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3D Artworks The Discus Thrower was created by Myron, a famous classical Greek sculptor in the late 5th century B.C.. Myron is widely known for his sculptures representing athletes in sport games. The Discus Thrower shows an discus athlete in the mid-action of throwing a discus. The statue was designed on a single plane- was meant to be seen from one side. The bronze sculpture shows a smooth texture that fully depicted the human anatomy.
Myron proficiently demonstrated the flexible and complicated human body. Myron's study in human anatomy lead him to create a masterpiece that elegantly displays the muscles, tendons, and the posture of the human body. Myron focused on the motion in his artwork. The athlete is paused in an posture when he is about …show more content…
In the Divine Comedy, Dante explored the afterlife and the faith of mankind. The statue is nude to symbolize truth and honesty. Another explanation for the The Thinker is the statue actually represents anyone who is a creator in deep thoughts. Classical art emerged after the uprising of the Athenians in Ancient Greece. Classical style art focused of the naturalistic of the human body and the natural world. Classical sculptures abandoned the rigid and stiff form of former sculptures and created sculptures that mastered the natural posture of the human body due to the advanced knowledges on the human anatomy.
Impressionism merged in the Paris, France during the mid 1800s. The group of artists opposed the form of art that relies on the interpretation the human mind can make, but instead, they used light to create arts which the human eye could directly see. Impressionistic style releases and expresses the emotional feelings of humans in artworks. Unlike the liveliness and mythical subjects in Classical style, impressionistic style focused more on the deep thoughts and the dark sides of