Sculpture

What is beauty? In a classical sense beauty is something of perfection primarily with a strong connection towards math hence that everything beautiful was perfectly proportional and followed the golden ration of size and precision. The great Philosopher Plato believed that we find things beautiful when we unconsciously sense in them qualities we want such as gentleness, harmony, balance, peace, strength, and perfection. Michelangelo as well as Plato shared the same belief of what beauty was.…

“The Trumpeter” The Dying Gaul, an ancient Roman copy of a lost bronze statue from the Hellenistic Period, is found today in the Capitoline Museum. The Dying Gaul, a statue made out of marble, measuring three feet and six inches high and approximately six feet and seven inches in length, lies on an oval shield with a trumpet near his right hand. Portraying a realism form of art, the off-white statue portrays the man in different axis points. The legs are at a profile with the upper body at a…

The Discobolus ( Discus Thrower) Artist was a man named Myron. Date of its creation is 460-450 BC. Housed in the National Museum of Rome, showed at the palazzo massimo. Theme- The discus thrower was a sign of nobility of the human beings, it represents beauty of the male body in sport and what man can achieve. The Discobolus, also known as the “Discus Thrower” was one of the first statues to be made and positioned the way it was. It showed great strength and athleticism…

Torso of Dionysos or Apollo is a freestanding marble sculpture depicting a nude male god and is currently on display at the Ackland Art Museum. An unidentified artist sculpted the work during the Roman Imperial period in the 2nd century CE, evoking a 4th century BCE Greek style. True to its name, Torso of Dionysos or Apollo is only a fragment of the original sculpture that depicted either Dionysos or Apollo. However, the work lacks enough distinguishing characteristics to accurately determine…

Comparative Formal Analysis: Statuette of a youth, probably Apollo (inv. #MH 1296.1.B.OI) vs, Standing Buddha (inv. #MH 2012.40.1) The Statuette of a youth, probably Apollo ca. 470 BCE and Standing Buddha, 15th-16th century are both sculptures of significant figures. Each figure is emblematic to a certain culture. The Statuette of a youth, probably Apollo is made of bronze, cast and incised. The Standing Buddha is made out of cast bronze, gold, shell, and resin. The emphasis of the…

to take a bite. Every inch of Adam shows the mastery of the artist behind the sculpture. In their article, “Adam by Tullio Lombardo,” Luke Syson, Chairman of the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts; and Valeria Cafà, assistant curator, explain that Tullio Lombardo was commissioned to carve a statue of Adam for a Venetian doge (chief magistrate) named Andrea Vendramin in 1490. He finished the sculpture in 1495. For around 65 years, Adam had been gracing the halls of The…

representing life and because Sakhmet was the goddess of war but also the goddess of healing, I think the artist who created the sculpture wanted to reflect that power in the sense that she is essentially holding life in the palm of her…

The artwork “Bust of Paris” can be seen on the left side and the lines used are to create a form of body, which can be specifically seen in hair with fine details. Line is also created to show creases in sculpture, also seen in lips and eyes. There is thick line on bottom of bust by pillar, but there is thin delicate line in hair with subtle line in body. Also there is heavy line on top of hat. These lines are implied into chiseled pieces, which build up in lines in hair. Movement in line can…

Andrea del Verrocchio during the prime of his life was a painter, sculptor, and goldsmith. He was named Andrea di Michele Cione born in the early 1430 's to father Michele Cione and mother Gemma. His change of last name is not known, and it can not be placed to any person that took him as an apprentice for his work as painter and sculptor.1 His father was a “fornaciao,” which was attributed to people that worked with kilns, bricks and tiles. Consequently, it is believed that his father may have…

For my public art paper I chose a massive temporary sculpture, Big Bling, made by Martin Puryear located in the heart of Madison Square Park on 23 Street between 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue. The American sculptor, Martin Puryear, has created a marvelous sculpture that with the help of the Madison Square Park Conservancy have placed it in the park with a fence around it for everyone to observe. The sculpture is made out of wood pieces that form a ladder on the inside. It even contains a big…