Wax sculpture

In this paper, I am going to talk about the statue of Pharaoh Tanwetamani who is a Nubian king of the 25th dynasty. He is the person who is actually not an Egyptian but had ruled the Nile valley temporarily. Therefore, he was allowed to possess the Egyptian royal title as well as the sculptured style. I am going to compare this statue with both the works of same culture, such as Khafre, and the works of different culture, for instance, Kroisos and the Doryphoros. The Statue of Pharaoh…

Temple of Hatshepsut The Temple of Hatshepsut is made of limestone which positively affects this piece because most funerary temples were made of sandstone making it stand out. One of the great things about limestone is that it is a softer material making it easier to use and creates a natural color which fits right into the theme of Hatshepsut’s temple. As easy and cheap it was to use limestone, it is not stable enough to preserve its shape and color as long as other materials. This…

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…

After reviewing Pablo Picasso’s Bull’s Head sculpture, his ability to assemble the bike seat and handlebars and maintain it’s simplicity yet resemble the image of a Bull’s head is astonishing. I believe that if a much more modern seat and handlebar’s were used, then the apparent perspective of the Bull’s head wouldn’t have been as discernible. “The marvelous thing about bronze is that it can give the most heterogeneous objects such unity that it’s sometimes difficult to identify the elements…

A Comparison of Two Statues Art has many forms. One popular form of art created in ancient times were statues. A statue, as defined by Merriam-Webster (n.d.) as “a three-dimensional representation usually of a person, animal, or mythical being that is produced by sculpturing, modeling, or casting.” Cultures around the world have created statues for many different reasons. Here we will examine two ancient statues, The Royal Aquaintences Memi and Sebu, from ancient Egypt, and the Statue of…

The dying Gaul it's a lost bronze Greek sculpture, It is larger than a life-size marble sculpture of a naked man sitting on the ground. (Marble is also one of the most popular materials to use in sculpture). Created in the Hellenistic period c. 220 B.C.E. The origin of the original sculptor remains unknown due to it being created such a long time ago. People have just being making educated guesses about why this was created. Some people say that it was to celebrate his victory over the…

listening or contemplating. His gaze is also straight and forward showing confidence within his position. It is also important to consider the size of the piece and the body. The sculptor did not make the body or muscles the prevalent part of the sculpture. He focused on the head and the dressings. This points to more of an intellectual piece instead of a physical or aggressive piece. It is also important to consider the writing on the piece. As the description said, the writing referred to the…

The limestone painted bust of Nefertiti and was created in the 18th Dynasty between 1353-1335 BCE and was found in the workshop of sculptor, Thutmose. It was discovered in Amarna, Egypt in 1912 by a German archaeological team led by Ludwig Borchardt. Many art historians believe the bust to be a 3D sketch or model that may have been for other representations of Nefertiti, a closer inspection of the bust had revealed that the bust was not just painted limestone, but limestone that is covered in a…

Born in Italy during the Italian Renaissance, Sofia Anguissola was the first internationally recognized female artist. Influenced equally by grand mannerists and realistic portraitists, Anguissola was a pioneer in portraiture and genre painting. This paper examines the events and paintings that advanced her career and prominence. Sofonisba Anguissola, born into a noble family in Cremona, was not the daughter of an artist, unlike most female painters at that time. However, through the…

museum’s most unexpected properties and my recommended route passes three of them. I had the luxury of spending my afternoon at the Dallas Museum of Art over the weekend, and I spent quite a while moving slowly around the William Wetmore Story marble sculpture of Semiramis. She is a stunning work, engraved out of a single block of marble, and as I moved around her, I thought to myself, “Great art is a wonderful reason to believe in God.” I mean how do you coax such a masterpiece out of a chunk…