Ife is a subcommunity of Yoruba community that is found in Nigeria and in the Republic of Benin. They are also found in other part around the world. It is rightly regarded as the corner stone of some of the greatest achievements in art and culture of Africa‚ combining both technical and strong aesthetic appeal to their art. Ife community was powerful and a wealthy city state in the early centuries in west Africa. It was a center of trade that was influential interms of trade. It connected extensively
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slingshot in one hand and stone in the other. Michelangelo‚ in his mid twenties‚ carved the David after he had already carved the Pieta in Rome. He carved this sculpture from a huge block of marble that had been abandoned decades earlier by another sculptor: Michelangelo took on the challenge of living up to Donatello and other precursors who had sculpted the same heroic figure. Instead of creating David to look relaxed and confident after his victory‚ Michelangelo’s David looks tense and ready for
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"The Decameron" in Italian vernacular supporter of Petrarch Sandro Botticelli Florentine painter "Birth of Venus‚" "Primavera" Filippo Brunelleschi Florentine architect designed duomo of Florence cathedral‚ chapel of Pazzi family Michelangelo sculptor by nature‚ painted but hated it; incredible realism introvert‚ hated but thrived on competition work includes Sistine Chapel ceiling‚ marble David‚ and the Pieta studied but criticized da Vinci-equally/more talented Baldassare Castiglione Italian
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Han Xueyuan The Bronze Statue from Artemision The Bronze Statue from Artemision is made in Transition period and probably in Attica. It is made of bronze and depicts a naked man. As a result of its provenance and subject mater‚ scholars have debated whether the Bronze Statue from Artemision portrays an athlete or a god. Furthermore‚ they frequently attempt to identify which god‚ if any‚ this statue portrays 1. From its height (larger than life-size)‚ the facial features‚ and the pose of the figure
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Antonio del Pollaiuolo was an Italian painter‚ sculptor‚ and engraver who created a number of artworks related to Greek mythology during the Italian Renaissance. He was born in Florence where the Renaissance began and patronized by the Medici family with his brother Piero del Pollaiuolo. Many of his artworks have influences of human anatomy‚ which means that he accurately illustrates the body shapes and muscle movements of people. Since he taught to many students such as Lorenzo Ghiberti and Sandro
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ancient Greeks influenced the way many of the sculptures are today. The sculptures that were men were called Kouroi‚ the women were called Korai. Back in ancient Greece the sculptors began to create and sculpt their statues in more relaxed postures. Occasionally‚ they constructed their sculptures in an action scene. Sculptors oftenly were perfectionists‚ therefore their sculptures showed perfection and detail. Ancient Greeks also influenced certain styles of our art. In ancient Greece people often
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The size of the statue is referred to as “colossal” and “vast” was emphasized‚ which is supposed to hint at Ozymandias’ mightiness and grandness of his statue. However‚ when the narrator described the sculptor had his mocking passions towards Ozymandias well read by the future generations destroyed the previous outstanding figure the narrator created previously. This reinforces the idea that even incredible achievements will be lost to time. While the
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For example‚ the face‚ marred by a “frown/wrinkled lip” and a “cold‚ commanding sneer” suggest that “its sculptor well those passions read” as after all this time‚ they still “survive‚ stamped on these lifeless things” (4-6). The frown parallels the king’s callous nature‚ and the sneer depicts his haughty and dismissive self-importance. The adept sculptor illustrated Ozymandias’s narcissism and selfish pride‚ forever carving his arrogance into stone. Although intended to be a
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Donatello. He was born in Florence around 1386. He was the son of a Florentine wood carder‚ Niccolo di Betto di Bardi. How he began his career as a sculptor is undetermined although it is known that Donatello was educated in the residence of the Martelli Family and got his first artistic training at a goldsmith’s workshop and from one of the sculptors working at the cathedral of Florence in 1400 (Web Art). Between 1404-1407 he also worked at the studio of Lorenzo Ghiberti. And he studied and excavated
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Apollonius of Rhodes (Author) Wrote The Argonautica. The myth of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece from remote Colchis Aratus (Author) Wrote Phaenomena. A didactic (teaching something) poem about astronomy. Describes constellations and other celestial phenomena. Aristophanes (Author) wrote The Clouds‚ The Frogs‚ Lysistrata‚ old comedy‚ native Athenian‚ attacks politicians‚ harsh critic of various governments Aristoxenus (Author) music‚ science‚ wrote the Elements
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