As I was reading through the chapters of my art book‚ there were two pieces of art that caught my eye: the statue of "Nefertiti" and the statue "Aphrodite of Melos." After researching both artworks‚ I realized that these statues are similar and different in many aspects. Nefertiti is regarded as one of the most influential women of her time. Her and her husband Ahmenhotep IV‚ ruled between 1352-1348 BCE‚ during the New Kingdom. After there rule of Akhetaten (Ancient Egypt)
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The New York Kouros The New York Kouros is one of the earliest examples of a Greek free standing statue that still stands strong today. The inspiration for these life-like statues came from the Egyptians. When we look back at when Greek statues started to come about‚ we notice that it is about the same time that the Egyptians started to let foreigners past their borders for trade and other matters. We notice that‚ at first‚ they used the same technique and proportions used for Egyptian works.
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piece of white marble was carved roughly on its lower half which would cause problems for artists to come. After him came Antonio Rossellino another famous artist‚ who started working on the piece of marble in 1476. Soon after starting work on the huge piece of white marble his contract was terminated‚ which left the marble block barely changed. After having two seperate famous artists do work on this piece Michelangelo was hired to work with the aged and chiseled piece of marble. It took three separate
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on this commission? The second sculptor to work on Michelangelo commission was Antonio Rosalina. 4. How much time passed before Michelangelo was given the job to complete the abandoned block of marble? Michelangelo was given the job to complete the abandoned block of marble for two years complete the statue. 5. Did his family support his desire to become an artist? Explain. Michelangelo‚ family didn’t support him at all. His father and uncle would beat him up because
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"Inferno" Notes on 7th circle of Hell-Violence Capeneus = Round Three- Violence Against God(blasphemy) A huge and powerful warrior-king who virtually embodies defiance against his highest god‚ Capaneus is an exemplary blasphemer--with blasphemy understood as direct violence against God. Still‚ it is striking that Dante selects a pagan character to represent one of the few specifically religious sins punished in hell. Dante’s portrayal of Capaneus in Inferno 14.43-72--his large size and scornful
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after which the statue is created. Victory was a goddess that would appear after a great triumph‚ whether it be athletic or war based. Upon her arrival she would bear a wreath‚ trumpet‚ or fillet to the conquerors. In return‚ wine‚ or milk would be offered to the goddess as a libation. This statue is extremely complex‚ and in reading about it I learned a great deal about how difficult it would be to create such a piece. The Victory goddess was made of several pieces of Parian marble. The wings were
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preserved inscription‚ it measured about 30 feet (9 m) high. At the time‚ it was the largest statue yet erected in Athens. The so-called Lemnian Athena was dedicated as an offering by Athenian colonists who were sent to Lemnos between 451 and 448. A head of Athena in Bologna and two statues of Athena in Dresden are thought to be copies‚ in marble‚ of Phidias’ original work in bronze. The colossal statue of the Athena Parthenos‚ which Phidias made for the Parthenon‚ was completed and dedicated
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greatest accomplishment was his statue of David which soars an astonishing 17 ft. Michelangelo took on this 4 year project‚ 1500-1504‚ at the age of 26. In the Renaissance time period‚ it was common for sculptors to make their works from many pieces such as carving the body from one piece of stone then the arms‚ legs and head from smaller ones. This was largely due to the veins that run through rocks. If a vein was carved into‚ there was a good possibility the statue would crack‚ rendering it useless
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This essay is an 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
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Babylon‚ near Baghdad‚ were a mountain-like series of planted terraces. (3) The Statue of Zeus was the central feature of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia‚ Greece. (4) The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus in Greece was a huge‚ elaborate temple to the goddess Artemis. (5) The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus‚ a monumental marble tomb in Asia Minor‚ exists only in fragmentary form today. (6) The Colossus of Rhodes was a bronze statue of the Greek sun god Helios erected at Rhodes harbour. (7) The Pharos of Alexandria
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