MY FAVOURITE SPORT My favourite sport is tennis. Tennis is a sport in what each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent’s court. I started playing tennis when I was 8 years old because my parents enrolled me in a course. Firstly I didn’t like it a lot because I didn’t hit the ball since the racket was very huge for me. But along the years I have improve a lot and now I love it. I don’t have much time because I have a lot
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Margaret Thatcher Rt. Hon. Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven L.G.‚ O.M.‚ F.R.S. Official booklet to mark the unveiling on 21st February 2007 of the bronze statue of Baroness Thatcher sculpted by Antony Dufort for the House of Commons. Edited by Malcolm Hay‚ Curator of Works of Art‚ Palace of Westminster. Clay for the portrait head of Margaret Thatcher‚ June 2005 (Photo: Antony Dufort) “This historic commission is a very fitting way to remember Margaret Thatcher’s time in the House of Commons
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story of The Annunciation in sculpture and why contemporaries were so impressed with his achievement. Donatello is considered to be one of the most influential artists of the 15th century. A member of the innovative group of painters‚ architects and sculptors that revolutionised art in Florence at the beginning of the 15th century‚ he succeeded in becoming perhaps the most successful in his field due to his understanding of the aspects of classical sculpture and the creative and emotive
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that my voice is heard regarding the the new sculpture being placed in our city. With the implementation of the new sculpture‚ we‚ as a city are digging ourselves into an economic hole. One example of this is the Picasso sculpture in Chicago. With all that money spent very few civilians were in favor of the painting. Given the size of the population of our city in comparison to that of Chicago‚ even the slightest number of people in favor this sculpture in our city will not compensate for the money
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Cave Paintings LASCAUX CAVE/ THE AXIAL GALLEY LASCAUX CAVE CAVERNE DE NIAUX (ARIEGE) THIS PAINTING HAS BEEN DISCOVERED TO BE LAYERED ABOVE OTHERS The First Artists Prehistoric Art is a term used to describe the artistic depictions of a people who haven’t yet implemented writing into their culture. The appearance of written word dates back to the Sumerians (3250 BC) and their use of pictographs‚ small pictures that tell their story‚ describe their lives‚ and record the data they
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back at both Verrochio’s and Donatello’s Davids‚ the sculpture was depicted standing over Goliath’s severed head. However‚ Michelangelo depicted David before the battle. Michelangelo’s David will become one of the most beautiful and ideal sculptures during the Renaissance. I think one of the reasons why Michelangelo’s David became so famous was because of the way it stood. David is the perfect example of contrapposto. If you examine the sculpture of David‚ you can see that the body is placing all of
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The historic and iconic marble sculpture‚ Aphrodite of Knidos‚ sometimes referred to as Aphrodite of Cindus‚ was created by the sculptor Praxiteles. Not much is known about Praxiteles for sure as the only definite dates in relation to him are found at the base of a portrait statue where he inscribed “Praxiteles the Athenian made it” or are written by Pliny the Elder in his monumental work‚ Naturalis Historia (Encyclopedia of World Biography). This work places him during the 104th Olympiad‚ or roughly
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Contents Introduction 2 History of Junk Art Sculpture 4 Chapter 1: Junk sculptors 8 Chapter 2: Interview 1 16 Chapter 3: Interview 2 23 Summary 27 Introduction From 5000 B.C to well into the 20th century A.D‚ most sculpture has reflected the wealth‚ religion or political stature of the country. Early Egyptian sculpture reflected the political regime of the land‚ and powerful ‘Pharaohs’ demanded monumental sized tombs and artefacts to show their wealth and status
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heavy period of transition through the 20th century. At the start‚ sculpture could be summed up in Johann Gottfreid von Herder’s consideration of sculpture as “a harsh reality.” Unlike painting and the other traditional media‚ sculpture was being redefined‚ both formally and technically. Painting‚ despite the many innovations and explorations that occurred in the 20th century‚ was still oil and pigment put on a flat surface. But sculpture‚ rather 3 dimensional arts‚ became so much more dynamic and expansive
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world. Portraying there significance through the contemporary structures of her sculptures‚ displayed through plates one and two. As seen in these plates her sculptures made entirely out of ceramic. Her use of Ceramics emphasises the sculptures earthen elements‚ and the birth of life from these basic elements. Ultimately the ceramics allow her to maintain full control over the sculptures form and shape. The Sculptures bulge and protrude with glassy angler and rounded shapes
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