African sculpture

This technique was created to combat the assertion that the ability to show the figure from multiple viewpoints was part of sculpture alone, and was achieved by depicting reflections in paintings. It is around this time period that the motif of the mirror begins to appear in various works of art. An example of this can be seen in Paolo Veronese’s painting Venus with a Mirror.…

The sculpture produced in ancient Greece is naturalistic compared to artworks and sculptures from previous times and cultures. The form of body is not stylized, nor does the bends in its arms and legs have sharp edges, the body is actually smooth and natural looking. The figure also has normal sized eyes and not enlarged eyes and male breast. The figure is in contrapposto pose like many of the other figures from this ancient Greek period. Although many of the figures in this time that was in…

The Path to Success People have different views and perceptions on how they think they could succeed in life. Some people think they need to force opportunities to come their way, while others think they should let the opportunities come on their own. Some are optimistic, and some are pessimistic. In the stories “My Name Is Asher Lev” by Aaron Posner and “The Sculptor” by Scott McCloud, we can see how that is true. Asher Lev and David Smith both succeed in their art goals, but Asher’s views on…

When upper and lower egypt unified Wadjet would usually be paired with a the White Vulture and be known as the “two ladies”. Wadjet was known to be a fighter and never retreated, also was originally the goddess of the cobra, and in the bronze sculpture of Wadjet has a head of a lion. This extra animalistic features was added in because later on in time it was told she merged with the Cat Goddess Bast, which gave her extra fierce strength to protect. “Many of their ancient gods were subsumed into…

My final Encore art project is named “Environment”, I created my artwork in a mixed media form.My artwork presents two perspectives of environment; one is the nature environment and the other one is the cultural/social environment. I painted my canvas with acrylic to give it a deeper expression and I also added objects that we would see in our daily lives, I recycled and added them into my artwork so that my art could have a 3D expression. The word, “environment”, is assigned to me during my…

At first glance the figure is definitely out of the ordinary, the foot and a half tall sculpture is larger than doll sized and much too large to fit in a child's hand. The measurements for the figure are 5.6 inches in lengh, 4 inches in width, and 15.3 inches in height. The sculpture is split into four parts the three base parts feet, torso, and head, each around 2-3 inches each. The last part is the head decorations probably added on after the base was carved out. judging by the size of the…

Female figurines from early human populations, commonly called “Venus Figures”, may tell us much about the roles of women. Two such figures, the Venus of Willendorf and that of Catal Huyuk, show similarities as well as striking differences both visually and contextually. If one examines these similarities and differences between the two, one can understand what the lifestyles were of whoever made these. Physically, there are a few distinct differences between the two statues. The seated woman,…

people have never seen before. But I got the opportunity to go to and see and admire one of a kind art work, with my art appreciation class when we went to the Philbrook museum last Friday, April 7th. We got to look at the amazing architecture, sculptures, beautiful, art work, and to learn more about the museum and the history of it. When I got there my first impression of the building was that it was very beautiful and had a lot of detail. When we were at the Philbrook I learned so much about…

What is beauty? In a classical sense beauty is something of perfection primarily with a strong connection towards math hence that everything beautiful was perfectly proportional and followed the golden ration of size and precision. The great Philosopher Plato believed that we find things beautiful when we unconsciously sense in them qualities we want such as gentleness, harmony, balance, peace, strength, and perfection. Michelangelo as well as Plato shared the same belief of what beauty was.…

representing life and because Sakhmet was the goddess of war but also the goddess of healing, I think the artist who created the sculpture wanted to reflect that power in the sense that she is essentially holding life in the palm of her…