Hellenistic Greek Sculpture (c.323-27 BCE) Venus de Milo (c.130-100 BCE) Louvre‚ Paris. For other forms of sculpture from the wider Aegean area‚ see the Art of Classical Antiquity (c.1000 BCE - 450 CE). Note: among the most famous items of Hellenistic Greek sculpture was the Colossus of Rhodes (292-280 BCE) - one of the Seven Wonders of the World‚ as compiled by the Greek poet Antipater of Sidon. The Hellenistic Styles The era of Hellenistic Art (323-27 BCE) occupied a time-span nearly as long
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Chiovaro December 3‚ 2012 Optional Paper Art History 109 Define the transformations that have taken place between the sculpture of the late archaic period and that of the early Classical period. Note how these imply a change in relationship of the viewer to the work of art. Throughout history‚ sculptures have developed significantly. The Western tradition of sculptures began in Ancient Greece along with Egypt and many other ancient civilizations around the world. Greece is widely seen as
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The Four Davids David‚ who was destined to be the second king of Israel‚ destroyed the Philistine giant Goliath with stone and a sling. Donatello‚ Verrocchio‚ Michelangelo‚ and Bernini each designed a sculpture of David. However‚ the sculptures are drastically different from one another. Each one is unique in its own certain way. Donatello‚ whose David was the first life-size nude statue since Classical times‚ struck a balance between Classicism and the realism by presenting a very real image of
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magnificent free-standing sculpture. It is made from bronze and with patina applied to it‚ thus creating a lifelike sculpture with brown and grey hues. At the base of the sculpture‚ is a cluster of rocks. Coming up out of the rocks in a twisted tree branch that towers high with smaller branches extending out. The twisted tree branch leans to the right. An inch or so above the base‚ three partially attached rocks‚ circulate around the tree branch. Three-fourths way up the sculpture‚ a cave is attached to
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Group Agesander of Rhodes‚ Polydorus of Rhodesm Athenodoros of Rhodes Western Governors University I chose to analyze a sculpture from the classical era “The laocoon Group.” Looking at the pictures of the sculpture I can’ help but be drawn into all the small details of each piece of the sculpture. They went into grave detail to make sure every aspect of the sculpture was as detailed as it could be to almost bring it to life. The characters muscles and tone are outlined and use shadows to show
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The brass head was chosen for analysis due to its rich historic and cultural affluence civilization it depicts.Dating back to the 16th century‚it is amazing that a quality work of art as the altar head has been in existence since in the interior of west Africa ‚telling a story of civilization‚cultural heritage and finesse obtainable as at then‚ thus making me analyse it to discover other aspects of work‚ besides the aesthetics. The object for analysis is a sculpture made from brass. A defined art
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Bacchus is a marble sculpture approximately 72 ½ inches in height made in around 1497 by one of the High Renaissance masters‚ Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. The sculpture itself shows two figures‚ a god and a faun or panisc: a half-man‚ half-goat figure in Greek culture. It is one of young Michelangelo’s earliest sculptures and it is arguably also one of his roughest. The figure‚ Bacchus‚ stands in a sway‚ an “s” curvature to his stance that is referred to as contrapposto. Contrapposto
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Falcon-form Coffin holding a Grain Mummy‚ made by an anonymous Egyptian artist‚ is a coffin sculpture made with Painted and gilded wood on its exterior and earth sand‚ grain‚ linen and wax on its interior. The work of Art dates to C. 332 to 32 B.C. and mainly depicts a painted gilded face of a falcon on a human-shaped coffin symbolizing the Ancient Egyptian god Horus on its exterior and a grey masked Osiris mummy made with earth‚ grain‚ linen‚ and wax inside the coffin. It is located at the Museum
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Sculpture 1 The Statue Group of Nen-kheft-ka and His Wife‚ Nefer-shemes The Statue Group of Nen-kheft-ka and His Wife‚ Nefer-shemes was found in a rock-cut tomb at Deshasheh and sculpted by an unknown Egyptian artist in 2350 BC. The artist uses all aspects of composition to convey Egyptian dominance. Using a Standard Egyptian Scale‚ the figures were carved in proportions seen to be ideal by the Egyptians. The sculpture was carved out of limestone. It was richly painted with brightly colored
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The artist Richard Serra‚ in 1981‚ installed his sculpture‚ Tilted Arc‚ in the Federal Plaza in New York City. Even though the piece had been commissioned by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)‚ the Arts-In-Architecture program‚ it immediately caused controversy. In 1963‚ the GSA established the Arts-In Architecture program to make ½ of 1% of a federal building’s cost to be spent on public art. The point of this program was to enhance public spaces and to expand the public’s awareness
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