Marble

very famous bronze doors of the Baptistry of Florence.He was one of the most bestest Florentine sculptors alive. He lived mostly in Florence but spent some time in Rome, Padua and Siena.He did a lot of traveling.He is the master of sculpture in marble and bronze, one of the bestest of all Italian Renaissance artists. Donatello was the first to get at training at a goldsmith's shop and then with Ghiberti. He launched a solo career during the first decade of the 13th century.He meets with…

to be strong and brave and a weak older man wouldn’t accurately portray what he did in his lifetime. The material the sculpture is made of is also a way the artist can show us who the subject really was. Portrait of a Roman General is made of marble. Marble is a strong yet elegant material like a roman…

1. How does Aristotle evidently define the term “form”? Aristotle defines the term “form” by connecting the fact that all substances are comprised of form and matter, and will always occur together. He also states that form is the essence, or ousia, of substance itself and can also be defined as shape, structure, order, or simply the making of what something is. Finally Aristotle defines the term “form” by stating that it cannot exist independently and can be distinguished from content only in…

Roman bath in 1907. The statues are now located in the Delphi Archaeological Museum with a further analysis of the statues of their material, purpose, genre and characteristics of the statues. Cleobis and Biton are found to be carved from Parian marble and represent the High Archaic genre of statues. The monuments, signed by Polyymedes of Argos are clearly original, freestanding statues, also known as kouros, and was most likely commissioned due to the excellence that is told of Cleobis and…

In this set of materials, the reading passage tells us about the three types of rock, and the listening passage explains the additional usage of sedimentary rock, which is describing as a third rock in the reading passage. The reading passage informs us about the characteristics of the three rocks. The most common rock is Igneous rock which means fire. The example of it is granite. By cooling and solidification of lava, igneous rock will be formed, and this makes up approximately 64.7% of the…

It is not our first time at the museum. I float up those iron and marble stairs light as air, a drop in a cloud. I can feel myself gushing. O'Keefe is my favorite, especially her later years. "She wasn't very subtle," I tell him, "but that's why it matters." When I was five years old, my mother and father took me to the museum for the first time. I've always been the way I am, my mouth always running, and my head always sprinting ahead even faster still. They found that somewhere between the…

Introduction Nick Joaquin’s essay is all about saying that Filipino has a Heritage of Smallness, a heritage that is already a part of our way of life as Filipinos. It talks about how Filipinos think small in any aspects. According to him, we can see this heritage of smallness in these three points: Commerce and Industry, Politics and Government, and History and Culture. In his essay, he mentioned the state of commerce and industry of the Philippines. Nowadays, there are many Filipinos that…

As a tribute to the story of the Bible, Donatello and Michelangelo both recreated David through their own interpretations. Both artists were similarly influenced by the environment around them as they recreated this figure. The sculpted faces of Donatello’s and Michelangelo’s Davids each reflect a representation of the Florentine government at the time of their creation. Although the actual date of the sculpting of David is unknown, a rough estimate claims for it to be around 1420s to 1460s.…

On October 14th my class went to Springfield IL the capital of Illinois. We enjoyed a 3 hour bus ride to Springfield and when we arrived we saw some awesome museums and even Lincoln's house! But, the coolest thing that I believe we did was seeing Lincoln's tomb. As we rounded the bend and the anticipation was growing we finally saw the giant monument in his honor; it was magnificent. But, as if that wasn't cool enough their was a giant Lincoln head! Strangely the statue was quite dirty except…

Roman Engineering and Art Main Concept In this lesson, we will review the importance of ancient Roman engineering and art. We will also uncover how ancient Romans used engineering and art throughout the early Roman empire. The Arch The ancient Romans borrowed the idea of the arch from a group called the Etruscan's. Click and drag to move Roman Roads Ancient Roman roads were built by men of the military, and are still seen in Rome today. Many of the ancient Roman roads were built with sand,…