Contrapposto

Virgin and Child created c. 1330-1350 CE in the Ile de France or Normandy out of limestone depicts the Virgin Mary holding presumably the baby Jesus on her hip. Guanyin (Avalokitesvara) created c. 960-1368 CE in China, however, is made primarily of wood and depicts an enlightened Bodhisattva named Guanyin or Avalokitesvara. While both works vary in their size, materials, styles, and subjects, their depictions of religious figures celebrates both of the respective religions of Christianity and…

beside her, showing the viewer a three-quarter profile with slightly blushed cheeks, as she looks down at the child, she holds his head gently with her left hand. The child’s hands are clasped as he looks back up at the woman’s eyes. He is in a contrapposto pose as he places all his weight in his right leg,…

MICHELANGELO’S FLORENTINE PIETA: A CATALOG ENTRY Name Institution Instructor Course Basic Information Artist: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (aka Michelangelo) Title: The Florentine Pieta/The Deposition/The Lamentation of the Dead Christ/Bandini Pieta Date: ca. 1547-1555 Material: Marble Size:226 cm or 89in. Current Location: Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence. Michelangelo’s Florentine Pieta Michelangelo’s Florentine Pieta (ca.1547-1555) is a 226cm, marble sculpture…

Propaganda was as strong, if not stronger, during the days of the mighty Roman Empire as it is today. With easy access of television and twitter, politicians took a more artistic approach to spreading their message. From coins to monuments, Roman rulers saw to it that their images was known. A prime example is Augustus, the first emperor of Rome, who, “ invoked the power of imagery to communicate his ideology” (Fischer). The sculpture modeled after him, Augustus of Primaporta, holds both…

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni first declared himself a sculptor before he was an architect, a poet, an engineer and lastly a painter of the High Renaissance era. Michelangelo was known to the general public and high society as an artist who created groundbreaking works of art and held exceptional influence over Western art for years to come. One of his works of art that held revolutionary influence was the statue of David, this statue stood over 17 feet high and even higher on it’s…

I saw her standing in a contrapposto position like a stone cold statue; her weight was unequally distributed, like her love. She wore a dirty pink tank top and someone else’s underwear. I saw her delicate legs rattle while urine ran down them. My younger cousin pointed and shrieked, “Gross!” But at fifteen I pretended that I didn’t notice, and changed channels on the old TV. Seeing my mum in such a desperate state was paralyzing. Watching her life turn to wrecks slowly destroyed me, until I…

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has an impressive collection of Attica art, a region surrounding the ancient city of Athens; the one most captivating to me was the Marble Capital and Finial in the form of a Sphinx. The Marble Capital and Finial in the form of a Sphinx, was purchased through Martin Birnbaum in 1936, and it was said to be from Kataphygi, Attica. In the Archaic period, during the sixth century BC, sphinxes appear on top and inside Greek temples. In Greek mythology, the sphinx is…

The columns that divided culture and religion From the Caryatids of the porch of the Erechtheion in Athens, Greece to the Togu na House post built by the Dogon in Mali, nearly 2500 years have passed between the two styles of sculptures. The Caryatid statues of Athens, Greece, built between ca. 421-405 BCE, have vast detail in the image of the female, unlike the Dogon Togu na House Post which shows an abstract view of a woman’s body. Although they have similarities in choice of design and…

In 1532, Lucas Cranach crafted a painting entitled Venus. This piece of art represents that of the Northern Renaissance. During the Renaissance, art was still heavily focused on spirituality, including mythology. The painting Venus depicts the Roman Goddess of Love and Beauty. Venus is the Roman equivalent to the Greek goddess Aphrodite. Both goddesses were commonly portrayed in art due to their perceived beauty and appeal. The figure’s beauty is portrayed through the features of her body,…

wearing such fabric. When researching the Loricate Torso, I did not find any evidence of any color painted onto the sculpture. The sculpture may have moved into space, since the arms and legs are missing it is unknown. found that the figure was in contrapposto, meaning that figure leaned to one side and had a forward motion, the sculpture leaned to right leg and the slight shift of the hip.There is no hieratic scale applied to this piece. The Loricate Torso is a three-dimensional (3-D)…