Bacchus is a marble sculpture approximately 72 ½ inches in height made in around 1497 by one of the High Renaissance masters‚ Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. The sculpture itself shows two figures‚ a god and a faun or panisc: a half-man‚ half-goat figure in Greek culture. It is one of young Michelangelo’s earliest sculptures and it is arguably also one of his roughest. The figure‚ Bacchus‚ stands in a sway‚ an “s” curvature to his stance that is referred to as contrapposto. Contrapposto
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The artist Richard Serra‚ in 1981‚ installed his sculpture‚ Tilted Arc‚ in the Federal Plaza in New York City. Even though the piece had been commissioned by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)‚ the Arts-In-Architecture program‚ it immediately caused controversy. In 1963‚ the GSA established the Arts-In Architecture program to make ½ of 1% of a federal building’s cost to be spent on public art. The point of this program was to enhance public spaces and to expand the public’s awareness
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displayed within it. There was a plethora of paintings‚ drawings‚ and sculptures‚ which not only captivated but enticed me with their unique beauty and grace. This made it quite difficult to pick just one work of art. However‚ as I passed through each exhibit and entered into Weatherspoon’s outside sculpture garden‚ I noticed one bronze sculpture in particular which held my attention and left a significant impression on me. This sculpture was Lunalilo by Deborah Butterfield. Deborah Butterfield is an American
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Sculpture 1 The Statue Group of Nen-kheft-ka and His Wife‚ Nefer-shemes The Statue Group of Nen-kheft-ka and His Wife‚ Nefer-shemes was found in a rock-cut tomb at Deshasheh and sculpted by an unknown Egyptian artist in 2350 BC. The artist uses all aspects of composition to convey Egyptian dominance. Using a Standard Egyptian Scale‚ the figures were carved in proportions seen to be ideal by the Egyptians. The sculpture was carved out of limestone. It was richly painted with brightly colored
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perfectly resembles the description of minimalism‚ he repetitively uses basic forms of squares‚ rectangles‚ or circles to arouse certain emotions (Little 138). Judd used the phrase “specific object” meaning an artwork which was neither painting nor sculpture but composed of self-sufficient elements‚ each of which could exist independently (Little 138). Donald Judd disliked the word minimalism in describing his work because he thought it implied that something was missing. On the contrary‚ Judd believed
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stone sculpture from the New Kingdom. One is in raised relief and of a man named Mai and his wife Urel. These two are not royalty but are relatives of a man named Ramose and this work is from his tomb. They are part of an image of guests seated at a banquet. The second is a sunk relief sculpture of a king from this same time period named Akhenaten. We see him here with his wife Nefertiti and his three daughters‚ his son was not in this sculpture. This essay focuses on why the stone sculptures will
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To through a light on some traditional themes we have to explain some parts of the autobiography of Prannath Chowdhury which tells that Kumbhakars of Krishnanagar were the actual artists. No one can make clay models of gods and goddesses like them. The idols are accurate and without any flaws. At times they also made a kind of sarcastic ‘Ahladi’ dolls expression of which cause a laugh on gazing. And the cost was 2 paise only. The best clay modelers were residing in Ghurni only. During the childhood
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Art-2 Comparative Formal Analysis The Culture Shift between the Paleolithic and Sumerian Period The Old Stone Age (Paleolithic Period) marked the birth of art. During that period‚ humankind began to acknowledge the forms of human and animals‚ thus creating many sculptures and paintings in attempt to represent the world around them. Venus of Willendorf (ca. 28‚000 BCE.) also known as Nude woman‚ from Willendorf‚ Austria‚ was one
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For my art analysis essay‚ I decided to analyze the statue name “Offering Bearer” located in the Egyptian gallery 105 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This statue’s artist is unknown‚ it belongs to the Dynasty 2‚ early reign of Amenemhat I (ca. 1981-1975 B.C.)‚ its dimensions are H: 112 (44 1/8 inches)‚ W: 17cm (6 11/16 inches) and D: 46.7cm (18 3/8 inches). This Egyptian statues material used are wood‚ gesso and paint. The museum provides a brief description about the Offering Bearer saying that
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and the Infant Dionysos‚ although what survives is possibly a copy from the romans or Hellenistic period. Hermes has a small head then the figures before‚ his body is also sensual and in a graceful loose-limb stance. The significance about this sculpture is the interaction and narrative shared between the two subjects. Praxiteles’ Aphrodite for The City Kindos‚ took the female figure out of drapery into the full nude‚ which during this time was a representation of a lower status. The narrative is
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