Sculpture

At first glance, I was able to tell two major differences between the two sculptures. The Statue of Memi and Sabu has a familiar and friendly look, while the Statue of Gudea is withdrawn and also imposing. I think these two sculptures are opposites in many ways. For the primary details, everything including the medium, color, scale, texture, space, and even texture are opposites. The secondary features help to tell a story as they relate to the larger context of this piece of art. Starting out…

of the man’s muscles in soft highlights and shadows while the rock has a greater contrast between light and shadows and. The male body atop of the rock is similar to classical sculpture in how it there seem to be no visible marks from the artist leaving only a smooth finish, but unlike the art of antiquity, modern sculpture started to show more of the hand of the artist regarding how the marks are put down.When it come to this work, the marks from what one can assume were Rodin’s chisel can be…

Pablo Picasso, he was a spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, poet and stage designer. Born in October 25 1881 in Malaga Spain, and died in April 8 1973. Some of Picasso's art is blocky and not realistic but there are some that look realistic. He is one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century, and is known for co-founding the Cubist movement. His most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avigon and Guernica, a portayal of the Bombing of…

approximately 50 sculptures, mixed media reliefs and works on paper, Archipenko: A Modern Legacy offers a comprehensive assessment of Alexander Archipenko's artistic career. Organized chronologically to walk the viewer through the artistic evolution of this pioneer of modern sculpture, the exhibition showcases the breath of creative approaches that Archipenko employed in his rendering of the figure. Born on May 30, 1887, Archipenko started formal artistic training in painting and sculpture…

different views such as attitudes, vows, victory, agreements, and many others. A couple of famous examples known to almost everyone around the world are the sculpture of the Paleolithic Woman from Willendorf and the Egyptian Khafre. Both are symbols of great people from the history and considered as heroes from the past. They are the sculptures of human beings that are worth memorable. However, these arts have different views and are different in their makes and what they symbolize. This statue…

Tutankhamun are both really oth old thing that ar part of the world and there are really important factsabout them and there history and how they were made. The Sphinx is faced to the West bank of the Nile River near Cairo it is the largest sculpture from ancient times.The statue stands almost 70 feet high and 240 feet long. The head is the statue is as large as a house. The colors of the Sphinx has faded throught out the years because of the erosion. Most of the colors has stayed there…

We can see from the dates of both sculptures that they are dated to over 4,000 years ago. In the Statue of Memi and Sabu, the medium is made up of limestone and paint, whereas in the Seated Statue of Gudea, the medium is consisted of Diorite. Their physical dimensions are quite similar, and they also belong to the same timeline of 8000 – 2000 BC, but the chronology of Memi and Sabu is Egyptian while the chronology of Gudea is Mesopotamian (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, n.d.). The medium that…

frequently used in funerary sculptures. This pose was “alluding to the ability of the deceased to come and go between this world and the netherworld”. The striding pose can also be a reference expressing a potential action, such as the “the deceased king or private person coming forth to receive offerings”. Both explanations by Wilkinson could very well be the reason the sculptor chose this pose for a statue in the Valley Temple of Menkaura. The Greywacke used in carving the sculpture is of…

self-portrait as planned. The day before we looked at what mixed media is and how she could incorporate this into her self-portrait. She went all out by working with sculpture technique, collage, painting, etc. We also discussed what the differences with a 2D work of art versus a 3D work of art. The kids tend to forget a 3D work of art such as a sculpture you need to be able to view it from all sides. In a 2D work of art you view it from one…

Conceptual Art as that which is made to engage the mind of views rather his eye or emotion. Sol LeWitt was born on September 9th, 1928. He was an American, he studied at Syracuse University, School of Visual Arts. He was known for painting, drawing, and sculpture. He became famous with his art in the late 1960s. He has been in several Museums for his work since 1965. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut to a family of jewish immigrants. He took art classes as a child also. He went to Europe and…