Marble sculpture

glance this may not seem like the conventional portrait because it isn’t a realistic depiction of a person. It may be of a specific person but it may also be an idealized rendering of the female body. Venus of Willendorf is a sculpture made of limestone; the fact that it’s a sculpture shows that the curves and roundness of the person depicted was important to the artist because a three dimensional piece…

emotions, severe concentration and a creased brow as he stares into the distance. After the Medici family were kicked out of Florence, this statue was considered more of a symbol to the struggle that Italy was going through rather than a religious sculpture. So in 1504, the people of Florence decided to move it from the Cathedral to a much more attainable location near the Palazzo della Signoria, the main square of the…

The Influence from the Head of Alexander to the Head of Bodhisattva Two sculpture pieces, the Head of Alexander and Head of Bodhisattva, was created in two different time and location, but two pieces are similar in more way than just being two head sculpture from a long time ago. The marble sculpture, Head of Alexander, dated to the 2nd century, was found during excavation at the Lower Agora in Pergamon in Turkey. This is the style of portraits made by the sculptor Lysippos, who was the only…

Michelangelo is one of the greatest artists in history. He showed his passion for art through his works, which have become masterpieces that are looked up to today. Many of his works of paintings, sculptures, and architectures are ranked highly in existences. The beauty of his work had made him an unmatched artist that many have tried to become. Michelangelo’s style of art resulted in the chain movement in the Western art after the high renaissance and was one most famous artist in the Italian…

features such as; water features, the concept of incorporating animalistic sculptures, and segmented parts both having a shared value in the meaning of different parts of the world. For this, I will explain their similarities and meanings of both locations and differences along with the experience for the user. The Alhambra’s Court of Lions truly does resemble its name; Lions are the kings of the jungle much like the sculpture found at court they symbolize “Princely power”. The Court…

The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa by Bernini, is one of the greatest sculptures to represent the era of the Baroque Art. The baroque art,defined is often thought of as a period of artistic style in which artists used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur. Some of the elements to distinguish a baroque art work consists of emotional intensity, a moment in time, dynamism/instability, diagonals, energy/movement, interrupted contours,…

of the Renaissance, works including sculpture, painting and how the human body was portrayed. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonaraoti Simoni {1475-1564} was a sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, he is highly regarded, as the most famous and successful Italian renaissance artist…

politics and propaganda. One example of such art propaganda is the Portrait of Augustus as general, from Primaporta, Italy, early-first-century CE copy of bronze original of ca. 20 B.C.E. Marble, 6’8’’ high. Musei Vaticani, Rome. At first glance, this portrait shows Augustus as an orator and a general, but this sculpture also displays his power and ideology. It shows Augustus as a great military victor and a faithful supporter of Roman religion. Augustus…

the History of Modern Sculpture. “Modern art represents a developed of ideas among a number of painters, sculptors, writers, and performers who both individually and collectively sought new approaches to art-making.” ( http://www.theartstory.org/definition-modern-art.htm) This course is a writing intensive course which is required for all college students to graduate. Therefore, one of the assignments was to write a nine-page essay about something related to modern sculpture. The following…

In Greek this term is used for young women. First, the statue Peplos Kore is from the Acropolis In Greece and was made in 530 BCE. This piece was made from marble and is about four feet high and is now in the Acropolis Museum in the Athens. Male statues are called kouros and are never wearing clothes and lay there in the nude, while women always have clothes on in Archaic Statuary. This specific kore is a woman…