consistent since the 1940s. The smooth‚ curving forms of her figurative sculptures remind many viewers of the works of British sculptor Henry Moore or Romanian-born French sculptor Constantin Brancusi. In the black marble sculpture Maternity (1980‚ private collection)‚ a child sits in the center of a curved form that has a woman’s head and breasts‚ suggesting the mother’s embrace. Catlett’s work also shows the influence of African sculpture and of the 1930s muralist movement in Mexico. Catlett was born
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create masterpieces that revealed an unfolding event that could be read by their viewers from all sides. The first piece of art to be reviewed is the The Rape of Persopina (1621-22)‚ also known as The Rape of Persephone‚ which is a large marble sculpture‚ 255cm in height‚ which was crafted by Gian Lorenzo Bernini‚ at age 23‚ during the Baroque movement. As with many of his early works of art‚ this statue was commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese‚ and was executed‚ between 1621 and 1622 (Rape
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa- aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa- aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaBeginning with Michael Fried’s arguments in his 1967 essay ‘Art and Objecthood’‚ consider how the status of the art object (painting‚ sculpture‚ installation‚ etc.) has changed over the last thirty-five years within Art History and fine practice. Fried’s essay is a kind of riposte to Judd and Morris‚ who he decried as literalists‚ coining the term to describe attitudes in opposition to
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Texture of a painting gives me an opportunity to sense different types of feelings for example a smooth texture would be relaxing and clean looking to me. Last but not the least space is the last element in visuals that we experience when we see sculptures‚ architecture‚ and even in some paintings. After reading chapter 4 on visual elements I understand the importance of space in artwork as before I too use to think of it as a big void space nonetheless it helps give definition along with the other
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Edmonia Lewis is not only an example of a prolific female artist‚ but is a sculpture of African American and Native American decent. In Lewis’s sculptures we see stylistically neoclassic imagery with an important twist‚ she puts her own identity at the periphery. Lewis work encompasses themes of religion‚ freedom and slavery and while she sometimes depicts African‚ African American and Native American people in her sculptures‚ she more often neutralized her subjects race or ethnicity which made her
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other aspects of their work. For the first time artists were able to explore subject matter unrelated to religion. Baroque: exaggerated motion and clear‚ easily interpreted detail to produce drama‚ tension‚ exuberance‚ and grandeur In Baroque sculpture‚ groups of figures assumed new importance‚ and there was a dynamic movement and energy of human forms— they spiralled around an empty central vortex‚ or reached outwards into the surrounding space. In this essay I intend on studying and making
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The statue I chose is titled Apollo Belvedere. The sculpture is a reduced copy of a work most likely made by Leochales in 350-325BCE. The original Apollo Belvedere’s medium was marble‚ but the French copy utilizes bronze with a modern casting method. The statue features an adult male. The figure is relaxed‚ as the muscles remain are not flexed and there is no contortion of the face. There are no wrinkles on the male figures face‚ connoting a young subject. One can infer the figure is holding a bow
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Bourgeois and her piece of art Eyes". This abstract sculpture is made of marble and dated 1982. Eyes‚ 1982 Louise Bourgeois (American‚ born France‚ 1911) Metropolitan Museum‚ New York Louise Bourgeois was born in Paris in 1911and studied art at various schools there. In 1938‚ she immigrated to the United States and continued her studies at the Art Students League in New York. She began her career as a painter and engraver‚ turning to sculpture in the late 1940s for which she is now recognized
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Picasso & Marcel Duchamp Pablo Picasso is one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. He was born in Spain but worked mainly in France‚ where he became the most well-known artist of his time. Picasso’s massive output of paintings‚ sculptures‚ drawings‚ prints and ceramics was inspired by many different sources. In the early 1900s‚ Picasso developed a movement that signified him‚ it was known as “cubism”. This movement marked the beginning of modernism. Marcel Duchamp has been known
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Leticia Reinaldo is a Brazilian artist who now resides in Los Angeles as a freelance artist. I would assume I’m most drawn to her work because of her Disneyesque stylization. Her proportions are extreme‚ and the composition of her artwork is alluring to the eye. She has worked on projects such as movie posters for Frozen‚ Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy and Muppets Most Wanted. She has also worked on promotional pieces for Mr. Peabody & Sherman and How to Train Your Dragon 2. One of her characters
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