Read the following extract from reading 2.2 ‘Benin antiquities at the British Museum’ and look at Plates 3.1.14 British officers of the Benin punitive expedition with bronzes and ivories taken from the royal compound‚ Benin City‚ 1897 and 3.2.24 Display of Benin bronzes in the Sainsbury African Galleries‚ the British Museum‚ 2005 in the AA100 Illustration Book. How do the different contexts of display reflect different attitudes to the art of Benin? At the end of the 19th century‚ Africa was
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The Doryphoros is one of the most iconic and well known sculptures from the classical period in Greek. It exhbits the characteristics of Classical Greek art all too well‚ as it shows a baby-faced man with a grown man body. Greece at the time tried to idealistically show what a “true man” would look like‚ as shown by the Doryphoros. The man in the sculpture is supposed to symbolize a Greek soldier‚ as Doryphoros means‚ spearbearer. The Greek would idealize all of their soldiers and held them to high
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Croatian island of Losini in the northen Adriatic Sea. Both this statue and the Ephesian Apoxyomenos reproduce the same late-fourth-centruy B.C. work‚ but this replica is better-preserved. On contrary to the small-scaled Alexander the Great sculpture‚ the athlete sculpture is slightly over life-size by ancient standards. Produced in the first century B.C.‚ it is composed of bronze and copper. The mature‚ but youthful man stands upright with his weight on the right leg and the left foot set to the side with
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near Crocker Art Museum a piece of art by Gerald Walburg caught my attention. After I took some pictures and conducted a deeper research on the piece and on the author it appealed to me even more. I analysed the piece of art to realize that Sakai sculpture by Gerald Walburg contributes to the public space‚ reveals author’s and people’s values‚ and for this period in time makes the look
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Today we’ll continue our examination of ancient Roman sculpture. We’ve already looked at portrait sculpture which are busts created to commemorate people who had died‚ and we’ve looked at relief sculpture‚ or sculpting on walls. And today we’ll look at yet another category of sculpture - copies. Roman sculptors often made copies of famous Greek sculptures. Why did they do that? Well see the in the late 4th century BC the Romans began a campaign to expand the Roman Empire‚ and in 300 years they had
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Feathered Serpent Sculpture Facing out into the eyes of museum-goers‚ the Aztec feathered serpent sculpture currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art dates from between fifteenth and early sixteenth century. Though the iconographic motif of the feathered serpent is a common and meaningful one in Aztec art‚ the formal elements of this piece communicate an equally strong message. Through deliberate choices in the crafting and facture of this seemingly dense stone sculpture‚ the artist reiterates
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make the love more understandable‚ but also to express the feeling of love. There are many more differences than similarities between two sculptures: “The Kiss” by August Rodin and “Love” by Robert Indiana. The first most important similarity between “Love” and “The Kiss” are very easily to understand when people look at these statues. Similarity‚ the sculpture Robert who had made “Love” statue want to express the purpose of love to everyone like the way August Rodin did. In the same way‚ both of
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Sculpture of: “Transfiguration” Napoleón Isabelo Veloso Abueva (born January 26‚ 1930)‚ more popularly known as Napoleón Abueva‚ is a Filipino artist. He is asculptor given the distinction as the Philippines’ National Artist for Sculpture. He is also entitled as the "Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture". He is the only Boholano given the distinction as National Artist of the Philippines in the field of Visual Arts. Conrado Mercado hails from Bustos‚ Bulacan
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Unit Title and Theme: Exploring Identity through Sculpture Finding meaningful links between students’ self-discovery and individual identity and the way they relate and interact with society as a whole‚ while building on their current knowledge of 3D art and introducing new ways to think of sculpture. Key Vocabulary: Universal Identity Symbolism Diversity Metaphor Tolerance Interdependence Stereotypes Discussion Topics: Over-arching ideas that will be addressed throughout
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attending Indiana State University‚ one of the first sculptures I took an interest in was the Via Solaris. “Via Solaris‚” Latin for the way or road of the sun. The sculpture is about 20-feet tall and made of bronze and steel. Via Solaris was created by John Van Alstine (b. 1952)‚ an American sculptor living and working in New York State best known for stone and metal abstract sculptures exhibiting exceptional balance and poise. The sculpture is located on the north side of Stalker Hall on the campus
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