exhibition was in his home town of Barcelona in 1980. Since then he has traveled all around the world living and working in places such as Berlin‚ Brussels‚ England‚ France‚ the United States‚ and the Catalan capital. He is a talented artist creating sculptures using many different mediums such as steel‚ glass‚ marble‚ polyester resin‚ concrete‚ and bronze. He has taught at many schools over the years including the Art Institute of Chicago as a guest professor. Plensa is a widely known artist having his
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image this essay will consider is a sculpture titled “Michael Jackson and Bubbles” by the artist‚ Jeff Koons. The work is a life-sized porcelain sculpture of Michael Jackson in an extravagant costume with the chimpanzee Jackson named “Bubbles” seated on his lap in a matching costume. The image of Jackson and the chimp rest on a small raised dais and flowers are strewn around them on the dais. The sculpture was produced in 1988 and comes from a series of sculptures involving images and figures from
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and Child with Lilies is a sculpture created in relief to give the impression that it has been raised above the background plane. This fine piece of art has been sculpted from terracotta‚ a glazed clay-based ceramic and along with clear religious aspects; the work of art is given a hard realism via individual techniques of the artist. The relief shows colors such as blue‚ white‚ green and gold and they demonstrate Luca della Robbia’s approach to adding color to sculpture‚ which Pater explains to
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The aftermath of World War II‚ The Holocaust‚ and the age of the atomic bomb instilled in the sculpture of the mid-1940s a sense that art should return to its pre-cultural and pre-rational origins. In the literature of the day‚ writers such as Jean-Paul Sartre advocated a similar reductive philosophy.[36] At an introductory speech in New York City for an exhibition of one of the finest modernist sculptors‚ Alberto Giacometti‚ Sartre spoke of "The beginning and the end of history".[37] Moore’s sense
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Running head: WHAT IS ART? Understanding Art: Eight Forms of Art Abstract This paper will define art using internet and resource tools. Given eight types of art define and give one example and elaborate. 1. Painting 2. Sculpture 3. Architecture 4. Photography 5. Printmaking 6. Conceptual Art 7. Installation Art 8. Performance Art Art is interpreted by each individual differently‚ what you may see‚ I may see something else. What the artist put on
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rectangular patterns poised together to the glamorous shine it gives‚ standing at a human like shape. Looking at the Soundsuit gives me a higher level fancy feeling. This artwork reminds me of a cartoon character. This sculpture was precise with details and made me wonder what was the sculptures meaning‚ what was the author trying to portray to his audience. This artwork depicts a woman’s characteristics but has cartoon like aspects. This artwork does not have a human’s head or any head for that matter it
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early Archaic period saw distinctive Orientalizing influences in both pottery and in sculpture. Monumental sculpture was introduced to Greece during this time. These monumental sculptures paved the way for life-sized human sculpture. The life-sized human sculpture is mainly inspired and resembles classic Egyptian stone sculpture.
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Comparison of three Sculptures Differences between Michelangelo’s David and Bernini’s David are abundant and clear. Bernini’s version of David is a more classical interpretation. It focuses on David’s muscularity and his bone structure. In this version David is clothed‚ but just barely‚ ensuring that the viewer can see the definition of David’s muscles‚ and yet not revealing too much. Bernini’s version also shows David in action‚ as opposed to Michelangelo’s still pose of David. Bernini chose
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started to make sculptures around 1960. Ramirez is influenced by his memory of pre Columbian art. Ramirez made the 3D art Recuerdo de Machu Picchu no.3 (Las terrazas) in 1984 and now it is located at the Museum of Fine Arts‚ Houston. Ramirez used oxidized iron to make the sculpture. This sculpture captivated my attention because I did not know what it was. My first impression was that it was stairs‚ but after I read the description and the title; I could understand what the sculpture is about. The
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(Archaic Period) Sculpture The Greeks began to carve in stone inspired by the monumental pieces from Egypt and Mesopotamia. The sculptures in the round shared the characteristic strength and front position of Eastern models. The male and female sculptures‚ from about the year 575 BC‚ their faces reflected in the so-called archaic smile‚ which perhaps was used by the Greeks as a device providing the figures a distinctive human trait (Whitley‚ 2001). In Greek sculptures displayed accented
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