Painting and Sculpture Introduction Indian painting has a very long tradition and history in Indian art. The earliest Indian paintings were the rock paintings of pre-historic times‚ the petroglyphs found in places like Bhimbetka ‚ some of them from before 5500 BC. And also an imperative part of Indian art culture is dominated by sculptures in India. Indian sculptures started from bronze and other stones. Sculpture of India has its roots from the planet’s oldest
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2/15/2013 ARTH 104-004 A Renaissance Art Comparison Art in the Renaissance period was majorly influenced by social‚ political‚ and cultural aspects of this time period. Art in Italy during the fifteenth century greatly influenced art throughout northern Europe. Though there are distinct differences between the Italian Renaissance and the Northern Renaissance‚ Italy did inspire a movement that eventually spread throughout the rest of Europe. Two particular art pieces from each area that will be
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History of Sculpture Prehistoric Periods Much surviving prehistoric art is small portable sculptures‚ with a small group of female Venus figurines such as the Venus of Willendorf (24‚000–22‚000 BC) found across central Europe; the 30 cm tall Lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel of about 30‚000 BCE has hardly any pieces that can be related to it. The Swimming Reindeer of about 11‚000 BCE is one of the finest of a number of Magdalenian carvings in bone or antler of animals in the art of the Upper
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A Look into Three Pieces of Japanese Art University of Utah Throughout time many great pieces of art have been made from all kinds of materials available to people. Some works are made to last throughout time‚ while others are doomed to fall‚ and yet some are rebuilt from their remains. Some are meant to be functional to us in daily life‚ and some are meant to be functional to open our minds when we see them. The three pieces that I have chosen to discuss all have the same protagonist: Japanese
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David "" Analysis and Structure It is obvious that Michelangelo was meticulous when creating this sculpture. His sculpture‚ David‚ must have been done after studying the human form a great deal. The lines he has used are very natural‚ and though his figure is rather chiseled‚ the lines seem very gentle. Michelangelo has paid special attention to shape. Every ligament‚ muscle and bone seems as though it is alive. I especially noticed the shape of the legs‚ the back of the knees particularly. The muscle
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Comparison of Three Isomers of Butanol SCH 4UI Abstract The Hydroxyl group on alcohols relates to their reactivity. This concept was explored by answering the question “Does each alcohol undergo halogenation and controlled oxidation?” . Using three isomers of butanol; the primary 1-butanol‚ the secondary 2-butanol and the tertiary 2-methyl-2-propanol‚ also referred to as T-butanol‚ two experiments were performed to test the capabilities of the alcohols. When mixed with hydrochloric acid in
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Idealistic Perfection in Sculpture: Khafre Enthroned to Kritios Boy Early Egyptian art from the Old Kingdom‚ ca. 2575-2134 BCE‚ demonstrates uniform structure. Egyptian artists and sculptors adhered to a system of strict rules known as canon to create this consistency. The Egyptian canon suggested perfection to be a rigid‚ ageless idealization of reality. Roughly 1‚500 years later‚ a progressive canon emerged in Greek art reflecting new ideals of perfection. Greek art beginning in the Early Classical
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images. STRATIFIED - a social system in which people are not of equal status‚ and which is composed of social classes of unequal status. ROSETTA STONE - The Rosetta Stone is a stone with writing on it in two languages (Egyptian and Greek)‚ using three scripts (hieroglyphic‚ demotic and Greek). Issues the decree of Ptolemy the V‚ STYLIZED - simplified and represented as a series of conventions (like the universal symbols on restroom doors.) AXIS - a line imagined to run down the center of a composition
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man of the arts who built large monuments with ornate detail and opulence. This detail and opulence in Augustus’ visual arts is ever present in Vergil’s Aeneid. Both men used visual art in the same ways: to emphasize Roman glory‚ and most of all to “outdo” their predecessors. Images depicted by Augustus such as the breastplate of Augustus on the Prima Porta and the Temple of Mars Ultor‚ can be compared to Vergil’s description of the Shield of Aeneas and the Temple of Juno. These visual art pieces all
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"Name and discuss in detail two Gothic sculptures making references to the period in which they were produced‚ them‚ composition and style. Discuss briefly the role of a sculpture in a named Cathedral from the Gothic Period." The word "Gothic" was given to the style of architecture that evolved between 1150 and 1499 in Europe. It was invented by the Renaissance historians and artists to express their negative attitude to an art they thought was barbaric. Gothic culture was urban based unlike Romanesque
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