Marble sculpture

of Versailles in 325 BCE to honor Artemis who is the Greek Goddess of hunting, wilderness, and childbirth. The Romans later created a marble copy of the sculpture in the Imperial Roman period to honor Diana, the Roman Goddess of hunting, the moon, and childbirth. The statue currently resides on display at the Louvre in Paris, France (Ancient Greek & Roman Sculpture). Artemis, the daughter of Leto and Zeus, is a principal Greek God who spends most of her time in the forests. She hunts alongside…

Sons will be made. A sculpture created in the first century by the artists Hagesandros, Polydoros and Anthenodoros which is currently located in the Vatican. This sculpture is based on Greek mythology, as Laocoön was a priest that warned the Trojans not to bring the wooden horse inside the walls. The Greeks Gods who supported the Greeks saw his actions and punish him by sending serpents to kill him and his sons. This essay will be focusing about the details shown in the sculpture like valance,…

Through my sculpture of Awakening Slave and many of my other sculptures that are similar to the unfinished masterpiece, you can see that I took my time to create this artwork. Before beginning the masterpiece, I must visualize my final artwork from every angle within the original block of material. First, I began by choosing marble block to use for my art. I repeated each of the cuts that I made multiple times in order to have the necessary effect that I wanted. My artistic process consists of…

Institution of Arts, the accession number is 72.273. The Loricate Torso is a sculpture made of marble. At first glance, I was in awe of its realism, and the great amount of detail to the male anatomy. This was one of the only pieces of artwork at the DIA that truly stood out to me, but as I stared at this art piece for about 15 minutes I fell more in love with the attention of detail that the artist put into the sculpture. The Loricate Torso, represented the power of the Roman Empire, as well as…

He’s got his fame for being a sculptor, but he’s also a painter, poet, and an architect. He has made many sculptures and used numerous types of materials. And he once said that the Block of Carrara marble he used to make La Pieta was the most “perfect” block he ever used, and he waxed this specific block of marble more than any other sculpture he created to make it extra shiny. The sculpture presents the Virgin Mary holding the deceased body of Christ in her arms after he was put down from the…

1513 to 1515, Michelangelo sculpted the Moses for Pope Julius II’s tomb in St. Peter’s Basilica but it now sits in San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome. The sculpture is one of many famous works from Michelangelo where he used marble, gave it realistic and in-motion aspects, and used historical references to give the statue life. I think this sculpture is a unique and underrated work of Michelangelo’s. “Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.”…

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 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 Parthenon’s Marbles Belong to Greece Parthenon’s or Elgin’s Marbles have been the talk among historians and politicians for quite some time now. The official name of the marbles are Parthenon because they were made to adorn the Temple to Athena Parthenos in Athens. However, they are also known the Elgin’s marbles because they were removed by the British lord Elgin, who removed the marbles from Greece and shipped them to England. Parthenon’s is a group of marbles that were created in the 5th…

The Greeks are one of the ancient civilizations who were very passionate about art. They put a lot of time and effort into perfecting their techniques. A very special quality of their work is that most of their sculptures and building were carved out of marble. The Greeks knew that marble lasts for centuries and chose it over any…