Ancient Greek sculpture

Kaneko: The Monolithic Sculptures Sculpting is done by carving, casting, or using any other shaping techniques. This can done on a large or small scale and though a lot of people sculpt, specific techniques make everyone’s work unique. Jun Kaneko was a Japanese born artist who reformed the shape and size of ceramic sculptures. His monumental head sculptures were about 123 inches high and fairly 6,000 pounds. The exhibit was observed outside, which gave each of the sculptures natural lighting…

Roaming the many galleries and halls of the Detroit Institute of art I found myself overwhelmed at the sheer number of paintings and styles. I thought to myself that I wouldn’t be able to select just one piece to focus on. I held that thought as I passed by the self portrait of Vincent van Gogh and the Elenor of Toledo and countless more. With nothing really speaking to me in the way I would have hoped, I began to think I would have to settle. Rounding a corner found myself in the American…

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.(John Wooden). Visiting Both beautiful museums “ The Morgan Conservatory for Papermaking” , “Zygote Press” was amazing. Definitely an experience that will always be remember. Just walking into The Morgan it just influence you to want to come up with…

Museum of Art” and interact with different type of paintings and sculptures, but in this paper, I will be talking about the environment of the museum and also about one specific painting that I picked from the “European Paintings 1250-1800” section. To start off the museum was absolutely beautiful starting from the environment that surrounded me to the paintings and sculptures themselves. It had thousands of paintings, some sculptures for the viewers to observe, also it had some interactive…

Museum/Gallery Paper I went and visited the Wichita Art Museum for this assignment. Going into this assignment I was apprehensive as it had been well over a decade since the last time I have ever been to a museum. From what i did recall I remember finding myself seeing pieces of art and not understanding how that is even considered art. I was, however, looking forward to seeing how my perspective had changed since becoming an adult and after reading the first several chapters of course now…

best appreciate the lay one should start in the room. Before walking in, the polychromatic light of a tv screen is visible. People are seated on a pair of cushioned seats staring at a screen which displays an older glass smith working on a glass sculpture of a woman. Right at the entrance, you are presented with information that creates context and ensures an appreciation for the art of blown glass. The video details the process of lamp working…

The first artwork that I chose was Bertel Thorvaldsen’s, Ganymede and the Eagle made between the years of 1817-1829. He finally finished the sculpture in 1829 out of marble. As I said I really admire Greek and Roman art, so this was an easy pick. The dimensions of this sculpture I would say are around height wise of 35 inches and width wise about 20. I could not find the exact measurements so that is a rough estimate. DESCRIBE: The thing I first noticed about the piece was texture and detail…

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…

I have taken several trips to the Philbrook since attending Rogers State University, however this is the first time I really looked closely at the grandeur of the museum. The impeccable architecture and the art that fills the museum. There has been one painting inpaticular that I always revisit every time I go. I could stare at for days. The splendor of the old Philips home is magnificent. You can tell how much Waite Philips loved architecture not only in his wonderful home he built for him…

The more modern sculptural works of art included sculptures of a soda can, a cube, and more modern, containers glazed with color. A very unexpected exhibit was of metal cricket cages. These cages were from China and Japan. They were cages for crickets so they could go with an owner during his or her travels. This is a very different concept to our current culture, as they are viewed as pests. There were also mini prints, and religious sculptures. One very interesting and inspiring display…