sculptures during this period was mostly to glorify gods and athletes usually depicted as male nudes. One of the most renowned sculptures of an athlete from that period is Polykleitos’ Doryphoros a bronze original (ca 450 BC) that now only exists in marble copies. Polykleitos made it to serve as a standardization for future sculptures. He intended to perfect the human being using the contrapposto pose as well as measuring the body to be able to fit eight heads stacked on top of each other as the dimensions
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Jennifer Keefe Professor Mark Moak Art History 1 December 2011 The Life and Times of the Four David Artists Through out the years there were many great artists who created many great works of art‚ but only four Italian artists really stick out for creating the same piece all with different points of views. These artists were Donatello‚ Verrocchio‚ Michelangelo‚ and Bernini‚ all of who created a David sculpture. Each one very unique and different. These four artists all
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Style I‚ known as incrustation‚ began approximately during the second century b.c. This style features the strong influence of the Hellenistic Greek period in its surface decoration. At the Samnite House at Herculaneum‚ walls are painted as faux marble slabs. This is very typical of the influence of Hellenistic Greece. There is a three fold division of a Roman wall during this time. The dado is at the bottom‚ the middle section imitates the stone slabs‚ and the upper part features a cornice and
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History of Sculpture Prehistoric Periods Much surviving prehistoric art is small portable sculptures‚ with a small group of female Venus figurines such as the Venus of Willendorf (24‚000–22‚000 BC) found across central Europe; the 30 cm tall Lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel of about 30‚000 BCE has hardly any pieces that can be related to it. The Swimming Reindeer of about 11‚000 BCE is one of the finest of a number of Magdalenian carvings in bone or antler of animals in the art of the Upper
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Roman Culture (753 B.C.E. C.E. 476) • Dated from the legendary founding of Rome by Romulus in 753 B.C.E. to the fall of the Western half of the Roman Empire in C.E. 476. • The Roman Mythos • The goddess Venus and the mortal Anchises have Venus Anchises a son named Aeneas‚ whose story is told by the Aeneas Roman poet Virgil in an epic called the Aeneid. Aeneid Roman poet Virgil Aeneas’ descendents rule the Kingdom of Alba in Italy. One of his descendents‚ Rhea Silvia‚ is Rhea Silvia
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Olympia is known as the first home of athletics‚ where many remains of Ancient Olympics are located. In addition‚ the masterpiece of the ancient architecture—the Temple of Zeus is also a special scenery here. The Temple of Zeus was designed by Libon. It was constructed on 470 B.C. The Temple of Zeus was built with carved metopes and triglyph friezes. There’re many sculptures in the Temple of Zeus. These sculptures were curved between 480 B.C and 450 B.C‚ when the severe style was popular. The pediments
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appealed to the tastes prevalent in both the Medici and French courts at this time. The attention to texture and wealth is also consistent with Bronzino’s aristocratic patronage. The figure of Venus can be likened to a precious object (such as a marble statue) in a luxurious setting‚ desirable because of her unavailability. Crowded into the claustrophobic foreground of the painting are several figures whose identities have been the subject of extensive scholarly debate. The themes of the painting appear
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body mixed with a horse like figure * Centaur from lefkand‚ Euboea * Centaurs are fast‚ strong‚ and intelligent but can’t control their alcohol or lust for men and women * A centaur represents man’s self-living Kouros-Archaic * Statue of kouros * Kouros means young male * Archaic Figure * They are nude idealized‚ healthy fit * Placed in temples and burial sites * The male body was viewed as beauty * Male also liked with fertility * Over life-sized 6ft
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conclusions about what the depiction about what the depictions of the male OR female form shows about classical society. The bust of Commodus is a truly exquisite piece of artwork created in 190ADc sculpted in marble. This artwork depicts the bust of the male Commodus in an idealistic style. The marble is polished and smooth giving the key senses of youth and beauty‚ the two attributes of an idealised piece at this current time. Due to the severity of idealism being depicted‚ it is often referred as “a
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Middle Kingdom in Egypt and the rise of the Babylon in Mesopotamia. And the Late phase occurs at the same time as the Second Intermediate period and the start of the New Kingdom in Egypt. These cultures each produced distinct art forms. Stylized marble representations of the human figure and frescoes are paramount in the Cyclades. Large palaces with elaborate adornments on their walls dominate on Crete. Citadels and grave goods remain from the Greek mainland. Cycladic Figures‚ c. 2700-2300 BCE
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