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Located at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, “Picasso Sculpture,” arch from a 60-year period, work of Pablo Picasso on the museum 's fourth floor. Precisely 140 sculptures that were finished between 1902 and 1964. Within all, strikes a variety of big and small works, materialized of pebbles, plaster, sheet metal, clay, wood. Picasso Sculpture spotlights a lifelong work with sculptures, mainly it singularly focuses on the use of materials and processes within each piece. Stated by…

The Heard Museum received a statue of a young man in a kneeling pose, made of the volcanic rock andesite as a donation from a patron. The art style is from Olmec culture, which is classified as part of the Early Preclassic period in Mesoamerican history. The Olmec people lived in the modern-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco on the Golf Coast of Mexico between 1500B.C.E and 400B.C.E. The young man stone statue found on El Azuzul in Veracruz, and is commonly known as part of a set of statues…

Kouros, one can tell that the time span between the two sculptures had a lot to do with how people would have perceived them. In a today’s more modern society, Huffington’s Kouros is seen as the representation of the female body with the comparison of the Archaic Peplos Kouros given its similarities of medium and style. These two pieces have many similarities, but one thing that sets them apart is the own artist’s intentions for the sculpture in each of their own time eras. While the Peplos…

at CCA in 1965. Her work is renowned for its non-classical, unique form and thematic notations regarding “gender, cultural iconography, and art history.” Her piece Pink Lady was sculpted from stoneware, glazed, and painted in 1973. The massive sculpture, which is about 6’4” tall, 4’6” wide, and 3’6” deep, shows a woman, clothed in an ill-fitting yellow bra adorned with blue stars and matching shorts while her feet are adorned…

Marble Statue of an Old Woman is believed to represent an old but proud woman on her way to the festival of Dionysus. The festival of Dionysus was celebrated in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus, the wine god. This work is reminiscent of Roman sculptures but has great interpretations and Hellenistic interpretations as well. When creating the Marble Statue of an Old…

According to Kamm (2009b), the purpose of sculpture was two-fold. The first purpose was "the worship and reverence of images", not just of the religious deities, but also of deceased family members. In the beginning, this was usually a mask or bust that was placed in the atrium of the home. Eventually, they became must larger in size and began to depict, not just the gods or family, but heroes and emperors (Cartwright, 2013). These sculptures were true-to-life, showing emotion, wrinkles, marks,…

Charles Barkley’s hands wrapped around my shoulders. My head barely went to his armpit. The 6’6”, 250 pounder, NBA legend towered over me. We were located in the hotel lobby in Birmingham, Alabama, I was there to compete in the National Speech and Debate Tournament, he was there for fun. “That’s a good skill to have,” he said. “ To be able to communicate effectively and debate.” Is it? I have come to the conclusion, as I have contemplated this one simple question the past year , that the single…

Pablo Picasso is probably the most important figure of 20th century, in terms of art, and art movements that occurred over this period. Before the age of 50, the Spanish born artist had become the most well known name in modern art, with the most distinct style and eye for artistic creation. There had been no other artists, prior to Picasso, who had such an impact on the art world, or had a mass following of fans and critics alike, as he did. Although his art career spanned over a 7 decade…

drawing and the development of the three dimensional artwork. Giacometti’s sculpture work of the ‘Standing Woman’ is a simplistic figure of an elongated woman standing. He has constructed this sculpture with minimal detail of the woman’s body yet has a high impact on the viewer. The sculpture has a ‘sense of ghostly fragility’ which ‘detaches…

In this essay, I would like to compare and contrast two sculptures: Statue of Memi and Sabu from Egypt and Seated Statue of Gudea from Mesopotamia. The pair Statue of Memi and Sabu had been made ca. 2575–2465 B.C., and assumably represents husband and wife. This kind of statue was often found hidden in nonroyal tomb chapels of the Old Kingdom (n.a.). The statue is made of limestone, which is a rather soft material, that allows better manual processing but is less resistant to damage. The…