CRAFTSMANSHIP Sculpture is realistic and easy to identify subject. Time has been taken to smooth out the lines. Color choice is realistic. Relief (if attempted) shows skillful use of texture and detail. IN THE ROUND Sculpture is effectively created to be seen 360 degrees around. ARMATURE The frame or skeleton structure used to support modeling material such as clay or plaster in sculpture. Armatures were effectively used to give stability and strength to the sculpture. PROPORTION The sculpture and background
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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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The main difference between sculpture of King and Queen Menkaure and Kouros is that Kouros is a free-standing sculpture. More realistic. There is a technical difference in the way Greeks do sculpture – more realistic Kouros and King and Queen Menkaure sculpture have stylized eyes Most importantly‚ subtle smile as a sign of life. Not realistic stature. there are clear similarities between the Greek and Egyptian sculpture. Both status are standing with left leg extending forward‚ the King and Kouros
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plenty of movement and rhythm. This sculpture shows rhythm through the mans wings as they seem to be high in the air as well as the women’s arms as she reaches to wrap her arms around the mans head. There is also rhythm in this sculpture as shown by the wings and the draping pieces of clothes. This is an example of rhythm because it draws your eyes from one part of the sculpture to another through the directions of the wings‚ arms‚ and clothes. This sculpture not only displays rhythm and movement
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Visual Analysis The two sculptures I chose were The Statue of the Goddess Sakhmet and Monumental Figure. The Sakhmet statue is from the New Kingdom era‚ 18th Dynasty. Dated all the way back to ca. 1390-1352 B.C. in Egypt. It is made out of granodiorite. There are two identical at the museum in New York. The Monumental Figure is from the 9th century. It was found in Mexico‚ it is from the Mayan culture. The statue is classified as a stone-sculpture. You can find the Monumental figure in gallery 358
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In one you see a destroyer of life and all things evil and his side of Hinduism. While in the other sculpture you see a lord who protects all living things and order. Two completely opposite forces come together to show us life itself. The subtle balance between the good and the evil. It seems as if in Hinduism the protection of life is more important
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6.2012 Formal Analysis: Sculpture With significant differences in shapes‚ volumes‚ texture and settings‚ Auguste Rodin’s Walking Man and Richard Serra’s T.E.U.C.L.A.‚ two conspicuous sculptures in UCLA sculpture garden‚ both demonstrate the combination of movement and stillness to viewers. Though‚ Rodin’s sculpture mainly represents it through a posture of a body in motion‚ while Serra tries to represent it by creating an immobile metal-like mass. Rodin’s sculpture represents a bronzy man’s
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Late Classical Period (Dionysus and Pan) Based on the visual observations and analysis conducted on paper assignment one‚ I would classify the sculpture‚ Dionysus and Pan‚ under the Late Classical period. This sculpture depicts Dionysus‚ the god of the grape harvest‚ winemaking and wine‚ together with Pan‚ his follower. It is sculpted from the finest marble which was created in the Roman period A.D. 50-150. Artists from this period of time drew a lot of attention to the statues’ expression of emotion
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of Donatello’s life show how important he was to the Renaissance: the first period is influenced by Gothic sculpture‚ the second period is characterized by the reliance on the models and principles of the sculpture of antiquity‚ and the third period emphasized realism and the portrayal of character and the dramatic action. The first period comprised the years before 1425‚ when Gothic sculpture influenced his work but also shows classical and realistic tendencies. Donatello was a realist. Most of
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is an open form sculpture made out of a solid piece of limestone. It is from Maya culture and it was found in Mexico. The Chakh was originally from the Puuc hills of Yucatan and it was probably part of a royal court building. Where it looked straight at everybody who entered the building. It has been dated back to the 9th century. Its dimensions are H. 214 x W. 50.8 x 61cm. It is classified as a stone sculpture and it was purchased in 1966 by Harris Brisbane Dick fund. The sculpture portraits the
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