Turtle Back Tombs

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This style of Okinawan tomb is called a turtleback tomb because of it’s domed roof resembling that of a turtle’s shell. There were some variations on smaller details, but the main features of the design were the same.
shadow detail Above: A turtleback tomb that’s similar to the one that dad sketched. Left: Shadow details in sketch Note how dad included shadowing details even in this simple sketch. He drew the sunlight as coming from a low angle that was near the top right corner of the drawing. Dad’s attention to this detail also aided him in portraying the domed shape of the roof. Without the shadow detail being added to the roof, it would still have appeared circular, but the dome shape would have been less evident, if not lost. Notice how his rendering of the roof clearly implies the contour of a dome (or turtle shell). The darkened left edge of the sunlit dome suggests this downward curve as it arcs down into shadow, escaping the sun’s rays. The right edge of the dome is in shadow because of the stone wall surrounding the dome. In addition to the shadow detail being used to imply a dome, dad used concentric circles radiating from the center, outward.
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