in Paris‚ France. Bourgeois lived to the age of 98 and continued creating art up until till the very end‚ with her last pieces being finished one/two weeks before her death on May 31st‚ 2010.While being notoriously well known for her large-scale sculptures and installation pieces‚ Bourgeois was also a painter and printmaker. Bourgeois first started her education by studying philosophy and mathematics at Sorbonne‚ and after her mother passed away in 1932 Bourgeois began studying art (The Art Story
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Memi and Sabu date between 2575 and 2465 BC‚ Egypt. An era where the commission of nonroyal sculptures was popular.1(The Met‚ ND) The Gudea figure date from 2090 BC‚ found in the Mesopotamia territory. This piece was commissioned by Gudea to be part of the reconstructed temples; it is evident by the inscription on his robe.2(The Met‚ ND) The differences in the medium; diorite‚ used in the Gudea sculpture‚ is relatively rare rock especially when we compare to limestone‚ the medium used in the Memi
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what could be improved would be if the wound on the wounded soldier was visible‚ if it was visible I could not only see the tragedy he went through but also feel his pain. This work of art is compared to others by showing emotion and pain. This sculpture is to represent a historian event and I feel that all work of art comes down to a historian event that has happen to either the artist or worldwide historian event; tourist attack‚
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As a child he always had a love and fascination for science and evolution and wanted to become a biologist. A great deal of his work is inspired by science‚ nature‚ and seductively shows the art of transformation. When it comes to making his sculptures‚ Altmejd wants his audience to concentrate on the complexity of his
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numerous figures. Rodin never officially declared the Gates of Hell finished‚ and many wonder if Rodin really was finished or not. Rodin made the Gates of Hell to resemble his thoughts on Dante’s Inferno with his own twist. Rodin also placed various sculptures of his others works into the Gates of Hell including The Thinker‚ the Three Shades‚ Fleeting Love‚ and I am Beautiful to name a few. (Elsen‚ 1985) History of the Gates of Hell Rodin was asked to build a monumental bronze doors for a new museum
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then went to up the stairs to observe the art exhibits. The exhibits that were available for view were The Classical World‚ Greek and Roman antiques‚ SKY‚ Photorealism‚ and more. I started off my visit by viewing The Classical World to see what the sculptures looked like‚ and they were magnificent. After looking through the Classical World exhibit‚ I viewed the Greek and Roman antiques and the SKY exhibits. I enjoyed
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is standing in the contrapposto stance‚ putting all his weight on the right foot. A similar stance is found in Bernini’s sculpture which gives us a sense of naturalism. Since Bernini’s piece incorporates a movement‚ it gives us a great deal of naturalism. At the way David’s body is angled‚ we get a sense that he’s in motion. Humanism is successfully depicted in both sculptures. Both artist carved lines that emphasized the muscles‚ veins‚ and bones on the bodies. Michelangelo’s piece also shows humanism
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terracotta bust depicts Ariadne‚ the daughter of King Minos of Crete‚ who helped Theseus through the labyrinth. It is 61 cm tall‚ hand scuplted‚ and has traces of paint indicating it was once fully painted. It was found in Falerii Novi‚ Italy. The sculpture was done in the Classical Etruscan style‚ being heavily influenced by Greek and Roman art. The bust is made of terracotta‚ which was a common material for the Etruscans. The hair is finely detailed‚ as is the drapery of her clothing. The face is
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living artist in his lifetime‚ and ever since then he has been held to be one of the greatest artists of all time. He was an Italian sculptor‚ painter‚ architect‚ poet‚ and engineer of the High Renaissance. Michelangelo’s David was a masterpiece sculpture‚ created between 1501 – 1504 that is a marble statue‚ of a standing male nude. The 17 foot statue was placed in Galleria dell’Accademia‚ Florence. The statue represents a Biblical hero named David‚ after he made his decision to fight Goliath but
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Art is a representation of many things. It tells stories‚ it shows pain‚ and it also shows the best of people lives. Art can take shape from what’s happening in people’s lives. Art can change based on how the person is feeling when they are creating the art. One of the biggest similarities that art still shares is that it is so personal. Art throughout the years has shared many similarities‚ but they also share a good amount of differences. Even two of the same paintings but painted at different
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