Bronze sculpture

The Hirshhorn Museum: Rings of Adventure The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has always generated conversation about its choices. Even after it had just been constructed, its architectural choices were the subject of critique. Two days after the museum opened in 1974, Ada Louise Huxtable, of The New York Times, gave the following review: “[The building] is known around Washington as the bunker or gas tank, lacking only gun emplacements or an Exxon sign… It totally lacks the essential…

Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-LeBrun, a Rococo era painter turned Neoclassical, was born in Paris on April 16, 1755. She lived to be eighty—seven as “one of the foremost portraitists in Europe at the end of the eighteenth century and during the first three decades of the nineteenth” (NGA, web) (May, 1). Spanning a long career with over 600 paintings, Vigée-LeBrun is “characterized” and marveled “…as the much sought-after portraitist of not only European royalty and nobility, but also of notable…

Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-LeBrun, a Rococo era painter turned Neoclassical, was born in Paris on April 16, 1755. She lived to be eighty—seven as “one of the foremost portraitists in Europe at the end of the eighteenth century and during the first three decades of the nineteenth.” (NGA, web) (May, 1) Spanning a long career with over 600 paintings, Vigée-LeBrun is “characterized” and marveled “…as the much sought-after portraitist of not only European royalty and nobility, but also of notable…

When studying old art sculptures, it can be very difficult to know everything about the piece. The how, why, and when of a piece can be hard to pinpoint and that lack of information can make a piece more fascinating. The piece that I ended up choosing at the Minneapolis Institute of Art was the “Crouching Lion”. I ended up going with this piece because the size, detail, and the unknown about this piece. Greek artists are believed to be the ones that created this sculpture and it is estimated…

the themes of Giacometti’s sculpture to Robert Wallace’s poem, it is possible to clearly identify simple forms have a lot of subtle details. There are many aspects that influenced the artist and the writer to create new things. Firstly, Alberto Giacometti was heavily influenced by the surrealists of the 1920’s and later found his artistic expression and his early life influences. His choices in the materials used played a part in his art, which can be seen with the sculpture “Dog”. Secondly,…

many great artists that did amazing paintings. Donatello was different; he did sculpting and made some of the world’s most beautiful sculptures. His early years were when he got all his training and learned the true art of sculpting. At his mid-point of his life, Donatello made most of his famous sculptures at this time. His final days were spent still making sculptures until he passed away. When you combine all the information of his early, middle and late years, you have a spectacular story of…

made entirely out of bronze metal. The art movement Rodin drew inspiration from when creating this life-size sculpture was impressionism. Impressionism is an art form that results in "short, broken brushstrokes that barely convey forms, pure unblended colors, and an emphasis on the effects of light" (Samu, 2004) Impressionists relied on shadows and highlights in their art pieces to make an "impression" of an a particular image they encounter. The Age of Bronze resembles…

Antonin Mercie’ was a French sculpture and painter born October 30, 1845-December 13, 1916 in France. Mercie was famously known for his Renaissance era sculpture called Gloria Victis. In 1874 he began his production of the Gloria Victis as student in Paris while attending the École des Beaux-Arts. The Gloria Victis is a sculpture that presents an image of an angel carrying a dead soldier lifeless body to heaven. Mercie’ originally created the sculpture as a tribute of victory for the soldiers…

It is thought that the first incarnation of Greek sculpture was in the form of wooden cult statues. None of the statues survived and descriptions of them are rare. Inspired by the large stone sculptures of Egypt and Mesopotamia. The free standing figures both have the frontal stance and solidity traits of Eastern models, but their forms were much more dynamic than those of Egyptian sculpture. The Greeks found over many years that the most interesting and important subject for artistic endeavors…

most famous sculpture in Ancient Greek, displaying a moment of throwing the discus. Observing the exterior of the Discobolus, some features can be discovered. Discobolus’s lifting his arm, ducking down and bending knees form an “S” shape. The athlete shifts his weight to the right foot and uses left toe as the auxiliary supporting point. Man’s body has a trend of counterclockwise turning, which fulfill the concept of dynamics. At about 460 BCE, Myron created this great sculpture in ancient…