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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! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !1 A FORMAL ANALYSIS OF MARY CASSATT’S In the Loge ! ! A FORMAL ANALYSIS OF MARY CASSATT’S In the Loge Comparison & Contrast Essay !2 ! Mary Cassatt created her oil on canvas painting In the Loge in 1878. The two dimensional painting measures 81.28 x 66.04 cm / 32 x 26 inches and is currently on display at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. The painting’s subject is a young upper class woman at the opera in
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Formal Analysis of Aztec Feathered Serpent Sculpture Facing out into the eyes of museum-goers‚ the Aztec feathered serpent sculpture currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art dates from between fifteenth and early sixteenth century. Though the iconographic motif of the feathered serpent is a common and meaningful one in Aztec art‚ the formal elements of this piece communicate an equally strong message. Through deliberate choices in the crafting and facture of this seemingly dense
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sculpted body. This paper will analyze the Venus of Willendorf sculpture in terms of its formal analysis. Most of the information about the Venus of Willendorf is based on scientific research and theory because there is no actual documentation that dates back as far as the sculpture. The Venus of Willendorf was sculpted long before any type of written language was discovered. There are a few different dates as to when art historians believe she was sculpted depending on the source‚ but typically it is
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Art-2 Comparative Formal Analysis The Culture Shift between the Paleolithic and Sumerian Period The Old Stone Age (Paleolithic Period) marked the birth of art. During that period‚ humankind began to acknowledge the forms of human and animals‚ thus creating many sculptures and paintings in attempt to represent the world around them. Venus of Willendorf (ca. 28‚000 BCE.) also known as Nude woman‚ from Willendorf‚ Austria‚ was one
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During my visit to the Carlos Museum at Emory University‚ I was amazed by the many works I saw from ancient times. They ranged from ancient Greek/Roman statues‚ Indian carvings‚ Egyptian mummies‚ to even Central American relics which we haven’t learned about in class. The piece that stood out to me the most‚ and what I will focus on for the rest of this essay‚ is the Aphrodite (Venus) statue‚ which is a Roman copy of the Greek original from the 1st century CE. Upon arriving at the Carlos
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This paper is a formal analysis of the Basket of Apples‚ a still life oil painting made by Paul Cézanne in 1895. The painting is about 25.6 inches tall times 31.5 inches wide. This composition illustrates a geometric spatial organization on disjointed perspectives. Although the artwork is absent of any symbolic and mythological content‚ its essence is to illustrate harmony of its various elements over subject matters. The systematic representation of shapes and colors are highly characteristic and
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Paper (Formal and Contextual Analysis) Feiran Zhou ART 101: Ancient and Medieval Art Professor David Areford 11/29/2012 The Comparison of Roman Art and Egyptian Art Art has existed since thousands years ago. It has existed in many different ways‚ in different places and styles. Art is influenced by different cultures. Different cultures have their own ways of seeing the art. Art is created by different beliefs. Different beliefs create art for different purposes.
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Peter Cano Art 104 – Spring 2012 Formal Analysis Essay “Madonna del Prato” The “Madonna del Prato” is renaissance painting by Raphael Sanzio‚ once a student of Perugino. Raphael is best known for his “Madonna” paintings‚ The “Madonna del Prato” along with others is believed to have been influenced by Leonardo. The line in “Madonna del Prato” doesn’t seem infinite‚ they tend to end and begin somewhere else creating the whole picture and bringing it all together as one picture. For
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Formal Analysis July 28‚ 2013 ARHA 2305 The Dancing Bacha (1926) by Alexander N. Volkov pencil on paper Viewed at Arkansas Arts Center permanent collection (July 15‚ 2013) Scene of an Uzbekistani Teahouse Alexander N. Volkov’s piece entitled The Dancing Bacha is a drawing of a gathering of males‚ featuring a dancing boy (the bacha) who often performed in the streets of pre-Soviet Central Asia.1 The piece was made in 1926 and most likely depicts a traditional teahouse in Uzbekistan. 2
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