Marble sculpture

century. The two freestanding Greco-Roman sculptures I chose to compare and contrast from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art are the Bateman Mercury from 4th century BCE Rome and the Lansdowne Artemis from 1st Century BCE Rome. As soon as I walked into the exhibition hall, these two artworks stood out to me out of the four selections because of the proportion, anatomy, pose, drapery, and texture of the material they are made from. These two sculptures are also resembled after figures of Greek…

The Augustus Prima Porta is a marble statue of himself which was discovered on the 20th of April in 1863 in the Villa of Livia which is situated in the Prima Porta near Rome. It is a statue that stands 2.03m tall and is now been moved to the Braccio Nuovo which is situated in the Vatican Museums.This sculpture is what seems to be very idealised to show that he is strong and young. The artist has portrayed him to be a God-like figure. This is shown by his Bare feet. Many People during the time…

an apothecary-surgeon in order to pursue poetry, to caring for his dying brother, and falling in love. When he caught tuberculosis in July of 1820 many of the sonnets he wrote contained his recognition of mortality. The sonnet “On Seeing the Elgin Marbles” tells the reader how John Keats struggles with mortality and that struggle brought this sonnet to express that accepting fate exceeds denying an inevitable death. John Keats’ sonnet begins with a statement about mortality. He states how he…

I reallyed enjoyed looking at many scultpures but I choose my favourite one which was the staue of David. This was created by Michelangelo which was created from 1501-1504. The statue is 5.17 metres of marble statue. The statue represnts a favourable subject in the arts of Florence, the bibcial hero. Its theme was around the renaissance ages, the artist spent so much time putting in details of his cheat and hair. I can only imagine how long it took to chip away all of these details. I really…

Pietá. The main one that is the most iconic is the St. Peter’s Pietá. This theme of art was very popular during the fifteenth century. Many different artist tackled the theme in different ways, mainly in painting and in sculpture, but Michelangelo’s stands out over the rest. His sculpture is what most people seek out when searching for this theme of art. Pietá is a theme in Christian art that depicts Madonna holding Jesus in her lap and looking at him with lamentation after he has been…

my recommended route passes three of them. I had the luxury of spending my afternoon at the Dallas Museum of Art over the weekend, and I spent quite a while moving slowly around the William Wetmore Story marble sculpture of Semiramis. She is a stunning work, engraved out of a single block of marble, and as I moved around her, I thought to myself, “Great art is a wonderful reason to believe in God.” I mean how do you coax such a masterpiece out of a chunk of rock? The folds in the fabric…

physical appearance is not the only feature regarded in order to distinguish a sculpture. Due to an increase in characterization, sculptures have the potential to portray personality and narrative. For example, a sculpture of a god/goddess can be recognized by a certain grandeur or action, along with its physical attributions. Presenting sculptures in narrative have become an important characteristic in Ancient Greek art. Sculptures became not only used for statues of representative and…

culture made by sculpture, paintings, and tapestry. Today I have attended the Metropolitan Museum of Arts, to visualize art in Ancient times from different civilizations. By observing each civilization sculpture, I would distinguish the difference between appearances of religious leaders or gods. Thus, furthering information learns from History class and comparing it to the sculptures I 've chosen. Egypt was a civilization where art depictions come mostly from their religion. Sculptures were…

years separating the creation of Polykleitos’s Doryphoros and Donatello’s David, the two sculptures share astonishingly similar features, yet both remain true to the stylistic characteristics of each respective time periods. The artists incorporated both predictable and cutting edge ideas in their work. Doryphoros, also known as the Spear Bearer, is a marble remake of Polykleitos’s original bronze sculpture circa 450 - 440 BCE. Most ancient Greek statues were made of bronze, and because bronze…

continuity of the story of David and Goliath. Four of such artists are Donatello, Verrocchio, and Michelangelo during the Renaissance period; and Bernini in the Baroque period. Each transformation of David is rendered in a distinctly different sculpture of the same subject reflecting each of the artist’s own style and time period in comparison. The inspiration of the subject matter is David; the courageous young Shepard who slew the giant Goliath with only a stone against insurmountable…