Art 101 Final Essay

Built in 1989, this sculpture is a fine piece of art, as it commemorates the hundreds of thousands of immigrants who travelled across the southwestern border from Mexico into the United States looking for a new start and a life of higher quality post World War II. This single sculpture is of a man crossing the border while carrying a woman on his shoulders. Something that cannot be caught in the first glimpse, but has to be deeply looked into is that fact that the woman is bearing a crying infant in her arms, sheltering the child from harm, which relates to the situation.

This is a full round/free standing sculpture made from brass, and it is entirely black. It is a sculpture of a Native American riding a horse going down a very steep side of a mountain. The Native American Indian have very long hair, and he’s wearing a very thick wool hat. His face look really tired and calm. He’s wearing a collared button up shirt and a jacket over it, and his outfit includes shredded design all the way from the sleeves on the jacket to the ankle line of the pants. He carries a small side bag hanging from his shoulder, and on top of that, there’s a horn of some sort of animal being. In front of him, he has his shot gun sitting side ways across the back of the horse. On the other hand, he has a huge bag tied behind him, which

Walton Ford creates paintings that are based on the style of the naturalist style of John James Audubon. Audubon was a naturalist who studied the biodiversity and anatomy of animals in their habitat or by examining a dead specimen. Ford uses the style of Audubon, however, unlike Audubon, Ford does not make the subject of the painting life-size and proportional to the real life animals.(Ford, Artnet) Ford does this to make the art seem more conceptual, rather than logical and realistic. (Ford, Art21)

Although he never had an art lesson, but he can sculpt animal. For him, one glimpse is enough to sculpt. His brain is like a digital camera that takes a picture and stored. He became prodigious savant after he injured his head as a child that slow down his development affecting his cognitive ability, vocabulary as well as speech. Sculpting was his way to communicate. His art skills have improved along with his speech and vocabulary, social and daily living skills. His sculpting technic are quite impressive and his works are display in Driscol Gallery in Aspen,

When you observe the face of this sculpture, it seems to be a male because of some of its appearance that is presented such as

Tim Hawkinson is a multimedia artist who creates his artwork with common items and organic materials from his own body. He is well known for his sculptures which represent nature and human experiences in everyday life. Hawkinson’s art can range from monumental kinetic to sound-producing sculptures as well as microscopic pieces made by his own body.

The figure is well carved and balanced. This piece also has stylized clothing and headdress. The face is very detailed, with distinctive features, which looks to me like a specific person. This piece is dark and smooth, very well balanced with both halves of the figure almost perfectly mirrored. There is writing integrated into his clothing. The hands are clasped and eyes pointing front, a stance with cultural significance, but it also adds a sense of depth and intensity to the piece.

I’ve done various sculptures in the past, sculptures like; a giraffe made of tree bark and hay, a lion made of wicker and feather, and a seagull made of many tiny plastic feathers. But I’ve found that I am getting bored of sculpture, and I’d like to venture

Upon first sight of this sculpture, one is introduced to its overwhelming expression and brilliant size. This untitled statue stands approximately life size at a mere six to six and a half feet tall and is about two or three feet wide. He is standing upright on a gray rectangular structure approximately three feet off the grounding making him about nine and half feet total. This is a monstrous sculpture when looked upon firsthand. It seemingly is a man, possibly a warrior of some kind.

Jean Carpeaux who was an astounding sculpture breaks away from tradition and other historical subjects to come up with a unique way of expressing his feelings and ideas. In the sculpture of Ugolino and his sons, Carpeaux incorporates his sculpture with a past unseen liberty and immediacy. Jean-Baptiste brings to the public a lively individuality with his sculptures to distinguish him from the rest.

If this piece of art was created in the United States, there would be vast numbers of protests and allegations towards the creator regarding the unsuitable display of a young nude boy. Furthermore, what continued to baffle me is the unconcerned placement of the statue in practically every tourist prone aspects of the city. The country of Belgium is known for its waffles. Nearly every populous street I walked down, the aroma of the freshly cooked waffles, made my stomach gurgle with hunger. As I passed the numerous compacted cafes, one in particular caught my glimpse. On the exterior stood a Manneken Pis enlarged to stand approximately 6 feet eating a waffle. Lacking the ability to see the true artistic aspects of the replica, I merely laughed. Moreover, I even went as far as taking an exceedingly immature click with the replica. The Belgians, who hurriedly passed by in the busy capital, snickered as they quickly passed

I have decided to choose a beautiful porcelain swan as my work of art. I never really considered it a work of art until I took this class. The brand of this gorgeous swan is HomCo. HomCo stands for Home Interiors & Gifts Inc. It is no longer called that though. Anyway, the year that this swan was created was 1987. It was made in Mexico. The principles of design that are involved with this pretty swan are balance and harmony. The elements of design used for this swan are texture and color. I will also briefly compare this swan with a vase made in China during the 18th century. The vase is made of porcelain with white glaze and over glaze enamel.

I probably, do not have a very strong artist eye, but I find that the Debonaire Apache sculpture is very random. I stared at the picture for five minutes and I could not understand the point of it. Maybe the artist tried to combine the colors of the metals in a pattern so the sculpture would look colorful. However, I think it was laking creativity, and anyone might be able to do such a thing.

He creates sculptural pieces that contrast the ideals of feminine and masculine qualities. He uses different media’s to create this and has been awarded acknowledgement in the textiles industry as well as the art despite creating sculptures. Like Moore he has created a drawing that is being studied in this essay. It is a single finished drawing. It is composed of layers off Tea stains and Thread, juxtaposing colours and using the thread to tell a story of the human inners and old folk tales. It isn’t an obvious piece and requires a description to know the history behind the

This essay is an attempt to address the marble sculpture commonly known as Laocoon and His Sons, and why exactly I believe it to be a work of high art, of great value and significance to the species.