Statue of Liberty

The statue of King Menkaura (Mycerinus) and Queen (fig. 1) is not only a work of artistic mastery, but also contains a very deep background and history behind the statue itself as well as its discovery and placement into the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). In the early to mid 1900’s, an archaeologist by the name of George Andrew Reisner directed an expedition sponsored by Harvard University and the MFA in the Old Kingdom site of Giza. It is thanks to his scrupulous documentation through early…

Inside of the Metropolitan Museum of Art two large statues stand at the entrance of the Ancient Near East. These statues are Neo-Assyrian Sphinxes or the Mesopotamian equivalent. The Neo-Assyrian influence over Mesopotamia lasted from the ninth century to the sixth century. The primary function of the statues is not aesthetic. Royally commissioned art during the Neo-Assyrian period was responsible for maintaining and spreading the influence of rulers. They are protectors of the King of Assyria.…

According to Merriam Webster Online, a statue is “a figure usually of a person or animal that is made from stone, metal, etc.; a full three dimensional representations of usually of a person, animal, or mythical being that is produced by sculpting, modeling, or casting.” (Merriam-Webster Learner’s Dictionary, n.d.) Statues help to tell the history of how people thought and the practices they conducted. This way of expressing oneself was more important in ancient times as oppose to current/recent…

Everyday people sometimes come out of their cocoon and excel after experiencing a monument. An example of this is again, the photograph of Columbus. The portrayal of Columbus, with his large bronze statue, is effective at inspiring individuals to become as great as him. The way he seems to look at the horizon gives the viewer a sense of inspiration, making the viewer want to be as great as him. This inspiration can be life changing, and actually, help…

a relative form of dating such as using the stratigraphy of the site it was found on if the archaeologists had kept a good track of what came from which layer. Another relative method could have been a typological method by using the style of the statue to determine approximately what period it was from. In this particular instance, it is more likely for an absolute method to have been used given the fact that whoever dated it was able to place it as having been made early on in the fourth…

HOW IS WOODEN CARVING DIFFERENT FROM STONE CARVING? Know The Carvings A number of material such as stone, metal, glass, pottery and wood are used to do the carvings in different shapes. The far-reaching used material is stone, which gives out the most alive carvings among others. All of these material can be used in artistic ways or for a normal use. If you are a lover of sculptures, you must have noticed that these are inspired by so many subjects, such as human life, love, or can also be…

symbolizes a person’s life and celebrates how successful they were as an individual. Monuments are symbol’s because it is put in a valued place and can sometimes last forever. It’s important that you carefully pick the place, a way to get money , and the statues. Due to the fact the place is such a prime part in putting together a monument , involve the person’s family, supporters or the people’s opinion. “ Public monuments, by contrast, offer an anachronistic experience: a face-to-face…

of sick children, or a great chief of an indian tribe. We memorialize many things because we choose to not let them escape our memory. You walk past a statue, look up and remember “oh yea,l Benjamin Franklin is a pretty important figure in our history.” Many don't realize that a large amount of planning goes into creating a memorial sight, or statue. The material is an important factor as you have to decide whether you want a large stone figure, or a cannon from the war it memorializes. Other…

New York World's Fair. But Maine ran out of money, so the artist just slapped a coat of bronze paint over the plaster model and shipped it to New York" (Source F). Planning ahead would've benefited the artist considerably and probably saved the poor statue from being "vandalized, repaired, and ending up in a warehouse where it was eaten by rats" before being properly made and moved to DC where it "rightfully belonged" (Source F). Choosing the correct materials is also necessary in order to…

Monuments are meant to be built for the people that did something special that warrants their recognition. Memorials or monuments are usually built for presidents, important people, or heads of a big organization so they can be remembered for years to come. So when building a monument ask these question, who is it for? Why are you building it? What exactly is it there for? The decision to build a monument for someone is based on several things. For instance, they built Mount Rushmore to…