Marble

The materials used for Etruscan temples was mud brick and wood while Greek temples used marble because marble was limited to the Etruscans indicating the Romans had the architectural improvement on their buildings.The decoration that Etruscans used for their temples was terracotta which help the cella and roof to prevent environmental disasters from…

is an expression of one’s feelings and emotion. There are a numerous amount of different art forms. Michael Buonarroti was an artist in many ways, if he wasn’t painting and building sculptors he would write poems. The quote “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free” describes how Michelangelo viewed himself as an artist. When analyzing this text I found that my understanding of the text was different than Michael’s. After comparing the two perspectives, it came to my…

built grand, of marble and bronze like the Parthenon, it differs substantially. Its original purpose, never as marked as the Parthenon's, has been long forgotten, seeing the building serve not as a temple but as a cultural hub. As such, it is more open. It is also built of granite and concrete, in addition to marble, as a point of both pragmatism and as a result of its scale and ambition - the rotunda needs to be made of lighter and lighter stone to not crack in on itself, and marble simply…

on earth, according to standstead.com, and Michelangelo’s sculptor of David is the best utterance of this sense of life. One piece of art in particular is the “David” sculpture. The sculpture was made between 1501 and 1504, a naked man made out of marble. This sculpture is known as the most famous statue in Florence. According to Accademia.com, the sling in the trunk were covered with gold leaf, but being outdoors in Piazza della Signoria and the elements washed it away. The sling in David’s…

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 depicting the scene where Christ’s body is released to his mother, the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene and Joseph of Arimathea. As such, the iconography is classic Renaissance in terms of representing religious figures using sculpturing techniques and materials (marble in this case)…

One of the first topics discussed at the beginning of the course was risk aversion, which examined the way individuals make decisions when there is a possibility that one of the potential outcomes that can be achieved is undesirable when compared to a perceived better alternative. As explained from during lectures and readings, and illustrated by actual experiments, individuals are more likely to be risk averse or risk neutral than risk loving. While the concept of risk aversion influences…

Non-Newtonian fluids are plentiful in the world, both natural and man-made. Undoubtedly, they are consumed nearly every day. Foods such as cream, ketchup, honey (“Non-Newtonian Fluids”), mayonnaise, cranberry sauce, or jelly (Roth-Johnson) are non-Newtonian. For example, in order to get ketchup out of the bottle, it must be shaken. Once that has been done, it squirts out of the bottle with ease. Also, if the near-solid honey is continuously stirred, then the honey becomes more liquid than solid.…

of the late second century A.D. (late 100 A.D.). This piece has the dimensions of 44 1/4 X 22 ¼ X 14 ½ in. 122.4x 56.5x 36.8 cm. Located at the Detroit 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…

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…

using the Italian white Luna marble from Cararra, which Augustus was the first to exploit. The flooring was laid with a mixture of colored marble, yellow Numidian, purple Phrygian and red and black Lucullun. The white marble of the temple exterior and colored marbles of the interior and the porticoes had not been used so extravagantly before. Both the temple and the forum represented Augustus’ boast, in which he had “found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble”. The overall statement…