According the PBS Nova program documentary‚ Riddles of the Sphinx‚ the statue Sphinx is the largest statue in Egypt‚ which is almost 240 feet long that is almost the same length of a football field and 70 feet tall that the height is similar to the White House. It has a lion body with a human’s face. The lion figured body symbolizes the king pharaoh’s identifies‚ himself with the lion to shows his power‚ to express his power. Before I watch the documentary‚ I did not know why the Sphinx’s head was
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images on the web include www.artcyclopedia.com and Google Images. Artstor is available through the library webpage database list. Introduction Vocabulary— visual arts; art forms that are visual in nature such as ceramics‚ drawing‚ painting‚ sculpture‚ print making‚ design‚ crafts‚ photography‚ video‚ film making‚ and architecture. Expressive human creation‚ communicates a meaning greater than it simple purpose. medium/media; the material (bronze‚ marble‚ clay‚ fresco) in which an artist works;
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Seminar 100N-01 September 28‚ 2015 The bronze Parvati‚ Consort of Shiva sculpture is a representation of Parvati as a pervasive female force reflecting theological ideals. Parvati is depicted with a sensuous figure and as Shiva’s other half. She represents the active principle and strength of god influenced by Hindu religion and history. The sculptures of Parvati‚ Consort of Shiva and the Buddha are both bronze sculptures created during the Chola period‚ yet there is a clear distinction between
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representations of the human body and learned to use contrapposto‚ or counterpoise‚ to portray the people in a more natural way‚ revealing an individual’s character through the work. The Bronze Statuette of a Veiled and Masked Dance is a Hellenistic sculpture currently located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It was made between the third and second century B.C. in Alexandria‚ Egypt‚ and displays the skill of an unknown sculptor who portrays a female citizen of his city. Artworks are always
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established‚ and this was when Greeks returned the Human figure to Art. The sculptures created during this time period resembled pieces just like unnatural‚ rigid forms of Egyptian human sculptures. They had created something called Archaic Smile; it was a smile that should not be taken literally‚ it was a sculptor’s way of indicating that the person portrayed is alive. The sculptures are humans standing up straight‚ and stiff. The sculpture I used was‚ Kroisos‚ 530 BCE (Fig 2-17) The male is standing straight
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Another sculpture‚ which portrays the Greek concept for male beauty‚ was A Figure of a Naked Man‚ possibly Dionysus (Fig 2). As typical of Classical Greece‚ this is a nude male statue of another god‚ Dionysus‚ who was the god of wine and all things relating to wine (grape harvest). Unlike the previous sculpture of Aphrodite‚ there is not much motion in this piece (not very Hellenistic). Nevertheless‚ it still gives off a story‚ an aura. The man‚ Dionysus‚ seems to be very relaxed‚ which can be seen
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Greece during the Hellenistic period. The marble Aphrodite of Knidos was the most renowned among the many Greek goddesses. Also written as the Aphrodite of Cnidus‚ the marble sculpture was created by an Attic sculptor known as Praxiteles during the 4th century BC. Arguably‚ it is believed to be the earliest major sculpture to show the goddess in the nude. Praxiteles also created another draped version of the marble Aphrodite of Knidos. It is said that the draped version was the first to be sold‚
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Post Modern attributes of the de young museum: History: The Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 damaged the old de Young museum building located in Golden Gate Park and uncovered severe seismic flaws in the building and hence a comprehensive plan to rebuild the building in stages was overtaken to make the de Young museum up to date. In January 1999 the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron were chosen to rebuild the De young museum‚ due to their willingness to engage in an extended process of architectural
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As I have studied at the Art Institute I have researched and discovered several different types of art and what they consists of. Installation art consists of 3D modeling or in other words sculptures of live images. Such as a statue‚ a building‚ a good example is a model of our solar system. Performance art is another type this consists of Theatrical plays and the. Painting was my favorite one to discover and research‚ because I did not realize there are as many ways to paint as there are. Like‚
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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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