Formal Analysis Theodore Géricault’s breathtaking composition‚ The Raft of the Medusa‚ is extraordinary: exhibiting an intensity that sets it apart from all other works to date. Upon viewing this piece‚ it becomes immediately apparent that there is a tense struggle being depicted by Géricault. When one lays their eyes on this piece‚ they are guided along a fading beam of light shining upon the raft‚ from the bottom left of the painting to the top right. This guide‚ of sorts‚ occurs naturally
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INCEPTION REPORT (i) INTRODUCTION Masvingo Rural District Council practise a Committee System in its operations in line with the 64 functions in accordance with the Rural District Councils Act Chapter 29:13 First Schedule (71) and each committee is serviced by the head of department. These include the Technical‚ Audit‚ Agriculture and Natural Resources‚ Planning and Economic Affairs‚ Finance and the Community Services Department which the writer is privileged to head. Below is a brief information
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Hailey Brangers Formal Analysis/Interpretation of Sculpture Flint Collins Art History 250 February 5‚ 2015 Menkaure and Khamerernebty‚ Gizeh‚ Egypt‚ Fourth Dynasty‚ ca. 2490-2472 BCE 1. What are the basic features of the work? Is the process used subtractive (such as low or high relief carving) or additive (such as modeling or assemblage)? What is its medium? Describe the sculpture’s dimensions. Can you detect any damage or evidence of restoration? This is a statue of Menkaure and one of his
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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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A Formal Analysis of Lindt’s Advertisement This is an advertisement of a renowned Swiss chocolate company‚ Lindt. What is being advertised is the company’s well-known product‚ Lindor. It is a chocolate truffle with a hard chocolate shell and a smooth chocolate filling. The ad is composed of several objects: In the foreground of the image‚ a chocolate truffle with chocolate filling pouring into it is placed on a marble table; in the background‚ a chocolate maker with only his half face shown
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Peter Cano Art 104 – Spring 2012 Formal Analysis Essay “Madonna del Prato” The “Madonna del Prato” is renaissance painting by Raphael Sanzio‚ once a student of Perugino. Raphael is best known for his “Madonna” paintings‚ The “Madonna del Prato” along with others is believed to have been influenced by Leonardo. The line in “Madonna del Prato” doesn’t seem infinite‚ they tend to end and begin somewhere else creating the whole picture and bringing it all together as one picture. For
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Formal Analysis of Event Horizon “Event Horizon” is a site-specific work by Kara Walker commissioned by the New School University that wraps around the walls in the staircase found in the lobby at Arnhold Hall. The piece was commissioned in 2005 and there are clear signs of student interaction with finger smudges along where the railing touches the wall. The piece is done with latex paint on wall using only black paint to create the shapes on the wall. The artist’s piece revolves around the ideas
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Formal Analysis July 28‚ 2013 ARHA 2305 The Dancing Bacha (1926) by Alexander N. Volkov pencil on paper Viewed at Arkansas Arts Center permanent collection (July 15‚ 2013) Scene of an Uzbekistani Teahouse Alexander N. Volkov’s piece entitled The Dancing Bacha is a drawing of a gathering of males‚ featuring a dancing boy (the bacha) who often performed in the streets of pre-Soviet Central Asia.1 The piece was made in 1926 and most likely depicts a traditional teahouse in Uzbekistan. 2
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Art 311 Fall 2007 W 7:00 11/07/07 Formal Analysis The west wing of the J. Paul Getty Museum holds several wonderful 18th and 19th century paintings. Two such paintings are “The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis” by Jacques Louis David‚ 1818; and “Belisarius” by Francois Gerard‚ 1797. Both of these paintings are extremely refined oil paintings‚ and both are representational figurative paintings‚ each with two figures. In
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This paper is a formal analysis of the Basket of Apples‚ a still life oil painting made by Paul Cézanne in 1895. The painting is about 25.6 inches tall times 31.5 inches wide. This composition illustrates a geometric spatial organization on disjointed perspectives. Although the artwork is absent of any symbolic and mythological content‚ its essence is to illustrate harmony of its various elements over subject matters. The systematic representation of shapes and colors are highly characteristic and
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