The sculpture that I decided to reflect upon is L’Offrande (The Offering) by Robert Wlerick. The sculpture is situated in a grassy meadow area in between the academic buildings of Stein and Beaven. The scale of the piece seems to be larger than life. The proportions of the sculpture are larger than an average sized woman and appears almost like an Amazon woman. The Offering is representational and it depicts a nude woman sitting on a step. It appears the sculpture is made out of bronze and has been
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would mean that the object was in motion. From that definition it is safe to say that kinetic art is moving art. Now don’t mix the thought that kinetic art must always being a physical moving piece. Kinetic art can also be expressed not only through sculpture‚ but also through drawings‚ and light. If that drawing you are observing appears to be moving then it is also a form of kinetic art. Kinetic art is so diverse in fact‚ that you can include almost any form of art into it. Take for example‚ drawings
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Riace Bronzes The Riace Warriors were discovered by Stefano Mariottini on August 16‚ 1972‚ on the bottom of the Ionic Sea near Riace Marina in Calabria in Italy. The statues have been dated to roughly 450BC. The statues’ eyes are inlaid with bone and glass‚ the lips and nipples are made from copper while the teeth are silver. Both statues at one point held spears and shields; however‚ those have not been recovered. Both statues stand firmly on the right foot‚ with the left foot forward
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figure still greatly resembles. The arms were carved separately and then pegged on later. Ka-Aper was also at one time painted‚ however over the years it has worn away. Kroisos on the other hand was carved from marble as was custom of Grecian sculpture. He too was also at one time painted as all Greek stone statues were. Lastly the two figures both exhibit bare feet. This may signify that they were being portrayed on sacred ground. In Ka-Aper case it was his mastaba‚ and in Kroisos’s his
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According the PBS Nova program documentary‚ Riddles of the Sphinx‚ the statue Sphinx is the largest statue in Egypt‚ which is almost 240 feet long that is almost the same length of a football field and 70 feet tall that the height is similar to the White House. It has a lion body with a human’s face. The lion figured body symbolizes the king pharaoh’s identifies‚ himself with the lion to shows his power‚ to express his power. Before I watch the documentary‚ I did not know why the Sphinx’s head was
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images on the web include www.artcyclopedia.com and Google Images. Artstor is available through the library webpage database list. Introduction Vocabulary— visual arts; art forms that are visual in nature such as ceramics‚ drawing‚ painting‚ sculpture‚ print making‚ design‚ crafts‚ photography‚ video‚ film making‚ and architecture. Expressive human creation‚ communicates a meaning greater than it simple purpose. medium/media; the material (bronze‚ marble‚ clay‚ fresco) in which an artist works;
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Seminar 100N-01 September 28‚ 2015 The bronze Parvati‚ Consort of Shiva sculpture is a representation of Parvati as a pervasive female force reflecting theological ideals. Parvati is depicted with a sensuous figure and as Shiva’s other half. She represents the active principle and strength of god influenced by Hindu religion and history. The sculptures of Parvati‚ Consort of Shiva and the Buddha are both bronze sculptures created during the Chola period‚ yet there is a clear distinction between
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representations of the human body and learned to use contrapposto‚ or counterpoise‚ to portray the people in a more natural way‚ revealing an individual’s character through the work. The Bronze Statuette of a Veiled and Masked Dance is a Hellenistic sculpture currently located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It was made between the third and second century B.C. in Alexandria‚ Egypt‚ and displays the skill of an unknown sculptor who portrays a female citizen of his city. Artworks are always
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established‚ and this was when Greeks returned the Human figure to Art. The sculptures created during this time period resembled pieces just like unnatural‚ rigid forms of Egyptian human sculptures. They had created something called Archaic Smile; it was a smile that should not be taken literally‚ it was a sculptor’s way of indicating that the person portrayed is alive. The sculptures are humans standing up straight‚ and stiff. The sculpture I used was‚ Kroisos‚ 530 BCE (Fig 2-17) The male is standing straight
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Another sculpture‚ which portrays the Greek concept for male beauty‚ was A Figure of a Naked Man‚ possibly Dionysus (Fig 2). As typical of Classical Greece‚ this is a nude male statue of another god‚ Dionysus‚ who was the god of wine and all things relating to wine (grape harvest). Unlike the previous sculpture of Aphrodite‚ there is not much motion in this piece (not very Hellenistic). Nevertheless‚ it still gives off a story‚ an aura. The man‚ Dionysus‚ seems to be very relaxed‚ which can be seen
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