Wax sculpture

frequently used in funerary sculptures. This pose was “alluding to the ability of the deceased to come and go between this world and the netherworld”. The striding pose can also be a reference expressing a potential action, such as the “the deceased king or private person coming forth to receive offerings”. Both explanations by Wilkinson could very well be the reason the sculptor chose this pose for a statue in the Valley Temple of Menkaura. The Greywacke used in carving the sculpture is of…

and finished in 1504. This sculpture is 518 centimeters (17’ tall) and is made of marble. It was made during the Italian Renaissance. This sculpture is located in the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence, Italy (Smart History, 2015). This stature was made to represent the biblical hero David, as the title suggests, who fought Goliath (Smart History, 2015). David is a young individual that battles Goliath when his older counterparts feared Goliath. Michelangelo’s sculpture seems to show David…

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.…

Also unlike the statue of Memi and Sabu that represented non-royals, the statue of Gudeo represented one of the heroes of the Neo-Sumerian culture, Gudea of Lagash. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000) It is a Diorite sculpture as compared to Limestone. History tells us that in southern Mesopotamia, one of the primary city-states of the time, Lagash, was known to create a number of statues of its kings, Sumerian Literary hymns, and prayers under Gudea’s rule (2150-2125…

might say that ice is the breath of god. The symbolic meaning of ice can be seen in literature with Game of Thrones, Film with Futurama and Batman, art with ice sculptures, religion with Christianity, and architecture with ice buildings. Ice can be interpreted many ways in art and architecture. In art, ice is represented in ice sculptures. Ice sculpting is the art of using ice as raw material to sculpt shapes that can be realistic or abstract. Ice can be sculpted into animals, people, even…

best statues ever made". He then discussed several ways how the Riace Warrior bronzes, although they look realistic are actually "more human than human", that is, their bodies are unrealistic. List two of the ways that Spivey discusses how the sculptures go beyond realism. 1. The division between the top and bottom has been exaggerated. 2. The central channel of the spine is deeper than you would ever see on a real human. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg videos: 2. Fifty-two years after it was…

The Sperlonga sculptures are four sculptural groups that were discovered in 1957 in a grotto on the coast between Naples and Rome. The location is believed to have been a villa that belonged to the Roman Emperor Tiberius, and it is suggested that the grotto was used for social events. At some point the sculptures were shattered, likely by a rock fall , making their reconstruction a difficult process. It is unknown exactly when the sculptures were created, however, it is commonly accepted that…

The Statue of a Man was constructed during the Early Dynastic Period in Ur, Iraq. This doll sized statue made of alabaster, shell, and lapis is considered a votive statue because of the resemblance to a human being and that it was found in a shrine. Votive statues were placed in shrines to offer prayers and worship gods. The materials used make it hard to create an image without time and patience. This means these statues are made with intent to stand forever in front of the gods. The statue…

Stone sculpture, as a medium, dates back to as early as 25,000 BCE and continued on as a popular form of artwork throughout history, continuing into modern times. Thus, the breadth of selection for pieces to compare is vast; however, the Cycladic “standing” female figure and a Grecian statue of Aphrodite stand out as being two sculptures that both display a shift in the medium of stone sculpture and in art history as a whole. The “standing” female figure is a smaller piece done in the Cycladic…

The sculpture Apoxyomenos is the first work of art that will be examined in this critical study. Apoxyomenos or The Scraper (fig 16-24) is a sculpture in-the-round carved from marble as a copy of a Greek sculpture originally cast in bronze. It is a three-dimensional depiction of an athlete taking off oil and dirt with a strigil, or scraper, while reliving the victory achieved. Also it is a graceful display of the human body and embodiment of the uplifted view of Greek and Roman athletes.…