...Comparison of Three Sculptures The sculptures of David, the slayer of Goliath, are all highly revered sculptures. The three sculptures from Michelangelo, Bernini, and Donatello all carry the same meaning, which is that David was an important symbol for freedom from tyranny. The way that each artist conveyed their message was very different from the others. Michelangelo’s David is based on the time just prior to battle with Goliath, and Donatello’s was just after the battle. There are similarities these two some of it may be that they are both from the Renaissance era. Both positioned in a manner that they have a curved form to them, and they are both nude. These are a common style in this period of art and relates to the way that the human body was perceived at the time. Michelangelo depicted David larger than life and gave him the sculptured look of the Greek gods. The way he is sculptured gives him a muscular and mature look. Donatello showed David as an adolescent that was still developing into his role. Bernini takes a different approach to the same idea, but he puts David in battle, in the midst of the swing that takes Goliath down. He is taking action there is not any thought of what is coming, nor is he standing confident of from his accomplishment that he has already done. The pose that Bernini has David in shows how David is preparing to throw the stone at Goliath, showing the force that the stone has and the amount of energy that David had. In this period of art...
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...In viewing the three different sculptures of David by Donatello, Michelangelo, and Bernini, the different artistic styles that were prevalent in each time period is immediately evident. Donatello’s David, carved during the Renaissance period, is a cast bronze sculpture. It shows Greek influences in the contrapposto style pose of the statue, yet it is also more stylized than either the Michelangelo or the Bernini David. The artist also sculpted David as a much younger person. Donatello’s David seems more fragile than the other two sculptures, almost an anti-hero. Michelangelo’s David is sculpted from marble. The statue is carved in a heroic manner, with every detail of the figure’s musculature and form carved to show perfection of the male athletic form. The figure is carved in the nude to impart a timeless quality, since clothing “dates” artwork. This sculpture idealizes the human form, using perfectly carved physique and great attention to detail, giving the piece a larger than life appearance. This sculpture appears to be in a pensive mood, as if contemplating the coming action of attacking the giant. Bernini’s David, on the other hand, is carved in a splendid life like style, showing the muscle tension, the intent of the attack on Goliath, the human effort of movement needed to attack the giant. The figure is muscular, but does not appear to be superhuman in the manner of Michelangelo’s David, nor is it carved in the youthful, almost anti-heroic style...
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...Research on who commissioned the construction of the Plaza Rotunda, Rizal monument, Pool, and Dispensary. Please include the year the structures were established. * During the American period from 1922 to 1938, the then Mayor Mariano Mercado built several notable public structures. 2. What era was most of the town houses built? * American period Carcar Church 1. Name of parish church and date founded. * St. Catherine's Church, 1859 2. When was it built and completed * The church was built 129 years ago, right after its foundation. It took 6 years to complete its construction (1965). 3. What sculptures do you see outside the church? Please name them all. On the sculptures, what form, process, and type of media used? * The sculptures that were very noticeable were the freestanding sculptures of the 12 Disciples of Christ, made from concrete which were made in the process of modelling/molding. 4. It is said that the Greek Orthodox style inspires the main facade of the parish church. Research on Greek Orthodox architecture and as well as its relation to the facade of the Parish Church. * The Greek Orthodox style inspires the main facade of the parish church because the domes of the two bell towers are similar to the bell towers of churches of the Greek Orthodox religion. Sibonga Church 1. Name of parish and date founded. * Nuestra Señora Del Pilar De Zaragoza, 1690. 2. What period in history this church...
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...Media: I.Drawing: Support - Linear drawings vs. tonal drawings Three categories (reasons for making drawings) 1. Sketches to record ideas or sights, 2. Plans or studies, 3. Self-sufficient works of art Dry media: Metalpoint - Ground - Pigment - Cross-hatching - Pencil - Graphite - Charcoal - Binder – Crayon – Chalk - Pastel - Oil Stick - Conte crayon - Fluid media: Pen and ink Brush and ink Quill = feather Nib and stylus - type of pen. Stylus is the stick that holds the nib. Nib carries the ink. Brush and ink - Wash – II. Paint: Components of paint: 1. pigment - 2. vehicle - binder Types of painting : Fresco - Buon fresco - Fresco Secco - Encaustic - Tempera - Gesso - a ground made of powdered chalk or plaster and animal glue. Oil paint - Glazing - Impasto - Acrylic - Watercolor - Gouache - III. Printmaking: Advantage over drawing and painting ? Matrix - Four categoriesof print: 1. Relief, 2. Intaglio, 3.Lithography, 4. Serigraphy Relief: Woodcut - Linocut - Intaglio: Engraving - (burin?) Drypoint - Etching - Lithography: Serigraphy: IV. Photography: Greek roots - to write with light. Photosensitive - Lens - Print - Camera - Aperture - Shutter - Stop - Two things that determine the amount of light that reaches the film: 1. Size of aperture (stop) 2. Shutter speed Telephoto - Wide angle - Film - Film negative - Camera...
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...GREEK AND ROMAN ART Various Authors Edited By: R. A. Guisepi The art of the ancient Greeks and Romans is called classical art. This name is used also to describe later periods in which artists looked for their inspiration to this ancient style. The Romans learned sculpture and painting largely from the Greeks and helped to transmit Greek art to later ages. Classical art owes its lasting influence to its simplicity and reasonableness, its humanity, and its sheer beauty. The first and greatest period of classical art began in Greece about the middle of the 5th century BC. By that time Greek sculptors had solved many of the problems that faced artists in the early archaic period. They had learned to represent the human form naturally and easily, in action or at rest. They were interested chiefly in portraying gods, however. They thought of their gods as people, but grander and more beautiful than any human being. They tried, therefore, to portray ideal beauty rather than any particular person. Their best sculptures achieved almost godlike perfection in their calm, ordered beauty. The Greeks had plenty of beautiful marble and used it freely for temples as well as for their sculpture (see Marble). They were not satisfied with its cold whiteness, however, and painted both their statues and their buildings. Some statues have been found with their bright colors still preserved, but most of them lost their paint through weathering. The works of the great Greek painters have disappeared...
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...After his mothers passing Michelangelo had a neglected childhood. Throughout his childhood he managed to remain quiet and keep to himself. However, the boy was very intelligent and his father recognized this and sent him off to school (Michelangelo). Michelangelo is known as one of the greatest artists of all time. Gian Lorenzo Bernini was born on November 7, 1598 in Naples and thrived as a Baroque sculptor from the approximate age of eight until his death in 1680. The Baroque style Bernini encompassed was an artistic movement inspired by the Catholic Church after the Counter-Reformation. Baroque sculptures provide a range of viewpoints. Bernini’s Borghese works were similar to performances rather than a sculpture frozen in time (Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures: Another View). His influences included Renaissance masters Raphael and Michelangelo Buonarotti as well as hellenistic sculptures of antiquity, such as: the Laucoön and the Belvedere Torso (Hibbard). His father, Pietro, was his teacher (Hibbard). Pietro was a late-mannerist painter and sculptor and was also influential to Gian Lorenzo. Gian Lorenzo took the realistic qualities of the Manierra and applied a style in his work that appealed to the...
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...1. The portrait of Three Girls is a very fashionable piece of art. The portrait is painted by William Larkin who is an English artist basically from Great Britain. Larkin is often referred as the Curtain Master, because he quite interesting includes characteristic curtains to frame most of his figures in his portraits. The portrait is very bright and flashy with strong lightning, the colors used for the flesh in the portrait are very polished and all very close attention has been given to the rich fabrics in the picture like the jewelry, accessories adorn by the girls the oriental carpet in the picture. The colors are very interesting like expensive jewelry and is decorated quite heavily. Not just the natural side but the artificial part of the portrait that is the jewelry and the fabric is described in a very detail manner by the artist. 2. The portrait of the three girls is a mysterious artwork. After looking at it carefully observing the details in the art, we could figure out a lot of things about the work. A lot of details are very interesting like the outfit of the girls in the picture is matching, something like a modern family uniform. It is difficult to stick to the fashion when putting it on the canvas since fashions never stays stagnant it is always changing, the clothing style used in the picture helps us identify era period and status. Details like low necklines, laced collars, high waistlines gives an idea that the painting goes back to somewhere around 1620’s...
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...ARTS TEACHERS’ GUIDE Grade 9 ARTS Teacher’s Guide Unit I WESTERN CLASSICAL ART TRADITIONS GRADE 9 Unit 1 ARTS TEACHERS’ GUIDE GRADE 9 Unit 1 WESTERN CLASSICAL ART TRADITIONS LEARNING AREA STANDARD The learner demonstrates an understanding of basic concepts and processes in music and art through appreciation, analysis and performance for his/her self-development, celebration of his/her Filipino cultural identity and diversity, and expansion of his/her world vision. key - stage STANDARD The learner demonstrates understanding of salient features of music and arts of the Philippines and the world, through appreciation, analysis, and performance, for self-development, the celebration of Filipino cultural identity and diversity, and the expansion of one’s world vision. grade level STANDARD The learner demonstrates understanding of salient features of Western music and the arts from different historical periods, through appreciation, analysis, and performance for self-development, the celebration of Filipino cultural identity and diversity, and the expansion of one’s world vision. CONTENT STANDARDs The Learner: demonstrates understanding of art elements and processes by synthesizing and applying prior knowledge and skills demonstrates understanding that the arts are integral to the development of organizations, spiritual belief, historical events, scientific discoveries, natural disasters/ occurrences and other external phenomenon ...
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...My overall experience at El Paso Museum of Art was better than I expected for the overall visit. First I like the say the security was very nice to welcome me into the museum. The security guard explains the exhibits and I can take pics, but it couldn’t be with a flash. I was very impressed during my visit by so many paintings and sculptures that I would never have even thought I could find stimulating and actually enjoying the amazing collection of oil canvas paintings that had the ability to bring you different styles of art just a dim and well-lit room full of pictures and sculptures, where I could stand for a few minutes feeling where I’m in the different time and place. My first thought about The El Paso art museums is that they're...
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...The ancient Greek culture is known for its advances in math, art, and architecture. In Greek times there where many statues of humans mostly of men who where worshiped as God’s or Kings and sometimes both. The statues where often depicted nude so that the world could see their perfect bodies. Three statues that display various periods and ideals in Greek culture are the Kouros statue (600 B.C), the Spear Bearer (450-440 B.C.) also known as Doryphoros and was crafted by Polykleitos, and Dying Gaul by Peramon (230-220 B.C). Although at first glace these statues may appear qualitatively the same, each statue was carefully crafted to serve a purpose during the period of time in which it was made. The Egyptian style Greek Kouros was the earliest of the three sculptures. It was carved in 600 B.C. The Greek statues Spear Bearer (Doryphoros) and Dying Gaul where carved somewhere around 450-440 B.C. and 230-220 B.C. respectively. Each sculpture was carved from white marble and is a “life size” representation. Both the Spear Bearer and Dying Gaul statues are actually copies of the original statues. Both statues where originally made of bronze and not marble. Many of the Greek statues from this time period where made of bronze, but bronze was expensive and that’s why many of them where carved from marble. Although we do not know who created the copies, the original Spear Bearer was made by a man by the name of Polykleitos. The original bronze Dying Gaul is a copy after a statue by Peramon...
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...9/25/14 The sculpture that I viewed is called Man of Sorrows and it was sculptured in 1950 in America by Marion Perkins, an American artist that lived from 1908 to 1961. I viewed the sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago on gallery 264. The man of sorrows is a concrete piece of work; it is the sculpture of a face and does not show any sign of an abstract piece of work because there are no geometrical figures involved. This piece of artwork is complex because of the great detail in the face of the sculpture. The man of sorrow shows great detail on emotion; his ears are well shaped and his face expression is from a sad man with his eyes partially closed and looking down at the floor. In addition his mouth was shaped small and closed with a slight line in the middle as if he wanted to say the reason for his sorrow but he does not really want to say anything and rather stay silent. The sculpture is individualized because it is just one single face and the detail is and sizes of the features are unique. This sculptures is naturalistic because it would be the same face that an actual human being would make in times of sorrow. The hair, the ear, the beard, the nose and the eyes can all be compared to a humans’ and be found to be very similar. Also, the man of sorrow is realistic because it was sculptured with defect just as a normal human being would be. The dimensions and the facial features are bigger than what a perfect human would be. The ears in the sculpture are rather big...
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...Attributed to the Athena Painter For my term paper I went to the Art Institute of Chicago to search a sculpture from Ancient Greece. I came across a vase from Athena, Greece. I found this vase in the Greek, Roman and Byzantine Art section (150-154). This lekythos vase is a terracotta black-figure painting. The date for this vase is circa 490/480 BCE. Lekythos vases were used to store fine oils and perfumes, often dedicated in burials and decorated in reference to this function. On this vase thee are three men. Two men are wearing soldier gear, and one is wearing a toga. On the right side there is one nude soldier who is pointing with a pointy stick to the man with the toga and has a shield on his other hand. On the far left the other soldier is dressed and also pointing a pointy stick to the man with the toga. The man with the toga is calm and is blowing through an instrument. The soldier’s bodies seem idealized but the man in the toga appears to have a normal body. The men’s bodies look in proportion like over humans. The soldier’s gestures look like they want to kill the man in the middle. Above the painting there are flower decorations. The flaring and the handle are painted black....
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...the Faunesse debout which translates into (Standing Fauness) by Auguste Rodin. This statue was made in 1884 and was cast in bronze. The sculpture is twenty three by ten and a half by nine inches making the piece medium sized and easy to work with. The sculpture is of a standing nude female figure cast from the artist's Gates of Hell project, inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy. I found the sculpture to be very fluid like and have very smooth edges. I did not find the sculpture to be risqué or rude for any reason and thought of what scene or storyline she would actually fit into. She is looking downward making you wonder what she could possibly be looking at. The position of the bronze sculpture makes you think what could she have been holding or doing. The elegant soft curves of the sculpture and anatomical positioning are very accurate letting you know that Rodin had a very good grasp on human anatomy and was a gifted sculptor. The details of the sculpture are also amazing, her curly hair, the way her fingers are clenched, and her feet down to the last toe are masterfully crafted in bronze. The only thing about the sculpture that I did not prefer is the base on which she is leaning. I have no idea what it is, Is it a tree stump, a column, or something...
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...• The Ara Pacis is an outstanding piece of artwork which truly exhibits the prosperity and success that was achieved by Augustus. The Ara Pacis was commissioned by the Roman Senate in 13 B.C. and was completed four years later in 9 B.C. The artist of the sculpture is unknown, but it is sought to be a Greek sculptor or a Roman that was trained by a Greek sculptor. This is due to the intricate detail and how well the Greeks were known for sculpting. The piece of artwork I am focusing on is the Tellus Panel which is located on the southeast side of the Ara Pacis. The size of the artwork is 9.68 ft. wide and 6.79 ft. tall. The medium is pure white Luna marble; the primary layer of the artwork is not covered in brick like many other structures in this time period. The iconography of the artwork is “peace” which is created through the various elements of nature. This is shown in the in each of the three figures depicted. In the center of the sculpture there is a predominant motherly figure which is believed to be Tellus, the Roman Goddess which represents “Earth.” On the figure’s lap there are two infants which portray the character in an extremely devoted and caring light. Many scholars believe that these two infants signify the future of Rome, and could possibly be the founders of the city, Romulus and Remus. The motherly character is gently looking down at the two infants in a tremendously tender manner. This subtle gesture represents peace across the entire Roman Empire. On each...
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...Art 101 Week 8 Checkpoint Comparison of Three Sculptures Art is heavily influenced by the culture in which it was produced. As the three versions of David make evident, one person or object will be represented in different ways depending on the environment of its portrayer. In examining the sculptures of David created by Donatello, Michelangelo, and Bernini I can see that art is not only influenced by an artist’s surroundings, but because of popular styles of the era. Donatello’s and Michelangelo’s David are similar in many ways. Both sculptures being from the Renaissance, they share some characteristics in form. Each artist positioned the body of David in the contrapposto position. Their bodies are curved, relaxed and shown in the nude. This reflects the popular style of sculpture of the culture and relates the ideas about the human form. Donatello’s David is different from Michelangelo’s most in the physical attributes of the body. Michelangelo’s David has more of the sculpted bodies of the Greek gods. The sculpture is muscular, mature and his physical beauty is not to be overlooked at. Donatello’s David has the body of a young man still developing into his body. Instead of appearing strong and confident, David appears to have a young boy facing a task much harder and larger than him. Bernini’s David has the shape of a human body in motion. He is strong like Michelangelo’s David and appears to be ready for...
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