wet drapery

Examples of wet drapery in the following topics:

• Stelae in the Greek High Classical Period

  • She is elegantly dressed in long flowing drapery.
  • This style, known as "wet drapery," also appears on the Temple of Athena Nike in Athens.
  • Like the women on the Grave Stele of Hegeso, the child's clothing assumes the "wet drapery" style to accentuate the contours of her body while allowing her to maintain "feminine" modesty.

• The Temple of Athena Nike

  • Her clothing appears transparent with deep heavy folds in a style known as wet drapery.

• Gothic Sculpture

  • The figures, with their fully modeled bodies and wet drapery, demonstrate how sculptors in the Gothic period were familiar with classical references and were able to employ them in their works.  

• The Acropolis

  • Their drapery, especially over their weight-bearing leg, is long and linear, creating a parallel to the fluting on an Ionic column.
  • While they stand in similar poses, each statue has its own stance, facial features, hair, and drapery.
  • This style, known as "wet drapery," allows sculptors to depict the body of a woman while still preserving the modesty of the female figure.

• Tropical Wet Forest and Savannas

  • Tropical wet forests, also referred to as tropical rainforests, are found in equatorial regions .
  • Tropical wet forests have wet months in which there can be more than 30 cm (11–12 in) of precipitation, as well as dry months in which there are fewer than 10 cm (3.5 in) of rainfall.
  • Tropical wet forests have more species of trees than any other biome.
  • Epiphytes are found throughout tropical wet forest biomes.
  • Tropical wet forests are depicted in green and are usually found at equatorial regions.

• Gangrene

  • Wet gangrene occurs in naturally moist tissue and organs such as the mouth, bowel, lungs, cervix, and vulva.
  • Bedsores occurring on body parts such as the sacrum, buttocks, and heels are also categorized as wet gangrene infections.
  • In wet gangrene, the tissue is infected by microorganisms that cause decay, in turn causing tissue to swell and emit a fetid smell.
  • Wet gangrene usually develops rapidly due to blockage of blood flow, most commonly in veins.
  • Compare and contrast the different types of gangrene: dry, wet, gas, noma, fournier gangrene and necrotizing fasciitis

• Fresco

  • There are two forms of fresco painting, "buon" (meaning wet) and "secco" (meaning dry).
  • The buon fresco technique involves painting with pigment mixed with water on a thin layer of wet, fresh lime mortar or plaster.
  • With this method, a binder is required since the pigment does not mix with the wet plaster.

• Temperate Forests

  • Because of the dormant period, the net primary productivity of temperate forests is less than that of tropical wet forests.
  • In addition, temperate forests show less diversity of tree species than do tropical wet forest biomes.
  • The trees of the temperate forests leaf out and shade much of the ground; however, this biome is more open than tropical wet forests because trees in the temperate forests do not grow as tall as the trees in tropical wet forests.

• Wood Sculpture

  • His virtuoso carving of billowing drapery helps to underscore this sense of emotion.
  • Its use of drama through gilding, diagonal lines, and expressive body language convey Stoss's loyalty to the International Gothic style, while its naturalistic bodies and drapery point to an adoption of Renaissance attributes.
  • While the top half of his body is masked in his heavy drapery (a hallmark of many medieval styles), the lower half depicts the contours of his legs, acknowledging the body beneath the garments (a hallmark of classicism).
  • Likewise, his hands, drapery folds, sword, and scepter are rendered in a realistic manner.

• Watercolor

  • Three important approaches include washes, wet-in-wet and dry brush painting.
  • Wet-in-wet painting involves wetting the paper before paint is applied.