When thinking of sculptures‚ one of the first that comes to mind is David. This statue was created of marble between 1501 and 1504 and stands over 14 feet high. David is a symbol that represents strength and anger. The statue had intended political connotations for the ruling of the Medici family. Michelangelo used David as model of "heroic courage" to demonstrate that "spiritual strength can be more effective than arms". Michelangelo insisted that David should stand as a symbol of the republic
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Comparison of Three Sculptures Sara Aleman ART/101 David makes part of a very important character of the bible. It is the name of a small boy named David who defeated a giant named Goliath with a tiny stone. This bible story has inspired many artists among the years to make representations of David. Donatello‚ Michelangelo and Bernini make part of the inspired artists. These famous artists created sculptures to represent the brave David. These sculptures represent the same character but with
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Greek 600-630 B.C. Archaic period Kouros 600-580bc * Kouros= Youth * Archaic period * From attica‚ Greece * marble Krosios (Kouros from Anavysos) 530bc * marble * High classical period Doryphorus or canon * Doryphorus = Spear bearer * Artist: Polykleitos * High classical period * Idealisim * Contrapostal= pose (relaxed) * Artist wrote the
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Other names that he is also called upon are the “God of Light” & “God of Truth”. Because of his style of integrity & truthfulness he was granted the gifts of the oracles & prophecy. Soon after Apollo fought Hercules at Delphi defending the oracle for the reason that Hercules was angry that the priestess would not grant him a prophecy. Apollo also fought a serpent named Python in a contest only using one arrow delivering the blow. According to Homer’s Illiad. Apollo played a major part in
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work is a very tall statue made out of marble with an off white color. It comes from the Roman culture for the duration of the 2nd-century A.D copy after a Greek original of about 360 B.C. The sculpture has curly hair with a calm and kind expression on her face and a broken nose. She is posed standing straight with a serpent across her shoulder holding a bowl‚ and she’s wearing a long robe with a head covering. According to marble sculpture on the website wikipedia says‚ “Marble is a metamorphic rock
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archaic kouroi‚ mainly athlete figures‚ are thus regularly shown ’at ease’‚ one leg relaxed‚ with a complementary shift in the shoulders‚ and the whole emphasized by contrasts of rigid and relaxed in limbs. The new style is best expressed in the Parthenon marbles of about 450-435 BC but there was a preceding style of some importance - the Early Classical‚ sometimes called the Severe Style‚ which is exemplified in the sculptures for the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. Here the figures are mainly lifelike but drapery
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Aphrodite of Melos (Venus de milo) Greek artists tried to create ideal beauty. Statues were not made to represent real‚ living people‚ but they were carved to show how the human body should look like. The picture in front of you is a sculpture of Aphrodite of Melos (Venus de Milo‚ in Roman mythology). For hundreds of years‚ the statue remained buried in an underground cavern‚ where it had been damaged and discovered in two parts. It was in 1820 AD (anno domini) when a peasant named Yorgos found
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of art‚ literature‚ and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and marked the transition from the medieval to the modern world. Although he was a painter and architect and loved doing both of them‚ he preferred sculpting and mainly used marble on his sculptures. Michelangelo was greatly interested in art since he was young. He would rather watch the painters at a church than go to school. When he was
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youths which first appear in the Archaic period (700 - 480 B.C.) in Greece (getty.edu/...). A kouros is an ancient greek statue of a nude male youth standing with his arms at his sides with a formulaic advancing posture. Greek kouros statues were greatly influenced by Egyptian sculptures. Greeks who traveled to Egypt for trade took the style of the Egyptian’s 2 statues and altered its detail; but the Greeks retained the mysterious smiling expression‚ stiff walking dispose and stylized hair
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Introduction and History Ancient Greek culture spans over a thousand years‚ from the earliest civilizations to the cultures that became the Ancient Greeks. Key Points Before Greek culture took root in Greece‚ early civilizations thrived on the Greek mainland and the Aegean Islands. The two main cultures were the peaceful Minoans and warring Myceanaeans‚ who are distinguished by their unique architecture and material culture. Greek culture began to develop during the Geometric‚ Orientalizing‚
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