YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Sculpture of Europe and America
Essays 151 - 180
all that terrific. What is wrong with this picture? Why would an elderly man put himself through such discomfort, simply to...
can see that clearly the rivers were used to transport goods and products across or through a great portion of early America. As t...
the Old World origins of their culture - but they were attracted to the nature of the New World" (Introduction to the History of G...
French Huguenots, African slaves, Spaniards, Italians and Portuguese.v South Carolina, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Virginia and M...
particularly influential to this cultural understanding; the functions this artisan had upon the changing landscape was to demonst...
patients suffering whereas passive euthanasia is when a patient is deprived of treatment and/or nourishment that is needed in orde...
examination of one specific piece of sculpture of the time (a sculpture of the Archangel Michael as he was depicted on a sixth cen...
In 1785, Houdon joined Franklin on a journey to America, and arrived in Philadelphia (Jean-Antoine Houdon, 2003). From there, he ...
version is richly colored; Mary here wears a bright red robe as does a man who might be Joseph, who is in the background (Adoratio...
particularly with the theme of human vanity and the transience of life." The student also notes that there is a sense of wealth se...
statue conveys a sense of well being to the viewer. In this statue, the Avalolkitesvara is pictured in interesting pose that sugge...
Expressionist, a cave painter (and poet) with a yen for existentialist texture" (Adams 126). In his earliest works, 1917 to 1936...
form" (Kerr). In addition, it was presumably used at the entrance to the burial site of a youth who belonged to a wealthy family. ...
The sculpture is comprised of marble. Subject Matter The subject matter of this particular sculpture is a kouros, or a Greek y...
his artwork" (Anonymous Chaim Gross, 2002; 27.html). It was during this time, when he was a student, that "A friends comment th...
itself" (Covington, 2001, p. 90). The gardens mirrored the "air of grandeur" that French royalty itself sought to embody (De Nolh...
glorification of the nude that sculptors were destined to follow for many years (Burns 411). A local cultural touch is provided b...
preoccupation with death that had existed for so long. The expressive nature that resulted from such a drastic turnabout proved t...
high point of sensuality and complexity of emotion; the expressions showed nuances of feeling. This period of sensuality saw the ...
in a singular manner also. Interpretive: The "feel" of this whole work is one of resting power. The artist has captured the imag...
anatomy and movement with special attention to the bodys surfaces, saying, "The sculptor must learn to reproduce the surface, whic...
in the afterlife. The two figures do not appear to be sculpted, but are rather painted on to the marble column. The figures look ...
look like, but instead, represents the ancient value placed on the human form. For example, Laocoon, though he is suffering the t...
In fact, during his life, Sansovinos architectural designs may have been just as much, perhaps even more, admired than Michelangel...
figurines represented the earliest of the Japanese deities and were included within the religious observances. One sculpture, in ...
writing that the primary motivation behind Michelangelos sculpture was "the expression of thought in stone" (Burns 412). Furthermo...
has a closed circuit video camera located at its far end.5 This camera captures the image of the viewer, which is then...
a moderate tempo, the strings playing a staccato bass line, with a lilting melody above. The bass line suggests dancers, whose ste...
has explored the "relationship between the body and its environment," while envisioning this relation as encompassed by the "trans...
accompanying poem begins, "Juans ax aches/His tracks lead backwards." The alliteration, assonance and consonance of his word choic...