The sculpture to the far left is from the archaic period. Archaic art is famous for the establishment of the human figure as the central image and the law of frontality. As seen above, archaic sculptures are famous for their “archaic smile” that is present during any occasion. Therefore, pain or sorrow is never depicted. With all sculptures having the same facial expression, it leaves no opportunity for interpretation or individuality. This was a pattern among archaic art because it was meant to represent order.
The bronze sculpture located in the middle is an example of classical artwork whose character is not clearly identified. There is a controversy of whether the sculpture depicts Zeus with a lightning bolt or Poseidon with a trident
This sculpture has a very somber tone to it when you look at it you see a completely naked man lying on his side with only a helmet and shield. Once you read the title though you then realize that this is a warrior and he is dying. The greek culture was very famous for their stories and myths so it is not to hard to believe that this statue was made to tell a story. When you look closely at the details you see that the statues hand is closed into a fist which appears as if he is in pain and is fighting it back also the way his body is laying gives us a hint towards pain and the end of his
With the sculpture straight ahead, the audience sees a profile view of the scene; however, the artist created the sculpture with enough space and depth to be able to view the front of the woman’s face from a side angle. The artist created the seated woman with much detail; her nose, chin, slightly opened mouth, pronounced brow line and inset eyes show this. She reaches for the chest with her right arm in a very delicate manner as her left arm lays on the throne for support.
The woman depicted in the sculpture stands straight and tall. Her large scale along with her posture gives her a powerful appearance. Her expression is serene and composed. She does not exhibit much emotion. Instead, she is shown as being stoic and controlled. She looks straight ahead, and her entire body points forward.
In the face of this sculpture, it is abstracted into a cross, suggest a helmet, an appropriate reference for the war-hungry futurists. The figure seems to have no arms, though seems to have a wing-like forms. However, these protrusions do not need to be a part of the figure itself. The fire-shape of this sculpture that begin to show the air swirling away from the body
The statue of Kouros by an unknown artist, depicts a Greek young man. He is nude representing the ideal heroic male nude. This work is symbolic because he is the representation of God, warrior, a symbolic ancestor or a victorious athlete. His large eyes were made by getting inspiration from Mesopotamia. From the frontal view, his hands are at sides, fists clenched, and striding feet. The stiff and muscular figure symbolizes that he was ready to go into war for his town, family or country. The eyes are unnaturally wide open, and the mouth forms a characteristic closed expression, also known as archaic smile. Archaic smile makes a piece more expressive. The stiff figure and frontality shows the symbolism of the piece.
Then there is a sculpture called ‘Kouros/statue of Standing Youth’ which represents the meant back in the day and age. The sculpture is a very young, athletic, toned man. This man has the body every man wants. This sculpture is desirable to every women. This man represents power, and desire. Unlike the sculpture of the woman this man has a face and a very powerful looking
Dated to Imperial Rome in Italy, the sculpture depicts Augustus, a Roman emperor. The content of the the sculpture is Augustus as a public speaker or general. At his right leg is Cupid riding a dolphin. His chest plate depicts things such as a scene between a Roman and Parthian in which the Parthian is surrendering, personifications of countries conquered by Augustus in addition to gods such as Sol, Caelus, Apollo, Diana, and Tellus. The content conveys Augustus's propaganda, communicating the idea of Augustus' power as an emperor and military strength, to its intended audience, most likely the public.
During the Archaic Era the climate became warmer and drier and many animals that lived through the Ice Age became extinct. During this time people who lived throughout North America had to adapt to new conditions. Archaic people hunted deer, elk, bighorn sheep and rabbits. The plants they ate were yucca, pinyon, ricegrass, amaranta, and goosefoot. To build their houses they had to lean poles around a shallow depression that they had dug into the ground, then covered them with brush and mud. Many of the artifacts archeologists found were atlatl, manos and metates, and alcoves. Atlatl is a spear thrower and manos and metates were used to grind grains, seeds, and
Standing at a small, but significant ten inches, this sculpture is reminiscent of the late Roman portraiture style, but delving into the symbolic expression of the early Byzantine provincial portraiture period. This portrait is from the fifth century, estimated sometime from 400-420 AD. Originally from Syria, Asia by an unknown artist, it currently is held at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and credited to The Putnam Dana McMillan Fund. The elements within this portrait all are noteworthy in the sculpture contributing toward the creation of this artwork. This piece with will be analyzed first from a general overview and then the features moving from the top then moving to the base of the portrait. Due to the Head of a Young Man not being on display, this analysis will be solely from a picture.
This sculpture is of a women breast feeding her child. The face of the two people is elongated, as well as the breasts of the mother. This is common to all African Art because they wanted representation of what is being expressed. In this particular sculpture, a supernatural power is being called upon. The power has been asked to protect the mother and child, and to
The sculptures and paint show details how society viewed and interpreted women body, sexuality, and maternity. In addition, revealed that these women were protected from threats around them with ornaments. Civilizations since early times, believed that we were in permanent threat from forces we do not see or cannot explain and because of it, we protected ourselves with artificial elements in a form of jewelry, crowns or caps. This idea has been continue from one generation to the next to the point that in modern societies some of us still use this type of protection in our bodies (e.g., small cross, divine images, tattoos, etc.).These pieces of art also indicate that humans believed in gods with superpowers and they are looking over us constantly. Humanity also believes in dark forces or demons trying to makes us do things that would upset the good gods. Some of the differences between these sculptures and paint are the material in which each one of them were created. The first figure, the Woman of Willendorf was carved in limestone, the second piece, the portrait of Queen Tiye was carved in wood and the last piece, the Virgin and Child Icon was created of tempera on a wood. You can also notice how the details on their faces and bodies changes throughout the time and years. The woman of Willendorf figurine offers details of a voluptuous nude women’s body but there is not face, or feet. Queen Tiye statue shows the face of a woman in detail closed to the gods but without any body parts and lastly The Virgin and Child Icon, is an expression of divinity of the views, reflections and beliefs from the gospel. Because communities started to innovate on the art of carving and painting, populations began to discover and/or create art with the objective of expressing different purposes of our daily lives, such as the beauty of a woman’s body, or to commemorate an ancient
During the time of colonization, one of the main goals of the Europeans was to spread the Christian faith throughout the indigenous peoples. Although they had many means of doing this, a major component of their religious influence was the implementation of art and sermons regarding this art. The Christian art of the Europeans consisted of paintings, drawings, and other illustrations that depicted the four major components of death, judgement, heaven, and hell. Two of these ideas, death and hell, used the five senses to instigate fear within the indigenous peoples, while the ideas of judgement and heaven focused on inspiring further insight into the matter. The former of the two, death and hell, were more graphic, depicting scenes of torture, frightening ideas of death, the insinuation of never having contact with God again, and the overall idea of an incessant afterlife of torture and discontent. The scenes of judgement, on the other hand, normally depicted a civilian willingly professing his or her sins to a priest while
The existence of animals in art and architecture has been evident, cultures use animals as representations of gods or embodiments of moral teachings, regardless animals have been portrayed in art since the beginning of time. Some of the oldest paintings ever were of migratory animals that the people of the area relied on; they were a constant presence so the people thought to paint and revere them. Consequently people wanted to hear tales and depictions of what the animals looked like, so from cave to cave different people would paint and make their own interpretation of the animals of the area. Why is this so important? It is important because even at our most primal level one thing was significant
From my observation at the Met, this sculpture is inside a medium glass and space. Also, it is by itself in the glass. It is a three-dimensional sculpture created by modeling and merging hard materials. Next to it there are other deities (Vishnu, Parvati, Ganesh etc.) and sculptors from the Chola Dynasty. The other works near it complements the sculpture as I have stated above they are from the same time period so, they are related to each other some way and
Throughout the Ancient Greek history the numerous works of art were produced by the ancient Athenians that are still trending in twenty first century. Ancient Greeks demonstrated their valuable artistic skills in various fields. Every piece that was created by Ancient Greeks was more than art, their artistic skills were not only based on visual beautifulness, but on storytelling also. Ancient Greeks created their works of art as bearers of meaning by giving too much detail to the form and to the decorations to transmit messages. Type of art that I found quite distinctive was pottery. These clay forms were more than just plates, vases and water jugs. They were like canvases for painting on such everyday objects the artist told legends of warriors and gods. Greek pottery is a general term and could be divided into many works of art. However, the specific pottery that will be used as an example is Ancient Greek vase - Lekythos. By analyzing different depicted images on these works of art and understanding the painter’s messages we could get a little taste of Ancient Greek culture and the lifestyle of its people.