Artistic Carved Round Top Door
- By Shafagh Behjati
- Jan 7, 2015
If you pass through Putman-Smith Gallery, you cannot miss the brightly colored your path door of Philip Powell. This chiseling door has some of the exclusive designs and painted in different shade hues. The coloration shades involve red, orange and yellow. This time, mystery image has captured one small segment of the multicolored door, set up in the famous gallery at Museum. The door was one of the parts of preceding residence of Powell in New Hope.
Wood Door with carving, 1967 by Phillip L. Powell
Photo from Learn with the Michener Art Museum
When I have closely watched this creative work, I have memorized some of the attractive admittance door of buildings observed at the time of my journey during the recent years. The traits of these eye-catching doors have reminded me several carving doors and some of the popular ornamental items of Spain. For instance, wood door of the museum has reminded me of the doors of Alhambra in Granada and even the doors of Alcazar belong to Seville. In addition, chiseling door of the museum has also offered me the recollections of several attractive buildings, which I have met in different parts of India.
Wood Door with carving, 1967 by Phillip L. Powell
Photo from Learn with the Michener Art Museum
These incorporate Jama Masjid of Delhi and historical building of Taj Mahal in the city of Agra. In addition, the artistic work of Powell door echoes same presence and feelings as I have observed in round top door of French Gothic cathedrals. One of the famous doors in Cathedral has painted by famous French Impressionist named Claude Monet. Hence, journey of well-known performer named Powell to different international locations, like Morocco, India, Sicily, England, Portugal and Spain and many more have become huge inspiration for his artistic and creative work. During his journey to different nations, he has taken some of the ornamental elements of different lifemodels and cultures and Eventually infused them towards creation of individual fashion on his own. Powell commented, "Travel to different international locations has resulted in drastic influence in my performeric work."
