Art of ancient Greece My report is on ancient Greek art mainly sculptures and vase art I will also be writing about a day in the life of a Greek artist. Artists in ancient Greece varied from designing coins‚ mosaics‚ gem engravings‚ architecture‚ pottery and sculptures. I’m also going to talk about what tools the sculptors used and the various methods used to make pottery and vases. The second part of my report will be about a day in the life of a Greek artist for example how they were treated
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Group Agesander of Rhodes‚ Polydorus of Rhodesm Athenodoros of Rhodes Western Governors University I chose to analyze a sculpture from the classical era “The laocoon Group.” Looking at the pictures of the sculpture I can’ help but be drawn into all the small details of each piece of the sculpture. They went into grave detail to make sure every aspect of the sculpture was as detailed as it could be to almost bring it to life. The characters muscles and tone are outlined and use shadows to show
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was made with bronze‚ gold‚ silver but the most that Greeks used to make is metal to make art. But there was something stronger than metal‚ it was…..iron‚ iron is harder than metal. Metal can be melted down and made into something else‚ many metal sculptures and other metal items were melted down so they could be for other things. The Greeks made many things like bowls and vases‚ cauldrons‚ knives and daggers‚ shields‚ armour‚ decorative drinking cups‚ and lanterns. They also made fine jewellery such
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Question1. Describe the sculptures‚ chaityas and viharas of the Mauryan Dynasty constructed to spread Buddhism during Ashoka’s reign. The Mauryan period is an important period in the history of Indian art and architecture‚ with the foundations for Indian art being laid‚ which would later reach their height during the golden age of the Guptas. Our main pieces of evidence and material come from the time of the great Mauryan king Ashoka. Ashoka’s Maurya Dynasty consisted of present-day Pakistan
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body. He asked questions such as‚ where do we begin and where do we end? Gormley was an artist creating sculptures of the human body and placing them in various positions‚ and in random places. Gormley was nowhere near knowledgeable about his art but through his art he found a way to help people recognize the same questions he had. However‚ Antony did not stop there‚ these human body sculptures are not just some thrown together shapes. These bodies share the exact same body index as Gormley. They
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Period of time (42‚000 – 8‚000 BCE) reaching to our contemporary artists of today. One of the most representing works to the Eclecticism period‚ a sculpture was titled “UGOLINO AND HIS SONS”. It was done in 1861 CE using Saint-Béat marble. It has a size of approximately (78.75 in. x 59 in. x 43.5 in.)‚ height to width to depth ratio. The sculpture was done by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux‚ a French sculptor and painter who was born in Valenciennes‚ Nord‚ and part of northern France in 1827. Carpeaux was
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Sculpture has been a very important part of art history throughout thousands of years. For the past few months I have viewed many different kinds of sculpture‚ including Greek archaic sculptures‚ Greek classical sculptures‚ Greek Hellenistic sculptures and Roman sculptures. All of the sculptures that I have seen and analyzed have very interesting characteristics‚ but the one that I have analyzed most recently was the most fascinating. Hermes carrying the infant Dionysos‚ by the artist Praxiteles
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sculptor. 2 years later‚ he completed the world famous marble sculpture of David. Throughout the years after he completed the David sculpture‚ he made the Orsanmichele St. Mark in 1413 and St. John the Evangelist in
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Title: “The Thinker” Artist: August Rodin Source: Rodin‚ A. (1902). The thinker [Bronze and marble sculpture]. Paris‚ France: Musée Rodin. The “The Thinker” is a bronze sculpture by August Rodin which is placed on a stone pedestal. The work shows a nude male figure sitting on a rock with its chin resting on one hand as though he was deep in thought. The sculpture was originally made as an entranceway for the proposed Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris. The thinker is at its current location the Musee
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period in Greek sculpture is the Classical period. During this glorious period of unbelievable craftsmanship‚ numerous pieces celebrated the Greek’s infatuation with fable and war. The sculpture‚ nicely titled Centaur Abducting Lapith Woman and Fallen Lapith Man‚ is a wonderful symbol of the artistic period and image of war. Sculpted somewhere around 447-438 B.C.‚ the sculpture was carved out of solid marble to produce a beautiful‚ and yet horrifying scene from a battle. This sculpture was most likely
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