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    art 101 midterm notes

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    the 2d art to 3d works‚ covers a range of art objects -tapestries -other woven objects methods and media in 3d art-ranges from -tradditional to new media freestanding- meant to be seen from all sides relief sculpture- seen only from the front quarter flat site specific-sculpture that is designed for a specific place. becomes part of experience of the artwork. keith kids plating of children’s hospital carving- technique for creating 3d work‚ artists remove unwanted material from a large black

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    back at both Verrochio’s and Donatello’s Davids‚ the sculpture was depicted standing over Goliath’s severed head. However‚ Michelangelo depicted David before the battle. Michelangelo’s David will become one of the most beautiful and ideal sculptures during the Renaissance. I think one of the reasons why Michelangelo’s David became so famous was because of the way it stood. David is the perfect example of contrapposto. If you examine the sculpture of David‚ you can see that the body is placing all of

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    The historic and iconic marble sculpture‚ Aphrodite of Knidos‚ sometimes referred to as Aphrodite of Cindus‚ was created by the sculptor Praxiteles. Not much is known about Praxiteles for sure as the only definite dates in relation to him are found at the base of a portrait statue where he inscribed “Praxiteles the Athenian made it” or are written by Pliny the Elder in his monumental work‚ Naturalis Historia (Encyclopedia of World Biography). This work places him during the 104th Olympiad‚ or roughly

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    Professor Brandon Vickerd November 21‚ 2013 For the exhibition review project‚ I went to the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery for the One‚ and Two‚ and More Than Two exhibition‚ which is curated by Toronto-based artist Micah Lexier. The show has been divided into three parts‚ “One” and “Two” reviewed “Lexier’s conceptually measured take on personal existence in a selection of sculpture works‚ and archival installation‚ new video and collaborative installations with writers Christian Bok‚ Derek

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    Museum & The National Gallery of Portraits. The museum’s welcome page has vibrant colors and clear images of the collections available provide the user with tabs that can direct them to the section of their choice (whether it is from sculpture to contemporary art to dinosaur artifact and so on). The Copyright for the website is dated to 2005-2006‚ and the author is listed as the main title of the site ”Government Museum and Art Gallery‚ Chandigarh‚ India”. The site also provides the user a

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    heavy period of transition through the 20th century. At the start‚ sculpture could be summed up in Johann Gottfreid von Herder’s consideration of sculpture as “a harsh reality.” Unlike painting and the other traditional media‚ sculpture was being redefined‚ both formally and technically. Painting‚ despite the many innovations and explorations that occurred in the 20th century‚ was still oil and pigment put on a flat surface. But sculpture‚ rather 3 dimensional arts‚ became so much more dynamic and expansive

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    Introduction Having a glimpse of the great art work of artists of the ancient past‚ it has given me a great opportunity to learn a little more about the history of our world. In this essay I would be comparing‚ and contrasting the sculptures being assigned. In this scenario we have two statues one is named Memi‚ Sabu‚ and the other statue is named the seated Statue of Judea. The statue of Memi and Sabu has its origin from ancient Egypt probably Giza It seems to be the case that this statue is

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    take daring ideas and turn them into images that were seductive in elegance and form. One of Canova’s sculptures stayed true to his neoclassical approach. His sculpture titled Psyche revived by Cupid’s Kiss (1802)‚ which is a great example of how he stayed true to the neoclassicism. What this sculptures purpose is to depict the love story of Psyche and Cupid. What is going to be done using the sculpture as an example‚ both a formal and contextual analysis. Formal analysis focuses on what elements

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    This sculpture is called the “War God” and it was created by Philip McCracken in 1960. Philip McCracken was an American born artist‚ born in 1928. This amazing sculpture was created out of Cedar wood‚ where Philip McCracken carved the piece out then added a leather strap and blades along the body. This piece of art is currently on display at the Seattle Art Museum. The “War God” is a wooden sculpture and it was about 2 feet long and about 8 inches wide. The sculpture has lots of jagged edges and

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    visual elements of the Picasso are the curved lines and diagonal angles of the sculpture; the straight

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