Lost wax

Japanese: lost wax(英語表記)lostwax
Lost wax

...Needless to say, the former technique came first, and the latter was developed to make it easier to create larger works and to prevent cracks that would occur when bronze contracted. The techniques for making the interior of this sculpture hollow include lost wax (French for cire-perdue) and sand casting. When creating large sculptures, the head, torso, arms, and legs were cast separately and then joined together, allowing for greater freedom of expression.

From [Casting]

…In Egypt, pins and beads for jewelry have been excavated from ruins of the Badari culture dating back to the 5th millennium BC. However, by the 3rd millennium BC, bronze casting techniques had reached a high level, and lost wax casting had been invented for sculpture and casting more complex shapes. The bronze head excavated from Nineveh (c. 2250 BC), believed to represent Sargon, is a good example of the high level of technology at the time. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "lost wax" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…いうまでもなく前者の技法が先で,後者は,より大きな作品の制作を容易にし,あるいはブロンズ収縮の際のひび割れなどを防ぐために発達した技法である。この彫刻の内部を中空にする手法には,蠟型法lost wax(フランス語で)cire‐perdueと砂型法sand castingがある。また大彫刻制作の際には,頭部,胴部,腕脚部などを別個に鋳造し,それらをつなぎ合わせる方法が用いられ,より自由な表現を可能にした。…

【鋳造】より

…エジプトでは前5千年紀のバダーリ文化の遺跡から装身具用の留針やビーズなどが出土している。しかし前3千年紀には青銅の鋳造技術が高いレベルに達し,彫刻や,より複雑な形の鋳造に蠟型鋳造lost waxも考案されていた。サルゴンをあらわしたとされるニネベ出土の青銅の頭部(前2250年ころ)は当時の高い技術を示す好例である。…

※「lost wax」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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