David high idealization and more static and solid pose make it a typical work of High Renaissance art. The statues represent the same character‚ the David who beats Goliath‚ and they both embody the ideal of male form in a natural setting rather than posed. Michelangelo and Bernini were able to give personality‚ emotion‚ and quite nearly a soul to their works. In this sense‚ the statues are similar because they both were innovative with respect of the ancient tradition that created works that were
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Wonders of the Ancient World There are Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. However‚ the list we have today was not established until the end of The Middle Ages. This list includes: the Great Pyramid‚ the Hanging Gardens of Babylon‚ the Statue of Zeus at Olympia‚ the Temple of Diana at Ephesus‚ the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus‚ the Colossus of Rhodes‚ and the Pharos of Alexandria. There have been several different lists over the years that have included different wonders. The Great Pyramid
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sculptor work on the statue of David and the painting of the ceiling of the Sistine chapel. The statue of David is a male nude statue standing 17ft tall and is made of marble. It was made between 1501 and 1504. The statue represents the biblical hero King David. The real statue stands in Accademia Gallery‚ Florence today where it attracts a lot of tourists. One interesting thing about the David statue was that Michael Angelo was not the first artist to attempt to make the statue. Donatello another
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Florentine government at the time of their creation. Although the actual date of the sculpting of Donatello’s David is unknown‚ a rough estimate claims for it to be around 1420s to 1460s. Originally showcased in the Medici Palazzo‚ Donatello’s bronze statue David‚ seen in Figure 1‚ shows a young boy standing in his glory. A closer inspection of the face points out certain details that suggest a larger claim. David’s smile‚ as shown in Figure 2‚ is the most striking feature of his face because it seems
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Aristotle (384 BC March 7‚ 322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and a student of Plato‚ considered first scientist in Western world. He was a philosopher of common sense. He tried to define essences and his aim is to explicate the world as well as cosmos surrounding us. According to Introduction of Metaphysics‚ Aristotle’s world-view is teleological that there is kind of purpose in cosmos: " What is important is that the world seems to have a purpose‚ a meaning and even a design. It
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THE SEVEN WONDERS [pic] PYRAMIDS OF GIZA [pic] HANGING GARDENS [pic] TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS [pic] STATUE OF ZEUS [pic] COLOSSUS [pic] LIGHTHOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA [pic] THE MAUSOLEUM AT HALICARNASSUS [pic] The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was the tomb of king Mausolus. Halicarnassus (Modern Bodrum‚ Turkey) was the capital of a small Mediterranean kingdom. In 377 B.C.‚ Hecatomnus of Mylasa‚ the ruler of this land‚ died and left control of the kingdom to his son‚ Mausolus. Mausolus’
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Renaissance: the development of linear perspective and other techniques of rendering a more natural reality in painting‚ and gradual but widespread educational reform . In politics the Renaissance contributed the development of the conventions of diplomacy‚ and in science an increased reliance on observation. Renaissance scholars employed the humanist method in study‚ and searched for realism and human emotion in art Florentine painters led byMasaccio strove to portray the human form realistically
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The Ancient World was a place where great discoveries were made. A World where great things and extraordinary minds existed. Every group of civilizations had something different they believed in. These heroes of ancient cultures deserve to be acknowledged. These were the people who developed the basic building blocks of architecture‚ furniture and interiors that we use today. They worked hard and strived for perfection. I have decided to look at the Pantheon‚ Parthenon and Temple of Horus as buildings
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gave birth to Athena and her siblings from his own head. However Athena was Zeus’s first offspring. While Athena may have been his first offspring‚ Zeus had many more to following Athena. Athena has a total of fifthteen siblings. They are: Artemis‚ Aphrodite‚ The Muses‚ the Graces‚ Ares‚ Apollo‚ Dionysus‚ Hebe‚ Hermes‚ Hercules‚ Helen of Troy‚ Minos‚ Hephaestus‚ Perseus‚ and
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being the very one with which he brought down the giant. In Bernini’s statue‚ David has on some manner of clothing. It is not much more than a piece of cloth thrown over his private parts‚ but it still gives him some modesty‚ which is in keeping with the Baroque period. Something that makes Donatello’s David stand apart is the fact that he actually made TWO statues of David. The first was in 1408‚ and is made of marble. This marble representation is rather boring and traditional‚ and shows none of
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