Constantin Brancusi is also a modernist artist who depicts mostly the male body. He uses many different objects to depict the human such as brass cylinders in his sculpture called The Torso of a Young Man. It is very interesting how he creates a male figure with simple geometric shapes such as long and short cylinders. The bronze color sculpture expresses the spirit of a male body even though if one looks at this sculpture they will not be able to figure out what the artist is trying to represent . The way this sculpture is formed it is like a chest at the top and then goes down which divides into two limbs which represent humans and masculinity. The way the artist represents the sculpture on an orchestrated base changes the way we view
This interesting artwork is an extreme abstract artwork. The second floor consists fancy ceramics and sculptures from ancient time of the Native Americans, Africa, and France. The second floor is always dim lighted, but each artwork is well placed in a transparent box and a light focused on the artwork. Walking down the hallway on the first floor along with these interesting water paintings relaxes viewers. Colorful ceramics, detail paintings, meaningful sculptures, interesting architectural wires, and fascinating photos.
In Greece, “beautiful women” were shapely and proportional. Instead of including these qualities, Dawson paints the women with jagged and somewhat unpredictable shapes. It is possible that this creative choice could lead the viewer to think that Dawson is expressing how he believes beauty standards are absurd. By using cubism, he might be saying there is no certain way a woman has to look to be beautiful. Manierre Dawson’s cubistic version of the three graces is beautiful and so are the original statues it is based on.
It is certainly hard to imagine Moore's own innovative experiments in the 1930s without Giacometti's example. And Giacometti's figurative work was vital in re-establishing the figure as a viable motif in the post-war period, at a time when abstract art dominated. His spindly bronze figures, which appear punctured and fragile, compressed in space, are in many respects visual manifestations of Existentialist thought, emblems of the condition of modern humanity ravaged by
A lot of the figures he designed were a tribute to his love of music from the club culture in the 1980s. He used these human figures in a lot of his drawings, sculptures, paintings, and editions. From expressing himself with love, birth, death, drugs, sex, and war in his art and see the message clearly. In his art work, Haring would catch the attention of all age
The works are viewed primarily as found art objects – and often they actually are discovered – much as a viewer would approach
I can connect with the feeling that was given off from this sculpture, but I wonder what the inspiration for this piece was. Which is harder to analyze because of not studying this culture in class, which could have given meaning to the different sculptures of the regions in this time period. When looking at this piece I would
Cooper expresses this throughout every single piece, even if it a small detail. The reason I choose Jess Riva Cooper is because of her amazing work experience. Not only was this shown by her knowledge of ceramics, but also her ability to make the clay to something looking very realistic as a human form. Also, the painting really drawn me in her simple modern details is what really inspires me to be an artist like her one day. Throughout my research I have learned a lot about Jess Riva Cooper.
To further cement this evidence, when comparing Greek statues of men with Roman statues of men (who co-opted and subverted Greek statue techniques), it can be observed that Roman manliness was embodied within a man described as Eleazar: Elderly and
It is strange how the detailing the world of art has a profound effect on the society and the individual. By saying strange, true meaning behind actually realizing that these works exists and are physically real is an even greater revelation. There is definitely a difference in how perception and opinion is skewed by the medium of view, rather it be through the pixels of a projection screen or through the natural cognitive wonder that is the eye. As it would seem, art itself is transition from the collections of private collectors to online galleries, designed to preserve the work left behind by those who once lived on this plant years ago. Going to the Toledo Art Museum has showed just how much is missing from the works of art because of
Saginaw Valley State University has a spectacular art program, with a sculpture museum by Marshall M. Frederick, and an art gallery with frequent changing exhibits that display a wide variety of contemporary artistic styles and media (Saginaw Valley State University 2001). For the beginning of the fall semester the exhibition is called Saints, Sinners & Song. We’ve been assigned to analyze both a two-dimensional and three-dimensional work of art out of this exhibit by using the basic elements of art like line, shape, form, space and texture. I’ve never been completely engrossed by art because I am not very artistic, but my favorite aspect of art is that it is up to interpretation. While most artists have a meaning behind their art work, people
Even the woman’s frame and posture seem to follow the lines created by the railings of the viewing box. The railings are also implied lines, the first thing our eyes go to is the woman, and then we follow the railings to the man who has his gaze set on the woman. The man’s gaze gives us implied lines that lead us back to the main focus of the painting, the woman. The artist also uses light and dark to guide our eyes to the important parts of the artwork. Most of the artwork is dark, while the woman and the man looking at her are in the light.
She also portrays movement by painting the same figure in different poses on the same canvas. Radstrom often combines an old classic style of painting with what she experiences in the world, which has influenced me to notice what is going on around me more. My work is also portraying what I’ve noticed in the world and although she didn’t influence the style in which I executed my final drawing, both of our works are realistic and based on real life figures. Her works, however, portray women as fragile or vulnerable, with many of them in relaxed or sexual states, whereas opposite to that, my final drawing is a strong image of a women, not portrayed in a sexual way and our concepts are completely opposite. Again, much like Lorusso, her work has inspired me to rebel against the fragility and objectification of women.
In that way, it is necessary to understand what the meaning of the sculpture created by Richard Serra is and whether it is worth
In both sculptures the hair is deeply carved and is a vivid feature of the busts. The detail of realism in David’s left hand we can see his veins on his hands when he is holding the slingshot and his ribs near the chest. In the bust of Commodus we can see the similar detail of his hands especially the joints above the knuckle area and how realistic it looks when he’s holding the apples and Hercules club on his. In both busts chest, arms and face are sooth. In both busts these sculptures have the portrait of emperor Commodus and the small town hero David as musculant where as in real life they weren’t this is done because Romans believed that the god made us humans and by showing David and Commodus as being musculant hey are portraying them as gods and God were portrayed to be musculant and strong.
One good example that can be compared to it is the “South German or Rhenish Pietà”, I375-1400 that is made of painted wood. In this sculpture, Mary is shown holding her son too, but here, she is not shown for the worshippers with horrifying and desperate expressions. Jesus in the sculpture does not have blood on his body and there are no obvious and terrifying scars, but the way he is placed on his mother’s lap and portraying her leaning forward her son shows the amount of sadness she is keeping inside her without relying on the striking details to evoke the audience’s emotions. Mary here looks more youthful and the Christ is depicted smaller than her to focus on her reaction and suffering more than the incident itself. Another reason may be reflecting what Mary remembered when she held her son on her lap, Jesus as a little baby.