should have in mind. An example is a famous piece by Duane Hanson called Janitor. Many people would walk by it and just think it was maybe strange‚ or creepy. However‚ Berger and Percy would most likely analyze it till they figured out what the sculpture was really about. Both authors want to captivate the viewer by taking different approaches in their methods. In Ways of Seeing by John Berger‚ the main point he is trying to get across is that humans do not see things clearly because of their
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demonstrated characteristics similar to that found in the Classics. The bust appears realistic and almost paradoxically idealistic‚ is viewable from multiple angles and is composed of terra-cotta. Its theme is religious‚ and both Classic and Renaissance sculptures commonly referred to stories involving the divine. Hence‚ the bust of Saint Lawrence serves as an illustration that the Renaissance was the revival of the artistic techniques of the Classics. During the Renaissance‚ there was once more an interest
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was a paradise‚ a garden of Brancusi’s sculptures. And thanks to the studio’s obscurity I was alone‚ able to enjoy the sculptures in silence. Probably Brancusi the craftsman wouldn’t have minded his studio being mistaken for a builders’ workshop‚ or that people had to make an effort to see his works; he knew that the best things come through persistence and solitude. Constantin Brancusi is commonly regarded as a founding father of modernist sculpture‚ with Wassily Kandinsky‚ Kazimir Malevich
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Culture: Greek Medium: Sandstone‚ quartzite Dimensions: H. 27 cm‚ W. 14.3 cm‚ D. 14.3 cm Classification: Stone-Sculpture Credit Line: Purchase‚ Fletcher‚ Louis V. Bell‚ and Rogers Funds‚ and The Tokyo Shimbun and Friends of Inanna Gifts‚ 1998 Accession Number: 1998.380 This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 401 This artwork interested me‚ because of the way they used to sculpture a female figure‚ fat and a clearly indicated pubic triangle. Her big body is contained within a quadrangular
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The Pieta shows Mary and Jesus‚ but Michelangelo did not use these two characters because of their famous names. He made this sculpture to relate the effect the loss of a child has on a mother. By using these two famous individuals‚ the point that Michelangelo is trying to get across is very clear. People who have lost loved ones can visit the Pieta and understand that their loved
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Margaret Thatcher Rt. Hon. Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven L.G.‚ O.M.‚ F.R.S. Official booklet to mark the unveiling on 21st February 2007 of the bronze statue of Baroness Thatcher sculpted by Antony Dufort for the House of Commons. Edited by Malcolm Hay‚ Curator of Works of Art‚ Palace of Westminster. Clay for the portrait head of Margaret Thatcher‚ June 2005 (Photo: Antony Dufort) “This historic commission is a very fitting way to remember Margaret Thatcher’s time in the House of Commons
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The Hope Of Hygeia Ranika Gunn Humanities 01-11:45 The sculpture I chose to research on is called The Hope Hygeia. The medium of the art work is a very tall statue made out of marble with an off white color. It comes from the Roman culture for the duration of the 2nd-century A.D copy after a Greek original of about 360 B.C. The sculpture has curly hair with a calm and kind expression on her face and a broken nose. She is posed standing straight with a serpent across her shoulder holding a
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the Hellenistic - Greek art remains the standard by which all future art will be judged. This article will mainly focus on changes in Greek sculpture as an analogy for the changes in all of Greek art‚ simply because an attempt to chronicle all of the changes in the historical period would require much more than a short essay‚ and it’s my belief that sculpture most thoroughly reflected how art reflected the greater changes in the society. Regardless of historical argument about whether or not Greek
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forces. When I first walked into the gallery where the sculpture was‚ I felt this conflict. The sculptural left such a strong presence. I was impressed by Alexander’s work and I found many different design elements and principles. When I first observed the sculpture‚ I realized it was an installation. This three-dimensional work of art took up space in an art gallery and was designed to transform the perception of a space. The lines of the sculpture can be described as organized because the “X” is two
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or “ability”—as in the skill of a craftsman. So we talk about the “art of gardening”. But “art” also describes the many ways in which people try to express their ideas and feelings by creating something. The most important arts are architecture‚ sculpture‚ painting‚ literature‚ and music. The many others include such activities as pottery‚ furniture‚ tapestry‚ metalwork‚ photography‚ filmmaking‚ theater‚ and graphic arts such as printing‚ stenciling‚ etching‚ and engraving. In each case‚ the artist
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