their pieces. Each artist has used various materials and techniques to portray their figures in ways to represent their own emotions‚ ideas and values. The artworks David‚ Blue Nude (Icarus) and the Untitled Film Still‚ reveal the common use of the human figure to portray different artworks that carry strong and imperative messages to the viewers. Cindy Sherman is well-known for her artwork in observing human activity and weaknesses. She is an American photographer that incorporates herself wearing
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Humanism vs. Realism with Focus of Human Figure Artwork Middle Eastern‚ Egyptian and Greek Civilizations Throughout history the human figure has been demonstrated in Middle Eastern‚ Egyptian and Greek sculptures and paintings. Most of these artifacts tend to focus more on humanism than realism due to Rulers and Gods‚ geographical areas‚ resources and events thus‚ giving them the idea for the theme of the art they create. These are the reasons that might explain their commonalities or differences
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What is art one might ask? Art can be seen as expression‚ form and representation. Art as representation is related to mimetic theory (Stremmel 2006). Mimetic theory comes from the Greek word "mimesis‚" which means imitation and representation (Hall 1997).Representation of art began with early ideas of Plato and Aristotle. Plato viewed art as an ‘imitation of nature.’ Due to this‚ art had no knowledge and therefore had no intellectual value. According to Plato‚ art was a copy of a copy thus barely
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FIGURE IN ART CONTEMPORARY VS RENNEISANCE CULTURAL From historical Renaissance aspect‚ the nude figure in art has always been represented as innocent and pure‚ as well sensual and sexual. Therefore contrasting to the contemporary point of view‚ whereas the nude is often a mirror reflecting the darkest parts in society through dehumanization‚ distortion and repulsion. Religion in society was quite superstitious back in the 1400’s and the artists beliefs in God where very strong and faithful‚
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Year 10 Visual Art - Essay The human figure is one of the most enduring themes in the visual arts. The statement of figure in art changes as human needs and artist appearance developed (1). Early figure pictures only served very little purpose such as communication. The figure of art hugely developed after the invention of the camera as it captures the true emotion the figure had to offer. This dramatic change made the figure of art very worthy and creative (2). The context of images has changed
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Representation and expression in art. Various theories have been proposed in answer to these questions‚ the most popular being that the forms of art are similar to language and are to be understood as language is understood‚ in terms of conventions and semantic rules. A few examples of contemporary theories that have described art in this way include Ernst Cassirer’s philosophy of symbolic forms‚ Susanne K. Langer’s theory of presentational symbols‚ and the works on semiology and semiotics‚ largely
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Human’s figures were back to Greece art in eighth century. Archaic period was initiated with Daedalus‚ which lasted from 600 to 480BCE. Kouras is one of the earliest art of this period. This art has adopted Egyptian pose of standing figures. Beside this‚ there was Calf bearer; it was in Greece around CA 560BCE. It has a statue of man with beard bringing calf. Additionally‚ there was Prplos Kore‚ it is anavysos kouros in the statue of women. It is clothes in archaic statuary. The lady in the art was missing
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Professor Niria Leyva-Guitierrez ARTH 1101EE December 8‚ 2009 Hope Dionysos The chosen work is a statue of Dionysos leaning on a female figure. This is a Roman copy of the original 4th century B.C. Greek statue. The statue is entitled “Hope Dionysos” after its former owner‚ Thomas Philip Hope. It was a Gift of The Frederick W. Richmond Foundation. The original statue was made of bronze and it is not certain if the woman was included. It is believed that it may have been added to the Roman
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condemned‚ abused‚ maligned‚ raped and murdered as can be seen through the history of art. How women are portrayed in art tells much about the status and roles of women in society and the place where men wanted them. Since prehistoric times woman have been portrayed in art‚ giving an impression of the perception the artist and the culture they lived in‚ had of women. The earliest etchings and figures strongly relate around one thing. The female as the life giver‚ fertility and childbirth
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The Representations of Dionysian World In Bacchae and Art Dionysus was the son of Zeus‚ the king of the gods‚ and Semele‚ the daughter of King Cadmus of Thebes‚ and he was the last god that became an Olympian. Dionysus had an unusual birth which caused him to have some problems about fitting into the Olympian Pantheon. In fact‚ the problem lies behind the mortality of Dionysus’s mother‚ Semele. According to the mythology‚ when Hera discovered the relationship between Zeus and Semele
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