Sculpture Musee d’Orsay‚ Paris This sculpture falls in the modern art category and the style is abstract expressionism. This sculpture is very large it is actually 110cm. The artist that created this sculpture was one of the many fine French Sculptors‚ he was one of the younger generation who started out as a Symbolist painter as well as a tapestry designer but he got an eye disease around the age of 40 and he had to give these things up but then found love for sculpting . This artist had a
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the statue; seem to be intended to spark fear and dread in those who see it. Anyone compared to him is nothing‚ and worth nothing. Question 2: Ozymandias’ angry‚ cruel “passions” (line 6) were so evident and strong that it was easy for the sculptor to capture them in their entirety for eternity. The irony that the passions‚ so strong and full of life‚ remain only due to a “lifeless thing” (line 7) is emphasised by the juxtaposition of the two contrasting words. Human ambition can be strong
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his travels. He told the speaker about a place in the desert‚ in the middle of the desert lay a fragmented of a broken apart statue but the resemble of a man face can still made out. The face of the statue look stern and powerful‚ like a ruler. The sculptor did a good job at articulating the ruler’s character. The poem describes the man to be a wicked ruler but good to his people. On the pedestal near the face‚
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Nicole Dale 6/12/10 Humanities Masterpiece final What is a masterpiece anyways and who depicted what makes a piece of art a masterpiece and what doesn’t? As stated in our book a masterpiece is a work that in style‚ execution and resonance far exceeds what other artists were doing at the same time. A masterpiece is also something that can always stand on its own and it will find admirers in any age. To me a masterpiece is something that accomplishes inner emotion in the viewer as the exterior
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Challenges‚ in several cases‚ can slow a person down. They can prevent someone from accomplishing their goals. However‚ there are only a few people who can turn these challenges into something remarkable. F. Scott Fitzgerald faced many trials in his lifetime‚ struggling with alcoholism‚ debt‚ and a mentally ill wife. He used his life experiences for admirable purposes by including them in his novels and short stories. F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ a man who faced many challenges throughout his lifetime‚ was
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sculpture by Franz Zeigler of the Chow Chow dog he shows much detail of the dog such as the thick coat and the lion like head. This sculpture is used y the Gorham Foundry. Indian on Horseback‚ 1970 by J.C.Dye “J.C. Dye is a contemporary Western sculptor born in 1948‚ he lives in Montana and is a self taught artist” (www.bronze-galary.com). J.C. is highly known for his sculptures and how well modeled and detailed they are. Almost all of his sculptures are that of the Western theme such as Native
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personified: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert.” (2-3)‚ really demonstrates the importance of nature in art‚ but not only for sculpture. It suggests the antagonism in the relationship between art and nature. Nature furnishes the sculptor with the material they need‚ but nature can also destroy what was creating from it. This two lines followed by “Near them on the sand‚ Half sunk‚ a shatter’d visage lies” (3-4) describe a statue with the half of the face destroyed in the middle on
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Ozymandias I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand‚ Half sunk‚ a shatter’d visage lies‚ whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive‚ stamp’d on these lifeless things‚ The hand that mock’d them and the heart that fed. And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias‚ king of kings: Look on my works‚ ye Mighty‚ and despair
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the marble from which it is constructed. Marble Kouros unlike their bronze counterparts (which are made from the lost wax method or cire perdu) are easier to break‚ harder to work and once the sculptor has made a mistake they have to start again. The stiff stance can also be put down to the fact that sculptors of the Archaic period unlike Polykleitos were heavily concerned with achieving high levels of symmetry but did not have the skills to create a lifelike stance through using the natural curves
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we are given insight on the sculptor where one might think that the sculptor knows this person he is sculpting and knows him well. Like an archer hitting his target‚ the sculptor captures in perfect detail his impression of this man so well that after all these years‚ one can still see the great detail of what type of person this is. As one continues through the poem in the following two lines‚ the traveler continues to talk about the sculptor and his work. The sculptor seems to be mocking the commander
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