painting wood black. She changed some of her sculptures from the influence of Latin American ancient art. Louise was president of New York Chapter of Artists’ Equity and joined Martha Jackson Gallery. In 1967‚ Louise showed over one hundred pieced including Homage to 6‚000‚000 I and Homage to 6‚000‚000 II as a tribute to victims of the Holocaust. Nevelson made her sculptures from wood‚ aluminum‚ plastic‚ and metal. In 1969‚ she created her first outdoor sculpture. Louise designed the chapel of St. Peter’s
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The Dome of the Rock is a fundamental Muslim Shrine located in the walled Old City of Jerusalem. Inside of it is the rock‚ on which prophet Mohammed ascended to heaven. The building was designed in a two-section approach imbricated into each other. The first part of the Dome of the rock structure is a massive cylinder that is twenty meters in diameter and a height of twenty-five meters (Grabar‚ 2006). The cylinder is currently topped by a golden dome made of the aluminum alloy that is set on a naturally
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and the Infant Dionysos‚ although what survives is possibly a copy from the romans or Hellenistic period. Hermes has a small head then the figures before‚ his body is also sensual and in a graceful loose-limb stance. The significance about this sculpture is the interaction and narrative shared between the two subjects. Praxiteles’ Aphrodite for The City Kindos‚ took the female figure out of drapery into the full nude‚ which during this time was a representation of a lower status. The narrative is
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Josiah McElheny Artists today have countless types of mediums available to them today. Josiah McElheny is known mainly for handblown glass‚ a tedious craft; creating sculptures in assorted shapes. An artist born in Boston‚ MA in 1966‚ he attended Rhode Island School of Design. Later‚ McElheny was the winner of the MacArthur Fellowship award. He currently works and lives in New York City‚ New York. McElheny is also known for working with such mediums as wood‚ mirror‚ glass‚ paint‚ still videos and
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Michelangelo’s David "David" is the great sculptor of the Italian Renaissance painter Michelangelo ’s masterpiece‚ created in 1501-1504‚ academy of fine arts collection in Florence now. The statue is considered to be the western art history one of the male human statues to boast about. As 2.5 meters high‚ even the base is 5.5 meters high‚ with the whole piece of marble. Michelangelo live from 03/1475 to 02/1564‚ he was an Italian sculptor‚ painter‚ architect‚ poet and engineer of the High Renaissance
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ARTH 1001: Museum Formal Analysis Paper The Tiber Muse Winged Victory of the Nike of Samothrace Justinian and Attendants from San Vitale Adrienne Keiser TA- Anna‚ Tuesday Section April 23rd‚ 2013 The Tiber Muse‚ originally discovered in the vicinity of the Tiber River in Rome in 1885‚ is a product of the Graeco-Roman era and is dated around the 2nd-1st century BCE. This date and other formal qualities of the sculpture such as the pose‚ drapery and medium suggest that it was produced
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One of the finest relief sculptures that had been created around 1500 BCE was the The Harvester’s Vase. The vase structure was created out of black steatite and it had an appearance comparatively to an ostrich egg. The low relief vase depicts a group of harvesters in profile view‚ singing and walking with harvesting tools on their shoulders. One particular harvester‚ that was singing and shaking an Egyptian percussion instrument‚ ribs are exaggerated to an extent where scholars have hypothesized
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“Nefertiti” the size of the bust is 19 inches high. The representation of the bust is 3D. The bust was found in Thutmose’s workshop in Amarna‚ Egypt. It is now present at the Neues museum in Berlin. Nefertiti represents the civilization of the east bank of the Nile River which was during the new kingdom. The bust was created around 1340 BC. The crafter Thutmose created the bust in his workshop‚ but the reason why the bust was made is unknown. It’s assumed that it was made to be a model to be used
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representing logic‚ morality‚ restraint and control. The temple has a simple structure‚ defined by its simple‚ bold outline. The building is richly decorated‚ and when it was first constructed it would have displayed many bright colours in addition to the sculptures carved onto the frieze. The Parthenon appears to be in perfect structural harmony‚ which is a result of the Parthenon being in symmetrical proportion with itself in an artistic technique known as the ‘Golden Ratio’. The Parthenon was designed as
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“I will feel shy to say it again.” “Tell me‚ what is it?” insisted Ken‚ “I promise‚ I will tell you soon‚ but you don’t push me to say it now.” “It’s a cold night‚ unlike the other nights.” “It’s quite romantic the way you are grabbing my waist with your hand‚” Tangerine’s face lit up. “I didn’t feel myself doing so‚” Ken said in a shy voice. “If I am bothered I would tell you. But it feels nice.” “Ken‚I love the time‚ I spend with you. You are a very good man
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