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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The Doryphoros is one of the most iconic and well known sculptures from the classical period in Greek. It exhbits the characteristics of Classical Greek art all too well‚ as it shows a baby-faced man with a grown man body. Greece at the time tried to idealistically show what a “true man” would look like‚ as shown by the Doryphoros. The man in the sculpture is supposed to symbolize a Greek soldier‚ as Doryphoros means‚ spearbearer. The Greek would idealize all of their soldiers and held them to high
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History 121- Professor Byczkiewicz First Response Paper: Akhenaten and the Hymn of Aten Akhenaten; Radical success or dismal failure? Formerly known as Amenhotep the IV‚ he grew up in the most powerful family on earth. His father Amenhotep III died leaving a reign of peace and prosperity in the hands of his son. His son was a King of radical change. He changed many customary ideas of ancient Egypt like art for example. Akhenaten celebrated the vibrancy of the real world and taught his people
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Croatian island of Losini in the northen Adriatic Sea. Both this statue and the Ephesian Apoxyomenos reproduce the same late-fourth-centruy B.C. work‚ but this replica is better-preserved. On contrary to the small-scaled Alexander the Great sculpture‚ the athlete sculpture is slightly over life-size by ancient standards. Produced in the first century B.C.‚ it is composed of bronze and copper. The mature‚ but youthful man stands upright with his weight on the right leg and the left foot set to the side with
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Feathered Serpent Sculpture Facing out into the eyes of museum-goers‚ the Aztec feathered serpent sculpture currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art dates from between fifteenth and early sixteenth century. Though the iconographic motif of the feathered serpent is a common and meaningful one in Aztec art‚ the formal elements of this piece communicate an equally strong message. Through deliberate choices in the crafting and facture of this seemingly dense stone sculpture‚ the artist reiterates
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Nefertiti was an egyptian ruler who ruled with her husband Akhenaten in the eighteenth dynasty. She was born in 1370 B.C in Thebes‚ Egypt. Nefertiti married Akhenaten at age fifteen and they ruled from 1353 to 1336. Together they started a religious revolution. Nefertiti and Akhenaten were believed to have a genuine‚ romantic relationship. While not many royal Egyptian couples did. They had six daughters together named‚ Meritaten‚ Meketaten‚ Ankhesenamun‚ Neferneferure Tasherit‚ Setepenre‚ and Neferneferuaten. Akhenaten also had a son who later became King Tutankhamun
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make the love more understandable‚ but also to express the feeling of love. There are many more differences than similarities between two sculptures: “The Kiss” by August Rodin and “Love” by Robert Indiana. The first most important similarity between “Love” and “The Kiss” are very easily to understand when people look at these statues. Similarity‚ the sculpture Robert who had made “Love” statue want to express the purpose of love to everyone like the way August Rodin did. In the same way‚ both of
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Sculpture of: “Transfiguration” Napoleón Isabelo Veloso Abueva (born January 26‚ 1930)‚ more popularly known as Napoleón Abueva‚ is a Filipino artist. He is asculptor given the distinction as the Philippines’ National Artist for Sculpture. He is also entitled as the "Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture". He is the only Boholano given the distinction as National Artist of the Philippines in the field of Visual Arts. Conrado Mercado hails from Bustos‚ Bulacan
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Unit Title and Theme: Exploring Identity through Sculpture Finding meaningful links between students’ self-discovery and individual identity and the way they relate and interact with society as a whole‚ while building on their current knowledge of 3D art and introducing new ways to think of sculpture. Key Vocabulary: Universal Identity Symbolism Diversity Metaphor Tolerance Interdependence Stereotypes Discussion Topics: Over-arching ideas that will be addressed throughout
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Michael Cammarata In this paper i will compare and contrast two ancient sculptures from the metropolitan museum of art‚ one greek and one roman. The first sculpture is the marble grave stele of a little girl. The second sculpture would be Marble Relief of a dancing maenad. Both are made at about the same time period in the 5th century b.c. Marble grave stele of a little girl is known to be found at the little girls grave‚ which is sad because she looks so young and innocent with her
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