belonged to‚ was touched by‚ or otherwise associated with a holy figure. Such objects were thought to have inherent powers of healing and protection. relief sculpture form of sculpture in which the ornaments or figures are attached to a background‚ from which they stand out to a greater or lesser degree (this is referred to as "high relief" or "low relief"). It is commonly used for architectural decoration‚ and also for pictorial narration. reliquary a container for storing or displaying sacred relics
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Architectural drawing terms : Plan – a horizontal slice of a building Section – a vertical slice of a building Elevation – the arrangement proportions and details of any vertical side or face of a building Sculpture terms Relief – sculpture that project ~ High relief – half or more projects far from
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We have a lot of different great artist here in the Philippines and one of them is Nemesio R. Miranda or “Nemiranda” for short. Nemiranda learned how to draw when he was at the age of five years old. Instead of seeing notes written on his notebook‚but you will see that it is full of drawings. And when he gone to college he took the course of “Fine Arts” at UST ‚even though his father didn’t like the course that he took. Nemiranda said that art is his passion and art is the only thing that he can
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Culture: Ancient Egyptian- Old Kingdom Artist: Unknown Title: False Door Date: Roughly 2400 B.C.E. Media: Limestone Measurements: 61 x 45 3/5 x 4 1/2 in. (154.9 x 115.8 x 11.4 cm) Accession #: 52.22 This relief sculpture serves more of a religious-function that any aesthetic one. Aside from have some minor damage done‚ it is nearly perfectly balanced. On the bottom of the piece are four men; two on each side that mirror each other. They all hold what seem to be spears in one hand and a scepter in
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many Assyrian relief carvings that were found during the Assyrian rule. The Relief itself was titled Ashurbanipal hunting Lions and belonged to the North Palace of Ashurbanipal. It was created in 645 to 640 BCE and like many reliefs; it pictured a hunt taking place. It was average sized at about five and a half feet tall and carved out of Gypsum rock giving itself a red hue. This falls into place with the description of most reliefs from this time. But what made this Assyrian relief stand out? It
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paper is a formal analysis of the Marble grave stele with a family group relief sculpture. It is a pentelic marble style relief standing at 171.1cm tall carved by a master. It is from the Late Classical period of Greek‚ Attic which was completed around ca.360 B.C. . I chose to analyze this piece as apposed to the others because I’m mainly attracted to art and sculptures from the Greek era. The overall color used in this relief is ivory with a few cracks and pieces broken off. There is some discoloration
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the imagination common sense 5. Our bodies are more actively involved in the perception of low relief sculpture high relief sculpture x sculpture in the round sunken relief sculpture 6. Sculpture that has grooves of various depths cut into the surface plane of stone while the surface remains clearly perceptible is x sunken-relief sculpture low-relief sculpture high-relief sculpture being true to materials 7. An example of "truth to materials" in sculpture is a carving
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An Antiquity of Imagination: Tvillio (Tullio) Lombardo and the Venetian High Renaissance Sculpture at NGA Paper One: An Antiquity of Imagination: Tvillio (Tullio) Lombardo and the Venetian High Renaissance Sculpture at NGA Tullio Lombardo‚ one of the most gifted sculptors of all time‚ brought his art alive by integrating classical antiquity and contemporary Renaissance Venice in all his works. People appreciated his creativity because he took the risk of stepping out from the culture of
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object being analyzed is the Railing Pillar Yakshi on display at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena. The object depicts a yakshi‚ traditionally a fertility spirit‚ usually associated with a tree‚ standing on top of a gremlin or imp-like figure in relief. Above the yakshi is another smaller figure in which only the torso is shown. The second smaller figure is surrounded by columns and appears to be in something like a chaitya hall. The yakshi has a similar purpose to others surrounding such places
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Formal Analysis of Aztec Feathered Serpent Sculpture Facing out into the eyes of museum-goers‚ the Aztec feathered serpent sculpture currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art dates from between fifteenth and early sixteenth century. Though the iconographic motif of the feathered serpent is a common and meaningful one in Aztec art‚ the formal elements of this piece communicate an equally strong message. Through deliberate choices in the crafting and facture of this seemingly dense
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