Heliodor
10-29-2005, 10:39 PM
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Title: An Unexpected Meeting
Name: Juergen Schoner
Country: Germany
Software: CINEMA 4D
This was my contribution to a little Challenge at the Cinema 4D board.
It shows the unexpected meeting of Christmas tradition and Christmas commerce.
Most of you will know that the figure of Santa Claus has its origin in the Saint Nicholas. Saint Nicholas was bishop of Myra (modern Turkey) in the 4. Century.
Numerous legends around him contributed to his popularity. One of them tells us, he must had helped three young sisters out of deep trouble. Therefore he is often shown with three golden balls.
He is patron of the sailors and tradesmen and also well known as a protector of all children. On December 6th - his nameday - Saint Nicholas is to be honoured.
In his excellence he recompences the good ones, and punishes the bad.
In his book he has written the names of all cildren and their facts of acting.
Dutch emigrants brought this tradition (Sinterklaas) to America. There the picture of the holy man and stories around him changed by the time.
As a first illustration of modern Santa Claus (http://www.loc.gov/rr/european/imde/images/claus.jpg) the widespread version of Thomas Nast (1840-1920) - a german immigrant - is known. This illustration was still black-and-white of course. The red color of his dress was given later.
Finally Coca Cola used the figure of Santa Claus for its promotion campaigns.
This made him popular, lead him away over all borders and shaped his appearance until today.
Thus the changed picture of Saint Nicholas came back as a commercialized version to Europe and displaced the traditional representation nearly completely.
Today, if you will ask a child about the appearance / looking of Saint Nicholas, it will describe Santa Claus for sure.
I tried to catch this discrepancy between the dignified holy man and the big-bellied Santa Claus in his red dress, looking somewhat ridiculously.
When I started to create the model of Saint Nicholas I found a picture of Thomas Nast (http://www.loc.gov/rr/european/imde/images/moustach.jpg), that Illustrator who made the first popular image of Santa Claus. And I recognized him as an perfect prototype for my purpose.
Thus my Saint Nicholas is the father of Santa Claus twice. ;)
That's it! I hope you like it.
PlugIns used in this scene:
Hair Department, Solid Spline Pro, Weight Painter and Ambient Occlusion.
Here you can see a wireframe (http://). Some parts are subdivided allready.
Title: An Unexpected Meeting
Name: Juergen Schoner
Country: Germany
Software: CINEMA 4D
This was my contribution to a little Challenge at the Cinema 4D board.
It shows the unexpected meeting of Christmas tradition and Christmas commerce.
Most of you will know that the figure of Santa Claus has its origin in the Saint Nicholas. Saint Nicholas was bishop of Myra (modern Turkey) in the 4. Century.
Numerous legends around him contributed to his popularity. One of them tells us, he must had helped three young sisters out of deep trouble. Therefore he is often shown with three golden balls.
He is patron of the sailors and tradesmen and also well known as a protector of all children. On December 6th - his nameday - Saint Nicholas is to be honoured.
In his excellence he recompences the good ones, and punishes the bad.
In his book he has written the names of all cildren and their facts of acting.
Dutch emigrants brought this tradition (Sinterklaas) to America. There the picture of the holy man and stories around him changed by the time.
As a first illustration of modern Santa Claus (http://www.loc.gov/rr/european/imde/images/claus.jpg) the widespread version of Thomas Nast (1840-1920) - a german immigrant - is known. This illustration was still black-and-white of course. The red color of his dress was given later.
Finally Coca Cola used the figure of Santa Claus for its promotion campaigns.
This made him popular, lead him away over all borders and shaped his appearance until today.
Thus the changed picture of Saint Nicholas came back as a commercialized version to Europe and displaced the traditional representation nearly completely.
Today, if you will ask a child about the appearance / looking of Saint Nicholas, it will describe Santa Claus for sure.
I tried to catch this discrepancy between the dignified holy man and the big-bellied Santa Claus in his red dress, looking somewhat ridiculously.
When I started to create the model of Saint Nicholas I found a picture of Thomas Nast (http://www.loc.gov/rr/european/imde/images/moustach.jpg), that Illustrator who made the first popular image of Santa Claus. And I recognized him as an perfect prototype for my purpose.
Thus my Saint Nicholas is the father of Santa Claus twice. ;)
That's it! I hope you like it.
PlugIns used in this scene:
Hair Department, Solid Spline Pro, Weight Painter and Ambient Occlusion.
Here you can see a wireframe (http://). Some parts are subdivided allready.