Tham khảo tài liệu 'toefl ibt listening e part 32', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | the last few decades. Prior to the 1950s the carvings were small enough to hold inside your fist. When a Canadian government official visiting the Artic In the 1940s was approached by an Inurt carrying a piece inside his fist the official mistakenly believed the Inuit individual was going to start a fistfight. The official was so impressed with the miniature carving that he bought a .1 of the sculptures in the community. And thus began the commercialization of Inurt carvings. So today many of the carvings are very small because historically the Inurt were a nomadic people who traveled lightly. Since the 1950s many carvings have become bigger because the Inurt have settled into permanent settlements and because many buyers prefer larger sculptures. Today we have miniatures and larger sculptures. Also since the 1980s the carvings have become more polished and realistic again because of market demands in Canada and Internationally where they are now considered a fine art. The subjects of these carvings are usually animals and humans. Some pieces are very realistic looking while others have less detail and are cruder or more primitive in appearance. The animals are bears seals whales walruses and sometimes birds. Some of the carvings I mentioned are now very polished white others are still very unpolished or dull. The themes may be humorous such as the waving walrus and the dancing bear Others are more serious such as the hunting scenes. The characteristics of these carvings vary from region to region and wrth the specific artist. A unique characteristic of Inuit carvings is that they re never made of wood. This is because there are no trees in the Arctic. So the artists use whatever raw materials are available from the land and sea Animal bone ivory and. most commonly stone are the primary ingredients. Soapstone Is very soft but most areas in the Arctic don t have soapstone. So most Arctic artists use serpentine which is not as soft. It s available in a range of .
