Looking at basic formal analysis of art work we can compare and contrast the formal elements. Such things as form‚ subject matter content brings art to life. Line‚ color and texture give us a mix of styles from abstract to representational‚ canvas to clay. Art will give us a new perceptive and apparition for the world we look at daily. One of the most interesting sculptures I have found is‚ by Kara Walker‚ Insurrection (Our Tools were Rudimentary)1 (307). The first thing to stand out‚ this
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back at both Verrochio’s and Donatello’s Davids‚ the sculpture was depicted standing over Goliath’s severed head. However‚ Michelangelo depicted David before the battle. Michelangelo’s David will become one of the most beautiful and ideal sculptures during the Renaissance. I think one of the reasons why Michelangelo’s David became so famous was because of the way it stood. David is the perfect example of contrapposto. If you examine the sculpture of David‚ you can see that the body is placing all of
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Lost Wax Casting The lost wax casting system was an ancient Egyptian invention that impacted the global art of sculpture for dynasties to come. The Zoa dynasty of China adopted the Egyptian style and called it the piece-mold system. Today‚ a process not unlike the original Egyptian style is used in the casting of art and industrial tools using a ceramic shell. Lost wax casting begins with a hollowed hard clay base core. The base core is then covered with beeswax. The artisan would then carve
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The historic and iconic marble sculpture‚ Aphrodite of Knidos‚ sometimes referred to as Aphrodite of Cindus‚ was created by the sculptor Praxiteles. Not much is known about Praxiteles for sure as the only definite dates in relation to him are found at the base of a portrait statue where he inscribed “Praxiteles the Athenian made it” or are written by Pliny the Elder in his monumental work‚ Naturalis Historia (Encyclopedia of World Biography). This work places him during the 104th Olympiad‚ or roughly
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Contents Introduction 2 History of Junk Art Sculpture 4 Chapter 1: Junk sculptors 8 Chapter 2: Interview 1 16 Chapter 3: Interview 2 23 Summary 27 Introduction From 5000 B.C to well into the 20th century A.D‚ most sculpture has reflected the wealth‚ religion or political stature of the country. Early Egyptian sculpture reflected the political regime of the land‚ and powerful ‘Pharaohs’ demanded monumental sized tombs and artefacts to show their wealth and status
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heavy period of transition through the 20th century. At the start‚ sculpture could be summed up in Johann Gottfreid von Herder’s consideration of sculpture as “a harsh reality.” Unlike painting and the other traditional media‚ sculpture was being redefined‚ both formally and technically. Painting‚ despite the many innovations and explorations that occurred in the 20th century‚ was still oil and pigment put on a flat surface. But sculpture‚ rather 3 dimensional arts‚ became so much more dynamic and expansive
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world. Portraying there significance through the contemporary structures of her sculptures‚ displayed through plates one and two. As seen in these plates her sculptures made entirely out of ceramic. Her use of Ceramics emphasises the sculptures earthen elements‚ and the birth of life from these basic elements. Ultimately the ceramics allow her to maintain full control over the sculptures form and shape. The Sculptures bulge and protrude with glassy angler and rounded shapes
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This sculpture is called the “War God” and it was created by Philip McCracken in 1960. Philip McCracken was an American born artist‚ born in 1928. This amazing sculpture was created out of Cedar wood‚ where Philip McCracken carved the piece out then added a leather strap and blades along the body. This piece of art is currently on display at the Seattle Art Museum. The “War God” is a wooden sculpture and it was about 2 feet long and about 8 inches wide. The sculpture has lots of jagged edges and
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and painting. Transplantation technique is the technique Michelangelo has used on many of his sculptures‚ that means he was taking a variety of different body parts and forming one man. It often was noticed because one couldn’t identify the age of the man in the sculpture because the face or body was a different age wise. “David” is a complete masterpiece created between 1501 and 1504. In the sculpture “David‚” his age is very unclear; he has a mature face‚ an old hand‚ and a torso of a young man
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The Controversial Installation There are several meanings for the term‚ "art". Art comes in many different forms‚ like paintings‚ sculptures‚ poetry‚ film‚ etcetera. It serves as a vessel for storytelling and projects the relationship between man and its surroundings by utilizing their vision and creativity. Unfortunately‚ society at times fails to understand the meaning and rejects it. There was one particular installation that surprisingly caused controversy. The piece was called the‚ "Tilted
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