The first object at the Museum of Fine Arts‚ Boston is the Seated Bodhisattva. It is a Bodhisattva‚ a future Buddha who remains on Earth to help others reach enlightenment‚ depicted in carved limestone. It is from the Eastern Wei‚ made around 530 C.E. The artist is unknown‚ and the piece was excavated from the White Horse Monastery in Loyang‚ Henan province‚ China. The second object is the Guanyin‚ Bodhisattva of Compassion. It is also a Bodhisattva‚ but instead depicted in wood‚ specifically paulownia
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Marianne Rallyo TGE 4 Midterm Paper 29 October 2012 Swallow by Thosapol Boriboon and Inday Vargas by Ahmed Parfan Are you one of those people who loves art so much that you could spend hours studying‚ criticizing and complimenting it? Well‚ I certainly am not one of them. It is not because I hate art‚ but because I am simply uninterested. However‚ if I am to visit a museum‚ art can grasp my attention for a short amount of time‚ but I lose interest when I am not obliged to view them anymore
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Art100 Brielle Kane Republican Roman ”Bust of A Man” vs. Imperial Roman “Portrait of Emperor Caligula” Two portraits‚ that of a Man and of Emperor Caligula‚ can be found in the same gallery in Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ which suggests that both of the busts were created in the same period of time. This‚ in turn‚ suggests that they must be stylistically similar‚ though not exactly the same. At the same time‚ the portrait bust of a Man was created by either Antonine or Severan at the
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form of compare and contrast. I will also discuss how these inspirational sources have contributed to my final project outcome with regard to composition and technique. Baboon and young and The little fourteen year old dancer are free-standing sculptures depicting life through different animals. These artworks are of different sizes‚ The little fourteen year old dancer is 104.5 cm while The baboon and young is 21cm respectively. They are both made the same media casted bronze. The fourteen year
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Essay 2 Human’s figures were back to Greece art in eighth century. Archaic period was initiated with Daedalus‚ which lasted from 600 to 480BCE. Kouras is one of the earliest art of this period. This art has adopted Egyptian pose of standing figures. Beside this‚ there was Calf bearer; it was in Greece around CA 560BCE. It has a statue of man with beard bringing calf. Additionally‚ there was Prplos Kore‚ it is anavysos kouros in the statue of women. It is clothes in archaic statuary. The lady in the
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My First Brush with an Art Museum Being a fairly artist person for my entire life‚ I feel like it is a little weird that I have never been to an ‘art museum’. I grew up with a very artist mother‚ who did a lot of carvings and even won prizes for some of her carvings‚ and I believe that artistic talent rubbed off on me as well. I have always had interest in art‚ and strived in high school where I was placed in advanced art‚ painting and drawing classes. These days‚ I have traded my pencils and
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looking towards her left. The cupid/cherub figure also displays good use of contrapposto‚ albeit more dramatically as he bends and twists his body and arms to hold the small whale’s tail over his shoulder. And lastly‚ the statue as a whole is “sculpture in the round”‚ meaning that you can walk around the entire statue
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One‚ and Two‚ and More Than Two exhibition‚ which is curated by Toronto-based artist Micah Lexier. The show has been divided into three parts‚ “One” and “Two” reviewed “Lexier’s conceptually measured take on personal existence in a selection of sculpture works‚ and archival installation‚ new video and collaborative installations with writers Christian Bok‚ Derek McCormack and Colm Toibin” (“Canadian
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In a person’s life‚ art is just a small part of it. Whether you enjoy it or not‚ everyone can share this one experience‚ art. Pablo Picasso was a famous painter‚ born on October 25‚ 1881‚ to Jose Ruiz Blasco‚ and Maria Picasso‚ he would eventually take his mother’s last name who was also a painter. Throughout the early to mid 1900s‚ created wonderful art pieces that continue to grab people’s attention today. He will go down in history as one of the greatest artists in history. In his life‚ he held
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