Sculptures

Duane Hanson's Tourists II is an expression of modern contemporary realism that has Roman Classical values and little Greek values. Tourists II displays ordinary tourists of the day, with their cameras, travel bags, collar shirts, and watches. There is no idealization in the photo, it is simply a conviction of what the stereotypical tourist looks like. Similarly, Classical Roman style focused on real people, they were realistic and not idealized, unlike the Greek art values. Greek art values…

linen head cloth which was called a nemes headdress. It is surmounted by cobra, which represents the goddess Udjo, one of the protector’s of the king. ¥ It is symbolic of the God it represents. This sculpture qualifies as in the round because viewers can walk around it, it’s a free standing sculpture, and it is a three-dimensional object. ¥ The Sphinx of Senwosret III has dimensions that are 28 and ¾ inches in length. ¥ Senwosret III was powerful in Nubia and he launched military campaigns as…

overall, an artist. During the time, many artists made silhouette line drawings on paper, but Calder was the original artist to use wire to fashion three-D line "sketches" of people, animals, and objects. He then moved from metaphorical linear sculptures in wire to random forms in motion by creating the first mobiles. Composed of whirling sizes of wire offset with thin metallic plates, the presence of the whole part was abstractly organized and reshuffled in place by chance merely by the air…

It was created in 1982. The sculpture itself is interesting in its shape the objects used to make the sculpture outside of being bent or stretched have remained in mostly their original form. The sculpture itself also sticks out among the other works of art due to its near humanoid shape. Also, due to the features that makes up the sculpture it portrays a female. This sculpture addresses themes of labor, culture, and conflict. It also shares similar themes…

the size of a typical poster so about 1.5 feet by 2 feet except for the sculpture which was lifesize. The location of the works was elaborate and intentional. Balance was shown through the amount of pieces on the sides of the sculpture in the middle of the gallery. The exhibition depicted the the relationship between nature and man. One aspect that was ironic was the depiction of metal through the use of soil. The sculpture in the middle was in the shape of a…

Shiva Response The sculpture of Shiva from the Chola Dynasty in the 10th Century, expresses the cultures desire to freeze an icon, and have a physical density of substance important to state of mind of the people. This icon shows a physical relationship to the people and the land that it comes from. There is a dialogue between the old and the new when looking at this object and recognizing the setting that it finds itself in. When looking at specific aspects of this Icon the viewer immediately…

and is currently at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy. 2. Please describe IN DETAIL everything you see in these two works of art. Provide as much DETAIL and DEPTH in how you describe what you see by writing about everything in each sculpture piece.…

word evolution, the first thing that comes to mind is the abstract theory introduced by Charles Darwin, alike his theory the human form interpreted in art began as an abstract representation, however Greek sculpture embraced a naturalistic human form through the evolution of its art. Greek sculpture evolved through seven different artistic periods: Geometric, Orientalizing, Archaic, Early Classical, High Classical, Late Classical, and Hellenistic periods. Detailed progress is demonstrated in New…

out why this piece is the best piece he has carved compared to his other works as well as other art pieces done by different sculptors. Scholars such as Joanna E. Ziegler wrote that “Michelangelo radically redefined the enterprise of making pieta sculptures and, hence, redefined the nature of the “art” itself (Ziegler).” He did so by contrast with the Flemish works: Michelangelo’s core figures are inviolable (due to the change material from wood to marble)…

political, mathematical, and artistic innovation. The Classical period extends from the late 6th century to 4th century B.C. During this time the people of Greece saw a move towards naturalism compared to the art of the Archaic period that preceded it. Sculptures grew less stylized, instead they focussed on replicating the human form as seen in life. Depiction of figures on vases also became naturalistic; however, they retained a level of stylization due to their flatness. The city-state of…