Exhibition 4

Exhibition 4

This sculpture is called,''Mara Eleganti Hafna,'' which in english means a very elegant woman in maltese. It was done by Antonio Sciortino in 1879-1947. He was a maltese sculptor and he was one of the most famous maltese sculptor. 

This sculpture has a bold piece that is the bottom piece which has straight lines and is contrasting with the other piece as the woman has a lot of lines but that are not straight and a lot of detail.

This sculpture is called,''Ragel bl-uniformi,'' which in english means a man in uniform. It is covered in bronze and it has a lot of detail in the uniform. It seems that this guy was in military because his uniform resembles the military uniform.

The man is really smart and one can tell that he was in a high class. He has several badges which also means that he was really good in his job. In those days one could tell if a person is in the lower class or higher class by the profession that he does.

This sculpture is of a priest as one can see by the clothes that he's wearing. In those times they use to wear that type of clothing for a priest. It was really elaborated while nowadays the priests would normally wear normal clothing with the white collar.

His clothing has 2 holy crosses that indicate that he is religious and the cloak-like would be black. The man is rather old as he has wrinkles and few hair. The sculptor chose the sculpture not to do it in colour as it may ruin the sculpture. It is really plain as a colour, greyish-white. Maybe he didn't want to ruin some details in the sculpture.

This sculpture is really famous in Malta, even with tourists. It is''Les Gavroches,'' by Antonio Sciortino. It is a sculpture of 3 kids holding their hands. As one can see they are very poor, their clothes are thorn apart and one of them is barefoot.

It is made out of bronze and it is situated in Valletta in Upper Barrakka Gardens. In those days, there were many poor people and the kids used to work at a small age.

This one is a sculpture of a medical officer. He was made by George Borg in 1906-1983. He is pretty smart in the uniform and he seems to be in a high class or a middle class. He is rather young as one can see from his face.