The result is illustrated in Seated Female Nude with Raised Right Arm (1910‚ 45x32cm)‚ a carefully finished piece submitted to Josef Hoffmann at the Wiener Werkstätte. Carefully outlined in black crayon on tinted paper‚ watercolor has been used to decorate the figure in a muted warm palette of orange‚ yellow green and ochre; the tiny wedge of cerulean blue above the head adds a complementary color accent. The line shows a tendency to peak at points of tension (the outline of the hip‚ the top edge
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Donatello and the Lost-Wax Method Donatello is known as one of the most well-known sculptors during the Italian Renaissance. Some art critics say he is the greatest sculptor that lived before Michelangelo. However‚ before Donatello became notable for his many works‚ he was born Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi around the year of 1386 in Florence‚ Italy. It is believed that Donatello received his artistic training from a Florentine goldsmith. In 1403‚ he became an apprentice under artist Lorenzo
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Beginning in the 1300s‚ a period of artistic changes called the Renaissance took place in Europe. Many of the most famous paintings and sculptures were made during this time. Leonardo da Vinci‚ who lived in Italy‚ was among the men who created many beautiful works of art. However‚ there was at least one project that Leonardo never finished. In 1482‚ the Duke of Milan hired Leonardo to make a statue of a horse. The Duke wanted the horse to be 24 feet tall. Creating such a large statue would not be
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Donatello Donatello ‚an artist of unfathomable intelligence ‚was inspired ‚or devilishly driven ‚to play out in stone a spiritual peril inherent in art(web). He is one of the most famous artists in history. He sculpted numerous objects and statues that have inspired other artists. Donatello was an innovator who was influenced by statues he saw in his time and by his teachers. His passion for art made him the great artist he became. He was one of the most influential individual sculptor of
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I have always marveled at the fact that how man makes technology and technology makes man. It is this give and take relation that have led human race to the success it has attained today. The ever growing dependency of man on technology has proved that we cannot exist without technology. This very fact caught my eye as a child as I optimistically wondered when will I be able to make my contribution to technology. We all have been operating computers since years now right since school‚ then in college
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Michelangelo had several successes in his life of painting‚ architecture‚ and sculpting. He was a leading figure of baroque and renaissance art. His first large-scale sculpture was Bacchus. Around the same year of 1498‚ Michelangelo did the marble Pieta‚ which is the only work he ever signed. In 1536‚ Michelangelo started the Last Judgment for the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo was born on March 6‚ 1975 in Caprese Italy. Instead of going to school‚ Michelangelo would go and watch
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This painting was made by Sandro Botticelli in Florence‚ Italy during the Renaissance. It is still in Florence and is on display at the Galleria Degli Uffizi. Alessandro di Mariano Vanni Filipepi Botticelli also known as Sandro Botticelli was born in Florence‚ Italy on March first (Lightbown). Sandro Botticelli was given his nickname from his elder brother‚ Antonio. Antonio started training his younger brother to be a goldsmith from a young age . This training came to an abrupt end as Botticelli
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Who was Ginevra de’ Benci? Being the only Leonardo masterpiece in the U.S. I think this is one of the main questions on people’s minds‚ including myself. After visiting the National Gallery myself to see her‚ it was something I wanted to know more about‚ who was she and why was she painted the way she was? I was profusely curious to find the answers to all these questions I had. “Who Was Ginevra de’ Benci? Leonardo’s Portrait and Its Sitter Recontextualized” was a particularly helpful resource in
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This figure represented two different interpretative stories of the human state‚ physical‚ and emotional during the contemporary and modern history of art. Both artists express filling for the era in which they live using filling and interpretation of what society represent for them. The first scene is a composition of a woman (Mary the Virgin) who seems dead and surrounded by plenty masculine figures (the apostles); sitting next to the virgin a female apostle called (Mary Magdalene). This piece
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This paper will discuss the formal aspects and the museum presentation of the following two pieces: first the Bronze statue of Artemis and a deer from Greece during the 1st century B.C- 1st Century A.D during the Late Hellenistic period‚ and second Demedji and Hennutsen from Egypt during 2465-2438 B.C. The Bronze statue of Artemis and a deer is located in the Northern end of Gallery 162‚ which contains Greek and Roman Art. The statue of Demedji and Hennutsen is located in the Southern end of Gallery
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