The Kritios boy belongs to the Late Archaic period and is the first sculpture that displays accurate human features that would later be the foundation of classical sculptures. The Kritios boy was named because it is believed to be the work of Krito‚ the teacher of Myron‚ from around 480 BCE. The statue is made of marble and is considerably smaller than a life-size human‚ standing at 1.17m. The torso of the sculpture was first found buried outside the Acropolis in 1866.The head was later found 23
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the most influential and original artists of modern times who has had a major impact on artists of his generation‚ and continues to do so today. Smithson’s provocative works‚ made in the mid-sixties to early seventies‚ redefined the language of sculpture. He was one of the founders of the art form known as earthworks or land art‚ and is most well known for the Spiral Jetty‚ 1970‚ located in the Great Salt Lake‚ Utah. This monumental earthwork was inspired in part when Smithson saw the Great Serpent
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entire face disappears in shadow‚ leaving only the mouth that utters the cry. The background is a sort of curtain of shadows from which the figure emerges. Birds in Space Constantin Brancusi In this sculpture‚ Brancusi concentrated on the physical attributes of the bird on its movement. The bird’s wings and feathers are eliminated‚ the swell if the body is elongated‚ and the head and the beak are reduced to a slanted oval.
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the 2d art to 3d works‚ covers a range of art objects -tapestries -other woven objects methods and media in 3d art-ranges from -tradditional to new media freestanding- meant to be seen from all sides relief sculpture- seen only from the front quarter flat site specific-sculpture that is designed for a specific place. becomes part of experience of the artwork. keith kids plating of children’s hospital carving- technique for creating 3d work‚ artists remove unwanted material from a large black
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west Africa. It was a center of trade that was influential interms of trade. It connected extensively with the local and long distance traders which enabled them prosper This made the artist of Ife to be developed and highly naturalistic in their sculpture‚ which were made out of stone‚ terracotta‚ brass and copper which was unique at that time
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installations typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects. Oldenburg was the creator of the Clothes Pin Sculpture back in the pop art era of 1976. The Clothespin is a weathering steel sculpture; it is currently located at Centre Square‚ 1500 Market Street‚ Philadelphia. The piece of art stands approximately 54 feet tall and weighs about 10 tons. This enormous sculpture is a big attraction for Philadelphia’s locals as well as the visitors for it interacted with the surroundings. The freestanding
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polychromy term used to describe painting or painted decoration on the surface of sculpture polyptych An altarpiece or devotional work of art made of several panels joined together‚ often hinged so that its wings can be opened and closed as appropriate during Christian religious worship. post and lintel a basic type of architecture in which upright elements (posts) support a horizontal member (lintel). With this type of construction‚ the distance between the supports is determined by the weight
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of rigid and relaxed in limbs. The new style is best expressed in the Parthenon marbles of about 450-435 BC but there was a preceding style of some importance - the Early Classical‚ sometimes called the Severe Style‚ which is exemplified in the sculptures for the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. Here the figures are mainly lifelike but drapery forms are plainer (a change from the archaic Ionian chiton to the more austere peplos for women)‚ and there are deliberate attempts at depiction of emotion in faces
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should have in mind. An example is a famous piece by Duane Hanson called Janitor. Many people would walk by it and just think it was maybe strange‚ or creepy. However‚ Berger and Percy would most likely analyze it till they figured out what the sculpture was really about. Both authors want to captivate the viewer by taking different approaches in their methods. In Ways of Seeing by John Berger‚ the main point he is trying to get across is that humans do not see things clearly because of their
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demonstrated characteristics similar to that found in the Classics. The bust appears realistic and almost paradoxically idealistic‚ is viewable from multiple angles and is composed of terra-cotta. Its theme is religious‚ and both Classic and Renaissance sculptures commonly referred to stories involving the divine. Hence‚ the bust of Saint Lawrence serves as an illustration that the Renaissance was the revival of the artistic techniques of the Classics. During the Renaissance‚ there was once more an interest
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