Edmonia Lewis is not only an example of a prolific female artist‚ but is a sculpture of African American and Native American decent. In Lewis’s sculptures we see stylistically neoclassic imagery with an important twist‚ she puts her own identity at the periphery. Lewis work encompasses themes of religion‚ freedom and slavery and while she sometimes depicts African‚ African American and Native American people in her sculptures‚ she more often neutralized her subjects race or ethnicity which made her
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other aspects of their work. For the first time artists were able to explore subject matter unrelated to religion. Baroque: exaggerated motion and clear‚ easily interpreted detail to produce drama‚ tension‚ exuberance‚ and grandeur In Baroque sculpture‚ groups of figures assumed new importance‚ and there was a dynamic movement and energy of human forms— they spiralled around an empty central vortex‚ or reached outwards into the surrounding space. In this essay I intend on studying and making
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The statue I chose is titled Apollo Belvedere. The sculpture is a reduced copy of a work most likely made by Leochales in 350-325BCE. The original Apollo Belvedere’s medium was marble‚ but the French copy utilizes bronze with a modern casting method. The statue features an adult male. The figure is relaxed‚ as the muscles remain are not flexed and there is no contortion of the face. There are no wrinkles on the male figures face‚ connoting a young subject. One can infer the figure is holding a bow
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Bourgeois and her piece of art Eyes". This abstract sculpture is made of marble and dated 1982. Eyes‚ 1982 Louise Bourgeois (American‚ born France‚ 1911) Metropolitan Museum‚ New York Louise Bourgeois was born in Paris in 1911and studied art at various schools there. In 1938‚ she immigrated to the United States and continued her studies at the Art Students League in New York. She began her career as a painter and engraver‚ turning to sculpture in the late 1940s for which she is now recognized
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Picasso & Marcel Duchamp Pablo Picasso is one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. He was born in Spain but worked mainly in France‚ where he became the most well-known artist of his time. Picasso’s massive output of paintings‚ sculptures‚ drawings‚ prints and ceramics was inspired by many different sources. In the early 1900s‚ Picasso developed a movement that signified him‚ it was known as “cubism”. This movement marked the beginning of modernism. Marcel Duchamp has been known
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attempt to address the marble sculpture commonly known as Laocoon and His Sons‚ and why exactly I believe it to be a work of high art‚ of great value and significance to the species. Laocoon and His Sons is a marble sculpture representing a scene that is a part of the tale of the siege and invasion of Troy. Laocoon was the protagonist in a play by Sophocles that is now lost. He was also written about by Virgil. The statue itself is one of the most famous sculptures of Greek and Roman antiquity‚
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As I was touring the Museum of Fine Arts this past Monday‚ I was drawn to the statue or sculpture of King Menkaura (Mycerinus) and his queen. For a moment‚ I was able to relate with Ben Stiller and how he felt in the movie Night at the Museum. I genuinely felt the textbook come alive and I was able to relate with the artwork since it was covered in class. (Figure 1-29) Although having encountered other artworks that were covered in class‚ for some reason this artwork resonated with me the most. However
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Leticia Reinaldo is a Brazilian artist who now resides in Los Angeles as a freelance artist. I would assume I’m most drawn to her work because of her Disneyesque stylization. Her proportions are extreme‚ and the composition of her artwork is alluring to the eye. She has worked on projects such as movie posters for Frozen‚ Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy and Muppets Most Wanted. She has also worked on promotional pieces for Mr. Peabody & Sherman and How to Train Your Dragon 2. One of her characters
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1. Examining a work of art in its historical‚ social‚ and political __________ enables you to better understand it. A. design B. context C. element D. genre E. ideology 2. Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is best known for her extremely realistic and often anguished __________. A. genre scenes B. self-portraits C. landscapes D. still lifes E. assemblages 3. Until modern times‚ art works have been primarily devoted to __________ themes. A. war B. religious C. secular D. rural E. political 4. An anti-commercial
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lights. And at the center of it entrance sits the stained glass made by Kraut Art Glass‚ a German company. Inside the lobby‚ noticeable are the woodcarvings of mangoes‚ bamboos‚ bananas and native plants on the walls and ceiling. By the staircase are sculptures of Malakas & Maganda and the paintings of Fernando Amorsolo. The proscenium arch is seen by the theater stage in perfect view of the 1670 seats. But what could be the most impressive part is the Grand Ballroom—a striking room that has regal
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