Douglas Tilden was an exceptional sculpture‚ with having several statuettes in many parks and museums across the nation. What made Tilden so unique was that he was deaf and mute after a severe case of Scarlet Fever in his early years of life. Tilden also taught many students who were also deaf‚ how to sculpt and inspired many in his classes. Douglas Tilden was born on May 1st‚ 1860 in Chico‚ California. His parents are named William Peregrine Tilden and Catherine Maria Hecox Tilden‚ his father was
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Leon Koury’s sculpture titled Compress Worker was made in 1941 and is currently located in Memphis Brooks Museum of art. The Compress Worker is a sculpture of a cotton compress worker‚ that capture a strong physicality of labors who worked in cotton production. The sculpture is a topless African American man‚ who is ungroomed‚ barely clothed‚ and without a haircut to show that his job does not allow him keep a manicured appearance. The artist gives the man a look of exhaustion and strength at the
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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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whether it is by their appearance and or meaning. Examples of this are two pieces of Egyptian art entitled Seated Scribe and Haremhab as a Scribe of the King. These sculptures may initially look the same‚ but while personally visiting Haremhab as a Scribe of the King‚ I realized just how different they truly are. The painted sculpture from 2500 BCE made out of limestone founded in Saqqara‚ Egypt titled Seated Scribe depicts a Fourth Dynasty scribe. Even though scribes were not as important as the
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For my essay‚ I am using the sculpture that Lucy Cathcart had in our three dimensional discussion. To discuss this sculpture in Formal Elements of Art‚ I first am drawn to the lines of the sculpture the first thing I notice it the legs of the spider. The direction of the legs and how they each end to a point‚ no foot just a point. I think the cross-hatching lines were used in this sculpture. I next was drawn to the abdomen of the spider 20 marble eggs in the wire-mesh sac on her abdomen (DeBerry)
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Dionysus ‘Dionysus’ is a beautiful sculpture of Dionysus‚ the Greek God of Wines and Fertility‚ and Pan‚ the God of the Wilderness. The sculpture originated from the Roman Empire around 50-150 A.D. Even though a Roman artist created the sculpture‚ it holds a significant influence of the Greek art technique. The Romans got most‚ if not all of their creative ideas for art from the cultures they defeated. This magnificent artwork incorporates the elements of the Greeks naturalistic style‚ along with
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ceCOLLEGE OF CONTINUTING EDUCATION SCHOOL OF GENERAL STUDIES GES 104.1 HISTORY AND PHILOSPHY OF SCIENCE INSTRUCTION: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS TIME:1HR PAPER 1 1. Air contain (a) 32% Oxygen (b) 31% oxygen (d) 16% Oxygen (e) 21% Oxygen 2. In 1803‚ the law of mass relationships was formulated by (a) F. Wohler (b) Albert Einst (c) None of the above 3. _______ is attributed with the synthesis of urea (a) Friedrich Wohler (b) Dmitri Mendeleev (c) Albert Einstein 4. ______ revived
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This essay will compare and contrast two sculptures from different geographic locations that are separated by four centuries. The sculpture of the Royal Acquaintances Memi and Sabu is from the Old Kingdom period‚ dated between 2575 – 2465 B.C. The sculpture stands at 24 and 3/8 inches tall and is painted with limestone. It is a portrait of an Egyptian common married couple. The inscription on the sculpture suggests that they were the acquaintances of royalty‚ but their dressing and stance indicates
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Art 101 Week 8 Checkpoint Comparison of Three Sculptures Art is heavily influenced by the culture in which it was produced. As the three versions of David make evident‚ one person or object will be represented in different ways depending on the environment of its portrayer. In examining the sculptures of David created by Donatello‚ Michelangelo‚ and Bernini I can see that art is not only influenced by an artist’s surroundings‚ but because
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visual elements of the Picasso are the curved lines and diagonal angles of the sculpture; the straight
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