Augusta Savage was a famous sculptor during the Harlem Renaissance. She was also an activist. She worked as an art director and teacher to younger up and coming artists. She worked as a director for the community center of Harlem. After that was over she started, and completed her most famous work, “The Harp.…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was a painter, architect, inventor, and student of all things scientific. He is known as the “Renaissance man.” Today he is best known for his art, including a couple of paintings that are still a few of the world’s most famous and admired, The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Art, da Vinci believed, was connected with science and nature. Self-educated, he filled dozens of secret notebooks with inventions, observations and theories.…
Leonardo da Vinci created magnificent artwork that filled the world around him with life, making him one of the greatest Renaissance painters in history. He came to life April 15, 1452, in Tuscany, Italy. His father was Piero da Vinci, and his mother Caterina. They were not married, and Piero had affairs with multiple other women throughout his lifetime. Because of this, Leonardo had nearly fifteen half-siblings and four stepmothers.…
The sculpted heads of the Olmecs are made from a variety of materials, some of which are an indication of extensive trade. First, the Olmec priest-rulers had sculptors use Basalt blocks as heavy as 18 tons to create large helmet heads, figurines and animal statues (von Sivers, Desnoyers, and Stow 137). Next, Olmec sculptors used clay, jade, serpentine to construct figures. Furthermore, since jade and serpentine were not available within 200 miles of San Lorenzo it has been concluded that San Lorenzo was not an isolated urban center, instead wielding far reaching trade connections (von Sivers, Desnoyers, and Stow 137).…
Each of us has our own opinion of what a "Renaissance man" truly is. Some say he is a perfectionist in one subject, others say he is knowledgeable in many areas but master of none. People like Leonardo da Vinci, Albrecht Durer,woodcut printer, and Michelangelo have all been acknowledged as great leaders of the Italian renaissance; they each brought something unique and extremely amazing to the art world. Michelangelo, being said as equal to da Vinci, brought his own style and technique into the public eye and changed the Renaissance with his originality. Michelangelo was born in 1475 and died in 1564(“Michelangelo” para.1).…
Michelangelo was one of the leading figures of the Renaissance during the late 15th and the first half of the 16th century. He was primarily a sculptor, but he was very talented in paintings and poetry. His talents were so apparent, that he earned the attention and patronage of Lorenzo de Medici, the leader of the Florentine Republic. The background of Michelangelo’s early life would play a large role in his rise to becoming a famous Renaissance artist. A. Michelangelo a. Born to middle class family.…
Thales was a very forward thinker and was very much ahead of his times when it comes to a scientific…
Daedalus Daedalus, known for his inventions and sculptures. One of his famous inventions where the wings. He got this idea from his nephew Talos, he was also an inventor. Daedalus was jealous of his nephew because before the wings, Talos invented a saw he got the idea from a fishes jaw bone. Daedalus was so jealous that he even wanted to kill his nephew Talos.…
The Odyssey was an epic of Odysseus written by Homer. It was an epic mythology that was published around 700 BC. The Odyssey was a very long poem cropped on a single subject. The movie emphasized the journey of Odysseus from Troy to Ithaca that took ten years, as long as how the Trojan War lasted.…
Greek myths are full of stories where heroes defeat savage monsters. In one such story, a Greek myth tells of the story where every year seven young men and seven young are sacrificed to the Minotaur. The comes the son of the king, Theseus, who battles the Minotaur, a beast, half man, half bull, to save his kingdom from sacrificing any more young lives. In the dark Labyrinth, Theseus only has a length of yarn that the princess of the island gave him to guide him out when he defeated the Minotaur. After slaying the Minotaur, Theseus escapes Crete along with princess Ariadne.…
this labyrinth was to contain the victims of king Minos and the Minotaur, that Minos had created so neither could escape. After Daedalus finishes the maze he soon feels as if he's a prisoner of the king. Not being able leave knowing…
In his essay “Bronze Sculpture in the Hellenistic East,” Matthew P. Canepa argues that Hellenistic bronzes, as objects of material culture, offer insight into the cultural exchanges happening between the Hellenistic world and various other ancient cultures. According to Canepa, Greek visual culture “served as prestigious means of display and communication within and beyond the lands of Alexander’s former empire” (83). The iconography of the bronze sculptures remained inherently Hellenistic, yet their form often reflected the local style of the artists that created them. The bronze sculptures found in the Greco-Bactrian colonies of Alexander the Great amalgamated Hellenistic and Eastern artistic practices, creating a body of work that becomes…
The famous epic poem by Homer, The Odyssey, tells of Odysseus’ tumultuous journey back to his home on the island of Ithaka. Odysseus, the main character in the epic poem, appears to be the hero slaying the monsters, but as his journey continues it becomes more difficult to distinguish who the monster really is. Upon closer inspection, the true monster is not one of the various mythical creates Odysseus faces, but is instead Odysseus himself. Passages from book nine and book 22 of The Odyssey, demonstrate how the true monster is actually Odysseus. Odysseus and his men arrive on an island, in book nine, and enter a cave seeking to steal any valuable loot they can find.…
At first glance, the Hercules and the Hydra sculpture is easy to pass by. Located in the outside sculpture garden it stands on a slightly elevated bronze platform, which stands on a bigger, more elevated concrete pedestal that also rests on a larger concrete pedestal that has four embedded lights, each on one corner. The viewing area is large and allows for the audience to view the sculpture up close and far, while still being able circumambulate around the statue at a variety of distances. Because of the vastness of the space around the sculpture, at first glance from the walkway, the sculpture does not seem to be a big piece. However, the closer the proximity towards the sculpture, the bigger the piece seems to get, appearing as if Hercules…
Talents have helped most people in getting inner satisfaction while still earning good money for survival. Over the history, several people up to date have been reaping great from their talents. There is no single talent when well used, cannot bring great returns to the individual. Most stars in the world have placed great work on their talents to reach where they are today. Major stars have talents in leadership, art, and athletics among others.…