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- 1. Institute of Art and Culture Theory of art THEORY OF ART Submitted by: Habiba Arshad Roll # 34 Section: I DEPARTMENT OF Textile Design
- 2. Institute of Art and Culture Theory of art A SUN SHIER ESSENTIAL FEATURES Now in the collection of the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen – was found in September 1902 in a peat bog on the Trundholm moor in northwestern Zealand (Sjaelland) – most populated island in Denmark. The Sun Chariot – a beautiful example of prehistoric Northern European sculpture was made in the Early Bronze Age around 1400 BC. The artifact’s elegant spiral ornamentation that graces the golden sun disc reveals its Nordic origin. The Sun Chariot consists of the solar disk, the axle, and four wheels with spokes and supports the idea that the sun was drawn on its eternal journey by a divine horse. It is uncertain if the sun was imagined as being the chariot itself, The bronze statue symbolizes the motion of the sun. However, it is uncertain if the sun was imagined as being the chariot itself, or as riding in a chariot or as riding in a chariot. The Sun Chariot from Trundholm Mose was probably not the only one of its kind. Parts of a golden sun disc are amongst the finds from Jaegersborg Hegn in northern Zealand. The existence of a model of a horse-drawn vehicle on spoked wheels in Northern Europe at such an early time is very unusual, as the earliest known actual chariots (as opposed to ox-drawn carts without spokes) in Europe are from the Iron Age, dating from c. the 6th century BC. The disk has a diameter of ca. 25 cm, and is gilded on only one side, the right-hand one relative to the horse.
- 3. Institute of Art and Culture Theory of art The Sun Chariot was made in Denmark, most likely in northern or northwestern Zealand, not far from its finding place in Trundholm Mose. The image of the horse pulling the sun across the sky was familiar to most Scandinavians in the Bronze Age, but the complicated spirals seen on the disc of the Sun Chariot are very characteristic of the Danish area. The most beautiful and well-made spiral patterns are found on women’s belt ornaments in northern Zealand. The Sun was the most powerful symbol of the Bronze Age cosmology in Denmark so the two sides of the disk are believed to be representations of the sun.cosmology in Denmark so the two sides of the disk are believed to be representations of the sun. Looking at the disk we see decorations that are composed from several spirals, concentric circles and bands with zigzags. A delighted and hopeful Phaethon travelled to India, as there was the palace of his father who was supposed to begin every day his course from the East. When he reached the palace of Helios, he was astonished at its magnificence and luxury. His eyes were almost blinded by the dazzle of the light all around him. The palace was supported by massive columns adorned with glittering gold and precious stones, while the ceilings and doors were made with polished ivory and silver. Phaethon watched with awe the exquisite representation of the earth, the sea and sky on the walls of the palace.