Terracotta

Her landscapes greatly differ from Yoliang’s she uses a slightly stranger colour palette; such as aqua greens, terracotta browns and oranges that stand out against cream or light grey backgrounds. She pays much attention to and magnifies the architectural details of structures and landscapes, utilising the idea of fragments and layers, in order to convey a sense of…

About 3000 years ago, what is now known as China became the most thriving empire of the time because of the ideas and abilities that the rulers and citizens had. They became extremely successful after a man named Qin Shi Huang Di took the throne and ruled China for many years. During this period of time they mapped a route called the Silk Road. The Silk Road was created to carry the many inventions that are part of our daily lives. Many of the inventions created in china helped it to thrive and…

first king. From history, they say that Odudwa sons spread out from Ife to create and found the other Yoruba states. Different from its neighboring empire Oyo. Ife was most known for its artists who would create sculptures from bronze, stone, and terracotta. But this slowly became less and less as political power and money started to change with their neighboring kingdoms Benin and Oyo. Even though this kingdom was able to avoid most of the war with the Fulani the Empire ran into problems with…

I chose to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art with my mother because it is one of the largest museums of the world and one of New York’s most visited attractions. It’s famous for its exhibitions and art collections. It’s so huge that a person could spend a whole week exploring the galleries. In order to get to the Metropolitan Museum first we took the 10 number bus to Journal Square via JFK Boulevard. Then we took the World Trade Center train form Journal Square path station to WTC station in…

to be built Qin Shi Huangdi ignored the class system and everyone from slaves to higher class to work (DuTemple, 30). Another great building that is seen today is Qin Shi Huangdi’s tomb where he immortalized himself with all lavish riches and the terracotta soldiers surrounding to protect him. To sustain all these large scale building projects to remote areas the emperor needed a way to transport food and building supplies fast and efficiently. He not only want to make transportation easier but…

For this analysis, the artwork I selected a Volute Krater made in Greece during the 4th century B.C.E. The artist, The Underworld Painter, uses several lines, especially in the temple made for Atlas. The horizontal and vertical lines give the temple definite shape because of the thickness and they signify that a hero who has died, is the focal point on the back of the vase. The artist also uses curved lines at the top of the vase to show the richness of detail and drive the story further. The…

Ancient China, a beautiful world power that thrived through the changing of dynasties and pressures of the Western World, was a creator of magnificent artworks. However, during the times of Cultural Revolution and after there was a drastic change in “Chinese Art”. Mao Zedong and predecessors had forever changed the way the outside world sees Chinese Art with their use of propaganda and censorship. Or has China been using art for thousands of years to coerce its people into submission? China’s…

the suggested evidence and theories of, whilst assessing the variety of interpretations of such evidence. The subject is one of little discussion, though many scholars such as Callimachus, artists who depicted the infant Olympians on reliefs and terracotta, and Ancient writers like Hesiod all consider it through focusing their attention to specific characteristics of the lives of the Gods; such as diet or behaviour. Despite the topic being one of little investigation, Grant refers to a plethora…

Hunting was a very important element of survival because the animals were the main source of gathering food and materials. However, in different periods and locations, hunting meant differently. In the Paleolithic era, survival was the priority, but the weapons and tools were all made from stones which resulted hunting was extremely hard and dangerous. In the dark caves, Paleolithic artists recorded the scenes of hunting by painting. Hall of Bulls, discovered in Lascaux, France is one of the…

The first work of art I chose is the Pair of Winged Deities. The works are of Assyrian origin, and were created circa 874 – 860 B.C.E. out of Gypsum. What drew me to these reliefs, and caused me to choose them, is the organized and rigid nature of them. Every detail, be it on the beards, wings, hair, or clothing, is clearly defined by deep indentations of solid, dark lines and curves. Though the faces and bodies are not particularly true to life in their depiction, their stylized nature gives…