10778 Mannequin Series 10 - 02

Photoart artwork of a shop window display mannequin.... more

by Colin Hunt

Title

10778 Mannequin Series 10 - 02

Artist

Colin Hunt

Medium

Digital Art - Photo Painting - Photoart

Description

Photoart artwork of a shop window display mannequin.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
A mannequin (also called a manikin, dummy, lay figure or dress form) is an often articulated doll used by artists, tailors, dressmakers, window dressers and others especially to display or fit clothing. The term is also used for life-sized dolls with simulated airways used in the teaching of first aid, CPR, and advanced airway management skills such as tracheal intubation and for human figures used in computer simulation to model the behavior of the human body. During the 1950s, mannequins were used in nuclear tests to help show the effects of nuclear weapons on humans.

Mannequin comes from the French word mannequin, which had acquired the meaning "an artist's jointed model", which in turn came from the Flemish word manneken, meaning "little man, figurine". In early use in the United Kingdom, it referred to fashion models themselves, the meaning as a dummy dating from the start of World War II.


This artwork has been featured within the following groups:

Arts Fantastic World (21st December 2016)

Mannequin And Display Art (22nd December 2016)

Book Covers 1 Per Day (23rd February 2017)

Uploaded

December 20th, 2016