greatest accomplishment was his statue of David which soars an astonishing 17 ft. Michelangelo took on this 4 year project‚ 1500-1504‚ at the age of 26. In the Renaissance time period‚ it was common for sculptors to make their works from many pieces such as carving the body from one piece of stone then the arms‚ legs and head from smaller ones. This was largely due to the veins that run through rocks. If a vein was carved into‚ there was a good possibility the statue would crack‚ rendering it useless
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This essay is an attempt to address the marble sculpture commonly known as Laocoon and His Sons‚ and why exactly I believe it to be a work of high art‚ of great value and significance to the species. Laocoon and His Sons is a marble sculpture representing a scene that is a part of the tale of the siege and invasion of Troy. Laocoon was the protagonist in a play by Sophocles that is now lost. He was also written about by Virgil. The statue itself is one of the most famous sculptures of Greek and
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Women have not been considered equal to men throughout history. The Etruscans were an ancient civilization that thrived in central Italy around the sixth century BCE. Little is known about the Etruscans‚ but what is known can be extracted through art-producing culture. Their artistic culture is related to but distinct from the civilization of ancient Greece. The ancient Greek civilization spanned from the tenth century to the end of antiquity. This civilization made enormous contributions to science
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Babylon‚ near Baghdad‚ were a mountain-like series of planted terraces. (3) The Statue of Zeus was the central feature of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia‚ Greece. (4) The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus in Greece was a huge‚ elaborate temple to the goddess Artemis. (5) The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus‚ a monumental marble tomb in Asia Minor‚ exists only in fragmentary form today. (6) The Colossus of Rhodes was a bronze statue of the Greek sun god Helios erected at Rhodes harbour. (7) The Pharos of Alexandria
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When thinking of sculptures‚ one of the first that comes to mind is David. This statue was created of marble between 1501 and 1504 and stands over 14 feet high. David is a symbol that represents strength and anger. The statue had intended political connotations for the ruling of the Medici family. Michelangelo used David as model of "heroic courage" to demonstrate that "spiritual strength can be more effective than arms". Michelangelo insisted that David should stand as a symbol of the republic
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Comparison of Three Sculptures Sara Aleman ART/101 David makes part of a very important character of the bible. It is the name of a small boy named David who defeated a giant named Goliath with a tiny stone. This bible story has inspired many artists among the years to make representations of David. Donatello‚ Michelangelo and Bernini make part of the inspired artists. These famous artists created sculptures to represent the brave David. These sculptures represent the same character but with
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Prince was published in 1888. It is an allegory. The story is religious and is full of happiness. Happy Prince is a statue with a smile on his lips. It is made of gold‚ sapphires‚ and brilliants. Some time ago he was a boy with not knowing what tears were. Swallow is a bird‚ helping Happy Prince to please people. The story begins very strange with a describing of a beautiful statue‚ standing very high. In the story we can find a lot of similes‚ metaphors‚ flash-backs. A simile is describing Happy
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Sappho was born on the island of Lesbos sometime between 630 - 600 BCE. Not much is known about her life‚ but some of her poetry and great notoriety has survived. Sappho was a lyric poet‚ which means her poems were sung‚ usually accompanied by a lyre‚ which was a type of musical instrument. She was included in the list of the Nine Lyric poets‚ which were seen as highly esteemed poets to the scholars Hellenistic Alexandria. It is widely thought that Sappho was born to an Aristocratic family‚ her father
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work is a very tall statue made out of marble with an off white color. It comes from the Roman culture for the duration of the 2nd-century A.D copy after a Greek original of about 360 B.C. The sculpture has curly hair with a calm and kind expression on her face and a broken nose. She is posed standing straight with a serpent across her shoulder holding a bowl‚ and she’s wearing a long robe with a head covering. According to marble sculpture on the website wikipedia says‚ “Marble is a metamorphic rock
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pieces out of all the amazing sculptures and paintings in this museum. I finally made the decision to write about two different pieces‚ from two different cultures‚ time periods‚ and even mediums. The first piece I chose was a sculpture titled “Marble Statue of a wounded Amazon.” The second piece is a painting by Joos Van Cleave titled “The Last Judgment.” I found it difficult to decide which piece of Greek art I wanted to focus on. I took over sixty pictures of Greek art at the museum‚ and probably
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