Art Critique

Ancient Greek art is something to be admired; the accuracy of the figures, compared to Egyptian art is commendable. The art works show great depths of emotion and detail. The “Grave stele of a little girl” is a beautiful relief of what appears to be a small child holding two birds. The forearm resembles a young child’s arm because it seems that the “baby fat” is still present, but it is strange that the face has less-childish features. The figure is in strict profile, which possibly suggests a Greek sculptor, in addition to the intricate detail and the contrapposto. Egyptian sculptors did not have

Examining the Ancient Egyptian civilization reveals much about the nature of its art. The art was mainly religious in content and purpose and, as the “religious dogma” remained unchanged for nearly 3000 years, so did the art (Piper, 1991: 24). Because Isis and Horus are divine beings, they had to be portrayed “with limited human expression” according to “strict formal conventions, in keeping with their divinity” (Mason, 2007:13). The sculpture is fairly flat on the back side of the throne, for the sake of functionality. It was not “intended to be seen in the round”, but was most probably placed against the wall of a tomb (Ancient Egypt – Myth & History, 2002: 439). In fact, this sculpture was not made

What makes the sculpture different from others of this time period are two things; the subject matter, in that it depicts no god, nor Pharaoh only a mortal human writing in a mostly illiterate society. Secondly it demonstrates age shown in sagging muscles and rotund belly. Due to this relaxed style we can gather that the subject is not a Pharaoh as it was dishonourable to insinuate that they aged as they were supposed to be gods on earth.

The main purpose of this paper is to describe the visual analysis of the artwork. This paper examines an Egyptian half nude portrait art which is taken from Metropolitan Museum of Art (Fig.1). The statue characterized both male and female seated figure with a Braid hair. In this essay, I will present a complete visual description of this artwork (its preservation, costume and iconography), and then I will compare it to another artwork which is chosen from Textbook that is Akhenaten and his Family (Fig. 2).

Amenhotep III was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt from around 1388 BC till about 1350 BC. During his rule of Egypt, was a period of unprecedented prosperity and artistic splendor (Wiki: Amenhotep III). The art from this time showed several gods that ancient Egyptians worshiped, such as Amun, Anubis, Aten, Ra, and many others. Most art was drawn in a way that most of the body parts were sized according to standard proportions, yet the poses were so rigid that they seem to have little sense of movement, if any at all. Many of these drawings were reliefs on walls and pottery. The art was known for its boldness and controlled vitality. Most of the architecture and sculptures were made from heavy materials, mostly stone, which helped to emphasize

The popularity of and the fascination with Egyptian Art come from the pyramids, mummies, and hieroglyphs. The theme of the exhibition is about racial types in Ancient Egyptian Art it will survey the various naturalistic facial features found in the non-royal sculptures. In contrast, the Royal portraits are extremely symbolic in representing human figures with the combination of human gods and animal forms that tend to portray idealized, conventional faces of Egypt. Utilizing objects from the permanent collection at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, this exhibit will display 25 portraits of nobleman, officials, and local individuals in order to hint at a variety of racial subdivision such as the Hykos, Nubian, Persian and Roman influence in the

1. Artist Chen Xuhai’s artwork known as “Golden Autumn” seems very complex. This piece of artwork seems to be of an aging face. The lines on the face represent the wrinkles on a person’s face. (Page 138).

The experience of viewing artwork has advanced considerably throughout the eras; from private collections that were strictly limited to viewing by wealthy and privileged individuals, to the rise of public art institutions during the 19th century. Presently, Google has created innovative technology that has made navigating through art institutions easily accessible to anyone with Internet; within a few clicks of a button, the viewer can explore any art institution worldwide without leaving the comfort of their home. I utilized Google Cultural Institute to visit The Strong National Museum of Play located in Rochester, United States. I chose to explore The Strong National Museum of Play because I was intrigued by its collection of interactive

Some art included the “ba” which was, in Egyptian portrayal, a sculpture of a small bird with a human head

I am an educated artist with 300 works of art, been in a number of shows and sold pieces. The most famous and respected artists receive great flack while they were alive. People attack, controversy ensues and discussions are opened. Their art is insulted, and they are insulted. As well great art inspires. There was/is an instagram account photo shopping my head onto politicians, (Trump, HillaryClinton, Justin Trudeau) or cultural icons, (Darth Vader,ET, Big Nickel etc.) I was very flattered my art got such a reaction. There is also a meme, where people are using their own creativity, to make something funny and have a good laugh.

The essay that I will be analyzing will be “An Online Art Collection Grows out of Infancy” by Roberta Smith. The author’s message about the topic is on how the google arts project should be a wonder of the world; this is because of how this new program will usher in a new world of interconnected access for the art world and show almost every art piece made with high resolution pictures. Many famous diverse artist will be included such as impressionistic artist Edvard Munch, or american painter and graphic design Robert Rauschenberg, to even artist who create sculptures such as Marcel Duchamp. Although there are many problems to the program, where not all museums want to join, or the fact that copyright issue would occur due to the new site.

This is Akhenaton from the Amarna period. This art work makes some differences from the regular art work at that time. It did not follow the Ancient Egyptian canon rules. Ancient Egyptian canon art work means they have to follow the same rules which their height and width have the geometrical proportion (also known as classical proportion). Comparing to previous art work, this art work does not have geometrical proportion. For example, we can see weak arms, a narrow waist, protruding belly on it. Therefore, it does not adhere the canon in this art

The first artwork I chose didn’t have a title with it but it was drawn by Douglas A. Beckett. I went to the Activity Center of San Marcos with Geoff Bretches and Alice Horn (My mom). The painting is a portrait with multiple types of rock looking shapes. You can’t really tell what the time of day was but it looks like it was outside on a mountain or cliff. It is a vertical realistic piece. The artwork was made in the contemporary period because it was drawn just last year. There is just a cluster of a bunch of big rocks surrounding pebbles. The artist must not be that famous currently because I couldn’t find any information on him.

For this assignment I will be talking about the album cover to Death of a Bachelor by my favorite band, Panic! At The Disco. This album art is for their fifth album after all the original band members have left besides Brendon Urie (pictured in the album art), who is the lead singer, songwriter and now producer for the band.

During early dynasty Egypt period, Egypt’s kings were reverted as gods in human form. So, Egyptian sculptor created statues of their kings and queens. After creating the statue