Colossal Bull Head Formal Analysis
Word Count: 1739
Word Count: 1739
Colossal Bull Head
Iran: Persepolis, Hundred-Column Hall
Dark grey Lime
Achaemenid Period: Reigns of Xerxes and Artaxerxes I; 486-424 B.C
The goal of the artist was that the king must be followed, protected, and respected; He met this goal by giving the bull a large overpowering frightening look in order to prove the power of the king to those who would think to offend the king. The Colossal Bull Head is an incredibly large detailed piece that was used in the Reigns of Xerxes and Artaxerxes I; 486-424 B.C. This was found in the Hundred-Column Hall at Persepolis. This highly polished stone was discovered lying near the body sculpture it was made for. Bull was meant to be a guardian for the entrance of a Persian king’s throne room. This guardian also hold some religious aspects as the horns that were probably made for the bull was meant for gods and high rulers. Different bulls were made for different kings. A bull was a common animal to show the power of the king, and this statue symbolizes as the presence of the king.
The light is dim in the room and focused on the whole room at once, yet the object takes the attention away from the other objects even without the focused lighting. The size of the bull is the reason for the attention given to the bull and not the light. I feel that the lighting could’ve been better for emphasizing the bull’s head. The lighting didn’t give any focus to any object in the room and that tells me that all of the other object in the room were no less important than the colossal Bull’s head. The object is given a lot of space in order to allow people to view it from many angles. The placement of the object allowed me to understand how much of the bull was excavated, because the bull’s neck stops at the wall. The bull head is very secured upright because of the steel frame supporting the neck of the
Word Count: 1739
Colossal Bull Head
Iran: Persepolis, Hundred-Column Hall
Dark grey Lime
Achaemenid Period: Reigns of Xerxes and Artaxerxes I; 486-424 B.C
The goal of the artist was that the king must be followed, protected, and respected; He met this goal by giving the bull a large overpowering frightening look in order to prove the power of the king to those who would think to offend the king. The Colossal Bull Head is an incredibly large detailed piece that was used in the Reigns of Xerxes and Artaxerxes I; 486-424 B.C. This was found in the Hundred-Column Hall at Persepolis. This highly polished stone was discovered lying near the body sculpture it was made for. Bull was meant to be a guardian for the entrance of a Persian king’s throne room. This guardian also hold some religious aspects as the horns that were probably made for the bull was meant for gods and high rulers. Different bulls were made for different kings. A bull was a common animal to show the power of the king, and this statue symbolizes as the presence of the king.
The light is dim in the room and focused on the whole room at once, yet the object takes the attention away from the other objects even without the focused lighting. The size of the bull is the reason for the attention given to the bull and not the light. I feel that the lighting could’ve been better for emphasizing the bull’s head. The lighting didn’t give any focus to any object in the room and that tells me that all of the other object in the room were no less important than the colossal Bull’s head. The object is given a lot of space in order to allow people to view it from many angles. The placement of the object allowed me to understand how much of the bull was excavated, because the bull’s neck stops at the wall. The bull head is very secured upright because of the steel frame supporting the neck of the