Formal Analysis of "Relief of a Winged Genius" Yahaira Guzman Art History 09/29/10 Relief of a winged genius is a two-dimensional stone relief sculpture currently located on the first floor of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston‚ in the Ancient Near East Gallery (Accession number: 81.56). It is an Assyrian artifact excavated from the palace walls of the capital of ancient Nimrud‚ dating between 883-859 B.C. The unknown artist’s deliberate use of size‚ material‚ scale‚ style and
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giving their pieces the ability to be viewed from all sides. Also‚ Some artists experimented with the use of transparency of clothing‚ and the flexibility of the poses. notable pieces over that time were Laocoon and His Son’s‚ Venus de Milo‚ and the Winged Victory of Samothrace. The similarity between all these pieces is the incredible amount of movement that is displayed in a motionless sculpture. Not only was this time a great change for sculptures‚ but also potters‚ painters‚ and architects.
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Genius is one percent inspiration‚ ninety-nine percent perspiration. * Spoken statement (c. 1903); published in Harper’s Monthly (September 1932) * Variants: * None of my inventions came by accident. I see a worthwhile need to be met and I make trial after trial until it comes. What it boils down to is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. * Statement in a press conference (1929)‚ as quoted in Uncommon Friends: Life with Thomas Edison‚ Henry Ford‚ Harvey
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The Cost of Genius When you hear the word “genius”‚ what does it mean to you? Does it bring to mind someone who has a high IQ? Of course it probably does. This is what we have had instilled in our minds throughout our lives‚ that a genius is someone who is incredibly brilliant. But who came up with this idea anyway? Who decided that certain things equal brilliance as compared to mediocrity? Did someone have the right to dictate to us that an IQ test score is what makes someone intelligent? Whoever
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Kimberly Avilez Phil 1301 Genius Aristotle provided the best foundation for the Theory of Forms. Being a pupil of such a great philosopher like Plato and considering the respect and admiration that Aristotle professed to his mentor‚ it had to be a challenge to respectfully provide strongest foundations. Regarding the Theory of Forms‚ Plato and Aristotle both use their definitions of ‘form’ to defeat their relative problems with knowledge. For both philosophers form is able to categorize all
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Albert Einstein supposedly once said “Everyone is a genius.” What he was trying to point out to us is that no matter what subject or issue‚ everyone has a talent where they excel‚ and (Coordination) in which they are classified as a genius. But what exactly is a genius? The dictionary states it as an exceptional natural capacity of intellect where intellect is the power or faculty of the mind by which one knows or understands. However‚ there can be various types of geniuses: of the arts‚ inventors
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Formal Analysis I’ve decided to do my formal analysis on an original painting done by Slava Ilyayev titled‚ “Passage to Spring”. I ran across this beautiful work of art at Fascination St. Fine Art north of Cherry Creek in Denver. UNITY: As you take a look at this piece‚ you can notice unity right away. The artist uses color‚ texture‚ and line to interweave this beautiful work of art together. Bright‚ analogous warm colors are unified throughout the piece including the reflection on the pathway
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progressed but set ourselves back. Percy Julian’s story is one of many stories that depicted the struggle that blacks had to go through in his time to truly succeed in a world that viewed him as inferior. Before viewing the documentary‚ Forgotten Genius‚ I had never heard of Percy Lavon Julian. However‚ I feel grateful to have witnessed his inspiring story. He has impacted my life by being a part in paving the way for black excellence‚ his contributions to science‚ and by serving as an example of
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Sandra Vargas Formal Analysis November 19‚ 2014 Professor Alison Pearlman Exotic Landscape (French 1844-1910) (1910) by Henri Rousseau Oil on canvas Mexican Pictures Henri Rousseau’s piece titled Exotic Landscapes (1910) represents a childhood myth in which he called his “Mexican Pictures”. He cultivated this idea that he served in the Mexican army by creating a multitude of landscapes paintings. Below I will be describing one of his most famous landscape pieces named “Exotic Landscapes”
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Normally‚ I would include quotes from the article but because we are using a plagiarism tool online‚ I thought it would consider direct quotes as plagiarism even if I cite the source in my write up. The article I chose is called‚ “Synthesis of a Genius” by George Kauffman and Steven Chooljian. The area of exploration and discovery that I chose was the synthesis of urea in chemistry. Urea was discovered by Friedrich Wohler‚ in 1828. This discovery ultimately changed the belief at the time that
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