Symmetry

For this art analysis I decided to visit the San Antonio Museum of Art. After an hour or so of visiting through the many and various exhibitions and galleries offered at the SAMA I stumbled upon a gallery that caught my attention, the Latin America Modern Contemporary exhibition. At the gallery the first art piece that I observed was “El Brujo de Malasia”. “El Brujo de Malasia” is an art piece from the Mexican artist Sergio Hernandez. “El Brujo de Malasia” is a painting composed of oil and sand…

smiling image contradicts it in the painting. This has led many to believe that there were secret clues in the work. Many other theories support hidden symbols and meanings such as the one stating that the Mona Lisa has a perfect of symmetry. Many say that this line of symmetry forms a chalice, pointing to an indirect hint to the myth of the Holy Grail. Another popular theory is that the Mona Lisa is a self portrait of Da Vinci himself. This is shown by the similarities found between the Mona…

Aesop’s Fables Folio A 600-metre race is conducted between the cat, dog and hedgehog to determine which animal can run the distance the fastest. The aim of the investigation is to identify the characteristics of animals’ races and in the final analysis, the results of the initial, semi-final and gold medal races. The cat follows a quadratic line with the equation . The dog’s path follows a cubic line with the equation . The hedgehog follows a linear path with the equation . These graphs can be…

The concept of gender symmetry was raised as a challenge to the gender-oriented explanations of DV and IPV which had been centered on the feminist theory. The concept of gender symmetry broadened the discourse of DV and IPV to include men and women to be investigated as both perpetrators and victims of DV and IPV, which is empirically evident. However, the gender symmetry theory does not explain the existence of the similar levels of perpetration…

Katherine Craig Dr. James Terry October 21, 2014 Renaissance and Baroque Art History Claude Lorrain: Renaissance or Baroque? Claude Lorrain was a painter born in Champagne, France in the early 1600s, and painted from 1630 until his death in 1682. (claudelorrain.org) Lorrain’s style cannot be defined as either strictly Renaissance or Baroque. (thesis.) The painting Villagers Dancing by Lorrain in 1638 is one example of this mixture of stylistic approach. From left to right, Lorrain painted…

The notochord is a semi-flexible rod that extends most of the length of the body, it stiffens the body, and acts as a support during movement and locomotion. Chordata have a bilateral symmetry, a segmented body, and segmented muscles, the notochord acts like an anchor to support the animal’s large body muscles. Chordates have four appendages in the shapes of legs, arms, wings or fins. Their internal skeleton has muscles attached that…

In Herodotus’ work, Histories, It is evident that there is a certain symmetry in the world, however, the further one travels from Greece the stranger things become. Herodotus shows not only similarities between Greek and Egyptian customs, but respect for Egypt's status as an older civilization. Although similarities are displayed, Herodotus evokes the feeling that the Greeks are still unique and he tags others such as the Egyptians as outsiders. The Greeks distinguish others based on their…

The Grecians are famous for their mythological interpretations of the natural world, tales fill with gods, heroes, and monsters are set to represent and educate the ethical beliefs of the country to its people. Tragic heroes are often at the core of these stories. According to Sophocles, “though nobles, [heroes] are swayed by emotions like pity, grief, love or desire for fame”1, this often lead to them through a journey to gain fame or to redeem themselves (Misra, pg.26). Often their journey is…

During the fifteen hundreds the term “beauty” was seen as simplicity in the classical sense. Similar to Plato’s sense of ideal beauty, which consists of symmetry and exactness, classical beauty appears simple. Michelangelo’s sculptures and his process of making them were influenced by Plato’s ideals. Michelangelo incorporated the use of symmetry and exactness throughout many of his sculptures to achieve objectivity. By choosing his subjects, learning the correct proportions, having a choice of…

Each in their own right tells a story of familiar subjects and gathers together characters, as if in a play to tell the story the artist wishes to elicit. Whereas, the humanist is concerned with symmetry and mathematical placement of the subjects as seen in Raphael’s, The School of Athens. On the other hand, Mannerism focused more the romantic illusion and emotions of the subjects. As well as, an idealize view of beauty and youth as seen in Pontormo’s…