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    Michelangelo

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    and painting. Transplantation technique is the technique Michelangelo has used on many of his sculptures‚ that means he was taking a variety of different body parts and forming one man. It often was noticed because one couldn’t identify the age of the man in the sculpture because the face or body was a different age wise. “David” is a complete masterpiece created between 1501 and 1504. In the sculpture “David‚” his age is very unclear; he has a mature face‚ an old hand‚ and a torso of a young man

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    This piece is called Warrior with Shield by Henry Moore‚ from the mid-twentieth century (1954). This sculpture is composed of form because it is three-dimensional which‚ has height‚width and depth. This form has geometric shapes; the shield that the men is holding is a thin spherical shape with a pointy middle and the head of the man is an oval spherical shape. A strong sense of form has been created by increasing the contrast between highlights and shadow areas. For example the pointy part of

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    The Controversial Installation There are several meanings for the term‚ "art". Art comes in many different forms‚ like paintings‚ sculptures‚ poetry‚ film‚ etcetera. It serves as a vessel for storytelling and projects the relationship between man and its surroundings by utilizing their vision and creativity. Unfortunately‚ society at times fails to understand the meaning and rejects it. There was one particular installation that surprisingly caused controversy. The piece was called the‚ "Tilted

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    Mark Di Suvero Analysis

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    descriptive and visual in your writing. A comparison of the installation/sculpture of Donald Lipski and the monumental-scale steel sculpture of Mark di Suvero reveals that both artists utilized the visual elements of color and a variance of space. Lipski used colorful‚ everyday objects and materials that are found at a construction site or furniture in an office and installed them‚ in a grouping of varying circles as a sculpture on a 60’ atrium wall of the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Building. Artist

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    The Kiss

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    There are several different works called The Kiss‚ created by different artists. Auguste Rodin‚ Constatin Brancusi‚ and Gustav Klimt all have their own version of the work. While Rodin and Brancusi created a sculpture‚ Klimt created a painting. These artists conveyed many different emotions for their viewers to perceive. These works of art also have several things in common. It is important to learn about each artist in order to learn the ideas and thoughts that come from their works. Auguste

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    hero‚ comes from three very notable works of art from history. The free standing sculptures are made by Donatello‚ Michelangelo and Bernini. Donatello is an artist and sculptor known for his exploration of human emotion and expression. He also known to use difficult mediums and make masterpieces. In Donatello’s depiction of David comes a bronze work of art from the Italian Renaissance period. This is a life sized sculpture of David in the nude. Its dimensions are 5’2 ¼ in. (as tall as me!) and possibly

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    Prehistoric art is profoundly symbolic and conveyed by the different works of arts. These kinds of arts consist of cave art‚ women‚ men‚ and animal sculptures. Prehistoric art is represented through tan‚ white‚ brown‚ and black colors. Sculptures during pre-history were mostly represented of women and their fertility. These female figures were called Venus statuettes. The two artworks named Standing Female Figure Wearing a Strap and a Necklace and The Venus of Dolni Vestonice share the same symbolism

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    The sculptors who created Blue Woman in Black Chair and Untitled (Large Man) used many aspects to give life and meaning to their creations. Lines are used distinctly in both sculptures. The artists take advantage of space when creating their pieces along with a little naturalism. One sculptor uses color on his figure. Their technique‚ although different‚ brings individuality and texture to their works. The Blue Woman in Black Chair is a natural art piece created by George Segal. It is a woman who

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    Claes Oldenburg is an American sculptor‚ best known for his public art installations typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects. Where is he from? Claes Oldenburg is from Stockholm. Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden. Stockholm

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    Art of the Roman Empire

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    Roman Empire the Roman ’s incorporated very realistic sculptures of people such as the carving of the Roman Patrician where you can see very detailed sculpting of the three men and each have individual features unlike the Greeks who would compress the best features into their sculptures. Romans would also carve in marble unlike the Greek who would carve in stone and because of that Roman sculptures are better intact than Greek sculptures. During the Empire period they would sculpt public

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