—large cache vessels often embellished with complex iconographic schemes and/or further covered with stuccoed surfaces, and smaller, more intimately scaled examples reproducing natural forms.
		Created to acknowledge many of life’s important events, the ceramic sculpture of the western region of Mexico from 2,000 years ago is noted for its variety, spontaneity, and the overwhelming presence of the human image.
		The sculptures depict a variety of subjects such as a mother holding a child, musicians blowing pan-pipes, and a warrior wearing a horned headdress.
	www.howardnowes.com /news.html (11163 words)

	Category:Molluscs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Articles and media on this topic in other Wikimedia projects can be found at: Commons Category Molluscs
		The mollusks or molluscs are the large and diverse phylum Mollusca, which includes a variety of familiar creatures well-known for their decorative shells or as seafood.
		These range from tiny snails and clams to the cephalopods (octopuses, squid, etc.),which are considered the most intelligent invertebrates.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Molluscs (149 words)

	COA :: North American Freshwater Mussels - part2
		Beak sculpture is the most consistent feature, but also the most elusive.
		This sculpture often is not present on any but this earliest part of the shell.
		Marine molluscs, particularly in the Caribbean, have recently experienced a sad trend of frenzied splitting, and the formation of new species out of mere color forms, single specimens, and even fragments of shells.
	www.conchologistsofamerica.org /articles/y1994/9409_watters.asp (1906 words)

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		limpet - mollusc with a non-coiled, roof-like, moderately elevated shell.
		mantle - fleshy/membraneous covering of the anterior parts of the body of a gastropod, or the entire body of a bivalve mollusc.
		sculpture (Mollusca: Bivalvia and Gastropoda) - surface ornament of the shell.
	lucidcentral.com /keys/lwrrdc/public/Aquatics/aemoll/html/MOLLGL.htm (563 words)

	Triton #7
		The history of the 6 species is briefly discussed and they are examined for variations in aspects of the morphology of the shell especially the details of the sculpture of the ribs and interstices of fully grown shells.
		A variety of molluscs from the Mediterranean Sea and maybe part of the local and imported pearly freshwater mussels were used as shell ornaments (beads, pendants).
		All the inland molluscs found at the site are still living in the vicinity of Kabri: an indication that the climate was more or less the same as today.
	www.manandmollusc.net /Triton/triton_seven.html (1086 words)

	Garden Art
		Water feature sculpture ~ this pleasing installation can be assembled using any number of 'hand modules', the latter being carefully set up to encourage the water to flow, cascade and burble, then to be recirculated and begin the soporiphic experience all over again.
		Sculpture, ‘Strength and Delicacy’ ~ This outsize hand, emplaced on a granite plinth, is delicately holding a bronze coated, wrought iron leaf, all emphasizing the power, strength but fragile nature of the earth.
		Sculpture 'Total Totem Token' - this artwork has individual elements of wrought iron and stained glass fused in the kiln, spiralling up a natural tree trunk, emulating growth and representing the balance to be kept between humans and nature.
	www.boquio.com /iron/gallery/gardenart.php (283 words)

	Gastropods
		As it grows, the mollusc adds extra calcareous material onto the outside edge of the shell.
		Ribs may be axial or longitudinal, running parallel to the axis of the body from the anterior to the posterior.
		Other forms of sculpture may be denticles, which are bumps that look like teeth, or pustules that look like pimples.
	www.mesa.edu.au /friends/seashores/gastropods.html (336 words)

	Sculptor Definition / Sculptor Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Sculpture is any three-dimensional form created as an artistic expression.
		The term sculpture additionally refers to the artistic discipline, act or artAlthough today the word art usually refers to the visual arts, the concept of what art is has continuously changed over centuries.
		From a wide perspective, art is simply a generic term for any product of the creative impulse, out of which sprang all other human pursuits — such as science via alchemy, and religion via shamanism....
	www.elresearch.com /Sculptor (323 words)

	Ellen Sweeney Cline Nature
		Octopus Vulgaris, the Common Octopus, is the most highly evolved mollusc, Class Cephalopoda.
		It has eight tentacles armed with a double row of suckers and a bag-like body with the opening on the underside.
		This extremely realistic Black Rhino with the characteristic prehensile lip is in grave danger of extinction because of the alleged aphrodesiac quality of its horn.
	www.ellencline.com /nature.html (456 words)

	Cymbiolacca perplicata
		The Volute family is found in tropical seas, and is carnivorous or scavengers by nature.
		Its shells have long been a favorite of collectors, because its many species are often exceptionally beautiful - combining elegant forms, interesting shell sculpture, vivid colors and lovely patterns.
		Taxonomy of the Phylum Mollusca Voyages of the H.M. Bark Endeavour and its Replica
	www.manandmollusc.net /MolluscMomentPast/Cymbiolacca-perplicata.html (209 words)

	i)westofts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Comment: The shell inclusion in the 'navel' area may be compared to the Swanscombe, Wolvercote and Cys-la-Commune bifaces in this gallery.
		This symbolism is typical of the British 'Handaxe Sculpture' Symbolizing Tradition.
		Whether this biface also may have a profile or face flaked into it cannot be determined from this two-dimensional image.
	www.originsnet.org /hndsclpgallery/pages/i)westofts.htm (158 words)

	The Georgia Shell Club: Whelk page
		A form described by Montfort (1810) that has a yellow and brown interior, large spines and a tumidity around the siphonal canal is sometimes seen in the southern part of the species range.
		However, Lightning Whelks do display a similar variety of shell shape and sculpture, and the egg case of the Lightning Whelk are very similar.
		The only major difference is that the Lightning Whelk's egg case is usually made up of larger egg capsules, and has tiny projections along the edges.
	www.arches.uga.edu /~amylyne/GSC/whelk.html (1235 words)

	escforever.com \| Database
		The clear winner was the UK entry: Katrina and The Waves, who were hoping re-start their fading pop career.
		The group took home a glass sculpture as their prize.
		It was set in a wooden mollusc shape and designed by Maura Whelan and her husband, Luc Racine.
	www.escforever.com /1997.html (215 words)

	Soft Sculpture Art Work of Ellen Rixford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Mollusc Wreath: Christmas display for Oyster Bar Restaurant.
		Carmen Miranda: Life sized soft sculpture figure, with artificial fruit and vegetables.
		The use of any images or other materials included herein, in whole or part, for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, storage, manipulation, digital or otherwise, is expressly prohibited without the written permission of the artist.
	www.ellenrixford.com /htmls/softsculpture.html (169 words)

	EFFECT OF PREDATORY DRILLHOLES ON TAPHONOMY OF MOLLUSC SHELLS FROM THE MIOCENE CHOPTANK FORMATION OF MARYLAND
		In both members, shell sculpture was preserved better on drilled shells than on undrilled shells, suggesting that drilled shells experienced less exposure on the seafloor than did undrilled shells.
		Distinctness of the pallial line (Drumcliff Member) and presence of nonpredatory boring (Boston Cliffs) also indicated that drilled shells did not survive post-mortem exposure as well.
		All other forms of reproduction and/or transmittal are prohibited without written permission from GSA Copyright Permissions.
	gsa.confex.com /gsa/2006SE/finalprogram/abstract_99948.htm (483 words)

	English 219 \| essay #3
		The main question: How is the mollusc as described here a figure (metaphor) of the poem itself?
		On the natural mollusc itself, its varied appearance and biology, search google.
		A second question to consider is the relation between Brancusi's sculpture and Loy's poem.
	www.rci.rutgers.edu /~jbass/eng219a_essay3.html (1390 words)

	Encyclopedia Galactica - Ar - Human (Anglic) Revised 351st Edition
		By the early Empires age there were no less than a dozen known species, and quite likely more among hider communities.
		While some became traders in exotics, water sculpture artisans, and navigation template engineers, others disappeared for the outer regions.
		A large body of myth and urban folklore has developed around these free-ranging super-architeuthids, especially the larger and more derived cosmoarchiteuthines, some of which are said to reach the size of sub-relativistic freight-haulers.
	www.orionsarm.com /eg/a/Ar.html (5335 words)

	MMAG Related Links: Artists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Lorenson, Rob - Informative and photographic sculpture site for internationally recognized sculptor Rob Lorenson.
		Rob has a extensive résumé of exhibitions and commission throughout North America.
		My artistic horizons include not only fine jewelry in gold and sterling but also "house jewelry": gates, railing, furniture, lighting, sculpture and more of mixed metals.
	www.midmichiganartguild.org /artlinks.php?cat=Artists (792 words)

	William Eicholtz - Art for sale.
		Garden Snail Gorgon is a polymer cement outdoor fountain.
		The upturned mollusc sprays a stream over its glittering foot and a model who sits astride the great beast.
		Other smaller works, similar to this one can be seen on my website www.dishboydreaming.com
	dart.fine-art.com /artListinginfo.asp?i=78032&dGalleryi=31206 (52 words)

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	wists.com /everyone/nature/1b1837f56e6c9e45ae7e6a007a33dd95 (747 words)

	Encyclopedia Overflow pages
		On the basis of a study of bitumen, carnelian beads and the numerous chipped stone evidence at Maadi and the presence of tabular-like flint similar to that from southern Palestine in Early Bronze context a trade model was established.
		Inside some pots at Maadi as well as in pottery from Nahal Besor (Wadi Ghazzeh), southern Palestine, at Site `H' Nile mollusc shells and spikes of Nile catfish were found.
		times they must have come from the temples of Thutmose I, Amenhetep II, and Amenhetep III, which are shown by numerous sculptured and inscribed blocks of stone to have existed here.
	www.specialtyinterests.net /eop8.html (14466 words)

	Mari M. Fleming 1431 Glendale Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94708 (510) 548-3121
		Members Only/2000: A sculpture exhibition, WCA, San Francisco, California
		The Winter Show: Installation, Pacific Rim Sculpture Group, San Franciso
		The Artist in Each of Us, the work of art therapists and their clients, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Sebastopol Center for the Arts,
	www.marimarks.com /resume.html (577 words)

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