marble stone sat for 25 years‚ Michelangelo was given the contract to complete David after convincing the Operai to let him finish it over Da Vinci. Michelangelo did an extraordinary job at incorporating the elements and principals of design into his sculpture. He used the contra pasto pose‚ hips and shoulders are slanted at opposite angels of each other‚ to create perfect balance. The statue of David is also a little disproportional. The head and right hand look a little larger than normal. This may
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The purpose of this paper is to discuss the similarities and differences in the artistic design and function of two pieces of given works‚ the statue of Memi and Sabu‚ and the Seated Statue of Gudea. In this paper I will look at where they come from‚ the assumed intended purpose and the lasting fascination with objects from the past. Looking at the Statue of Memi and Sabu‚ we can see visually it is from the Egyptian era‚ according to the website given we see it is made of “carved
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been and the things they have encountered along the way. It lets you connect with the artist and see things through their eyes. Art is a way of expressing one’s self without words. When I think of art‚ I think of paintings‚ portraits‚ sketches‚ and sculptures. I know there are many other forms of art‚ but my favorite form is painting. I normally respond first to the mood of the art and the idea it brings to mind. I like art that makes me feel happy. Second I would say I respond to the colors in the
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16‚ 2010 Benjamin Reine Ancient Greek art has contributed to our civilization sculptures and beautiful architectural buildings. The influence of these works of art can still be seen today in a modern society. Many of the pieces of artwork have been destroyed over the years‚ leaving only a few pieces intact. Listed are the surviving Greek sculptures that are famous to this date. Aphrodite de Milos (Venus De Milo) Alexander Antioch Between 130 and
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A. Mau‚ a German scholar‚ established four distinct styles of Roman wall painting at the sites of Pompeii‚ Herculaneum‚ Boscoreal‚ and other smaller sites covered with ash from the volcanic eruption at Mount Vesuvius. The styles begin with one direction‚ shift completely‚ and end on a more combined technique. Style I‚ known as incrustation‚ began approximately during the second century b.c. This style features the strong influence of the Hellenistic Greek period in its surface decoration. At
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Claus Sluter was the most creative and powerful sculptor of the late middle ages. This Netherlandish master worked in the services of the Dukes of Burgundy. His artwork of a genius created art objects that are still seen today in Dijon‚ France‚ and his greatest creation the Well of Moses. A artist at the Court of Burgundy‚ Claus Sluter was determined to become one of the greatest sculptor of his time. In 1389‚ the Northern Late Gothic artist was put in charge of the
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The Earth Goddess with Snakes is a very unique sculpture that is designed of a woman that is standing with her shoulders firm and her arms out to her side at an angle holding a snake in each hand. Her long triangular floor length skirt seems to be made up of cloth panels with each layer going upwards getting shorter in length; an apron like item going over her from front to back. Above the apron like item there is a metal belt securing her waist. Her upper portion of her body is exposed at the
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the Metropolitan Museum. The “Marble statue of a youthful Hercules” is a Roman stone sculpture that dates from around 69-96 A.D. during the Early imperial‚ Flavian period. “Restorations made during the early 17th century: head and neck‚ right arm below the shoulder‚ left arm and shoulder‚ right leg below the knee‚ left leg‚ tree trunk‚ club‚ plinth. (Richter‚ Gisela M. A. 1954.) I chose this Roman sculpture to symbolize the beauty of the healthy physical form of man. The statue of Hercules signifies
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bright colors‚ which made the relief vibrant. But very few of the pigments survived now due to the contact with the air. The reliefs are made of gypsum‚ an easily carved and locally available stone. Due to the limited craft of the ancient time‚ many sculptures chose gypsum because it is ease the process of cut. The reliefs found in the panels are all low relief. It also requires less work and is cheaper to produce‚ because less modeling is required. These reliefs were carved with delicate craft‚ showing
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Final Paper May 1‚ 2012 Andy Goldsworthy Andy Goldsworthy was born in 1956 in Cheshire England. He was raised in Yorkshire England and attended both Bradford and Lancaster art college from 1974-1978("Andy Goldsworthy - Biography"). I was first introduced to this artist in class the other day when we watched his video “Rivers and Tides”. During the opening scene of the video Goldsworthy discussed a very unique obsession with the shape of winding rivers. The way that he talked about these rivers
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