Ancient Greek sculpture

After reviewing Pablo Picasso’s Bull’s Head sculpture, his ability to assemble the bike seat and handlebars and maintain it’s simplicity yet resemble the image of a Bull’s head is astonishing. I believe that if a much more modern seat and handlebar’s were used, then the apparent perspective of the Bull’s head wouldn’t have been as discernible. “The marvelous thing about bronze is that it can give the most heterogeneous objects such unity that it’s sometimes difficult to identify the elements…

The dying Gaul it's a lost bronze Greek sculpture, It is larger than a life-size marble sculpture of a naked man sitting on the ground. (Marble is also one of the most popular materials to use in sculpture). Created in the Hellenistic period c. 220 B.C.E. The origin of the original sculptor remains unknown due to it being created such a long time ago. People have just being making educated guesses about why this was created. Some people say that it was to celebrate his victory over the…

Born in Italy during the Italian Renaissance, Sofia Anguissola was the first internationally recognized female artist. Influenced equally by grand mannerists and realistic portraitists, Anguissola was a pioneer in portraiture and genre painting. This paper examines the events and paintings that advanced her career and prominence. Sofonisba Anguissola, born into a noble family in Cremona, was not the daughter of an artist, unlike most female painters at that time. However, through the…

museum’s most unexpected properties and 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…

This piece is called Warrior with Shield by Henry Moore, from the mid-twentieth century (1953-1954). Looking at this sculpture we see a powerful image of a man who looks like a solider, defending himself. The body is manipulated by the artist in such a way that both fear and strength are portrayed in the sculpture. The man is sitting, holding a circular shield in his right hand towards his chest. His left arm and leg are severed, which could be the reasoning for him not standing while…

Senmut with princess Nefrua was a sculpture treats two bodies as a single cubic block. The cubic block gives an image of a woman and child, it is in 3D dimension, and it’s the form of metal. In this sculpture the line clearly shows the details of human head figure texture. It has hair, eyes, nose, ears, and mouth. Also underneath of the woman and child heads it was a big cubic that looks like represent the body of the two heads. The cubic has been carved with an ancient characters or symbols.…

Public art is all around us, and when you take a moment to look around you’ll find some amazing pieces. While walking around downtown there is always one mural that catches my eye every time. Located on the back side of the Burton Cummings Theatre (formerly known as the Walker Theatre, 364 Smith Street.) is an untitled piece by Winston Leathers (1932-2004). Maybe it’s the vibrant colours, or the fact that I spent just over 14 hours waiting outside the theatre two years ago waiting to see my…

The tomb has been identified as likely belonging to Lady K'abel. She was a military ruler of the Wak, or 'Centipede,' kingdom between the years 672 to 692 AD. The tomb was found in the ruins of the ancient city's main pyramid temple. Maya hieroglyphs in the tomb include the names: "Lady Water Lily Hand" and "Lady Snake Lord." Both of these names are thought to refer to Lady K'abel, whom had governed the Waka kingdom for her family, the Kan. The Kan…

Institutions have a very large impact on the works they house. These galleries have a hot or not list, and if that gallery has a piece of art it will be more widely recognized. Many people believe The Louvre is the height of someone’s career. If one makes it to The Louvre, living or dead one is a brilliant artist. Any other galleries are also good too, but the Louvre is the top. When people visit this institution they know they will see the best works worldwide. This was more prominent in the…

The research I did for both my artworks not only brought me closer to the spiritual side that wood offers, but taught me a lot about the creation of realism. Through researching different artists, I learned the different techniques they use in order to create their master pieces in a realistic manner. Due to wood burning being a nearly forgotten medium, it was difficult to find artists but I managed to find some artists who have made some incredible works. Eric Battaglia represent, in his art…