Writing Assignment #1 - Formal Analysis of a Painting. Find the art that you want to write about in an online museumclick on the link below to find a list of museums- choose a "Notable Art Museum" (at bottom of web page) not a gallery. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_museum Directions: Choose one work that particularly engages you. Take time to look at the work in detail; make a simple sketch of the work. Ask yourself: "How does the piece ‘work’? What is the artist doing? Why do I have a
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create masterpieces that revealed an unfolding event that could be read by their viewers from all sides. The first piece of art to be reviewed is the The Rape of Persopina (1621-22)‚ also known as The Rape of Persephone‚ which is a large marble sculpture‚ 255cm in height‚ which was crafted by Gian Lorenzo Bernini‚ at age 23‚ during the Baroque movement. As with many of his early works of art‚ this statue was commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese‚ and was executed‚ between 1621 and 1622 (Rape
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa- aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa- aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaBeginning with Michael Fried’s arguments in his 1967 essay ‘Art and Objecthood’‚ consider how the status of the art object (painting‚ sculpture‚ installation‚ etc.) has changed over the last thirty-five years within Art History and fine practice. Fried’s essay is a kind of riposte to Judd and Morris‚ who he decried as literalists‚ coining the term to describe attitudes in opposition to
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Henry Moore was born 30.07.1898 and lived for 88 years. Moore would have prioritised his art over his academic study. After numerous visits to the ethnographic collections of the British museum‚ Europian modernist; i.e Picasso‚ Arp‚ Brancusi and Giacometti became influences. Uniting these inspirations was a deeply felt humanist. He often used abstract form to draw comparisons between the human body and landscapes. Moore’s images of figures sheltering in London subway stations sheltering during
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The statue of Memi and Sabu and The Seated Statue of Gudea are both historic beautiful pieces that show a little bit of what life may have been like thousands of years ago. There are some very obvious similarities such as that they are both statues‚ and both of the figures depicted appear to be humans. However‚ beyond that there are some similarities and differences that help the viewer make strong inferences about the culture and what the artist was trying to depict. The first similarity
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One‚ and Two‚ and More Than Two exhibition‚ which is curated by Toronto-based artist Micah Lexier. The show has been divided into three parts‚ “One” and “Two” reviewed “Lexier’s conceptually measured take on personal existence in a selection of sculpture works‚ and archival installation‚ new video and collaborative installations with writers Christian Bok‚ Derek McCormack and Colm Toibin” (“Canadian
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Culture: Ancient Egyptian- Old Kingdom Artist: Unknown Title: False Door Date: Roughly 2400 B.C.E. Media: Limestone Measurements: 61 x 45 3/5 x 4 1/2 in. (154.9 x 115.8 x 11.4 cm) Accession #: 52.22 This relief sculpture serves more of a religious-function that any aesthetic one. Aside from have some minor damage done‚ it is nearly perfectly balanced. On the bottom of the piece are four men; two on each side that mirror each other. They all hold what seem to be spears in one hand and a scepter in
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There were many methods that the sculptor used to tell his story on the Trajan’s Column‚ and to have the effect he wished to convey. The sculptor wanted to tell the story of the emperor Trajan to the people of Rome and illustrate his victories and achievement by the carvings on the column. He uses the technique “continuous narration” to let the story unfold within the spirals without any interruption. This progression of events is not always consecutive and is sometimes simultaneous. Due to the increasing
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Goldsworthy created Dumfriesshire‚ a clay wall installation‚ in July 1999 at the Réserve Géologique in Digne‚ France. The abstract wall sculpture was created two years after ‘his first project of great significance ‘The Storm King Wall’ (The Famous People‚ Unknown). Throughout these few years some of Goldsworthy’s prime works were created and his career was at its peak. The artwork was made
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Comparison and Contrast This is my comparison of two artifacts and how the contrast each other. The artifacts are The Palette of Narmer and The Stele of Naram-Sin. The Stele of Naram-Sin is a six and a half for tall triangular stone the depicts a great victory during the conflict between the Akkadian army and the Lullibi in which the Akkadian King was victorious and it displays the defeated army stripped and pleading for mercy from the victors‚ the survivors seem little in comparison in the etchings
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