Nikisi N Kondi, Nail Figure

I think about how the world had betrayed this women. They made this woman plump and empty, she does not even have a face. This statue is nude showing everything to the naked eye, she does not have a desirable body. This sculpture shows how much a woman was respected back in the day, which was very little.

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

This piece of sculpture is The Doryphoros (Spear Bearer), Sculptor Polykleitos sculpted this piece in 450-440 BCE, during the High Classical period.

As such some differences seen in these two ritual artifacts are the stylistic of the beadings, color, materials, and containers used to make such powerful objects. Furthermore, what these artworks allow for is a consideration of the evolving and changing aesthetics of ritual and religious art coming from Africa into the Caribbean.

This is a wooden statue of Kongorikishi, one of a pair of statues found originally in Buddhist temples of Japan in the early 14th century. It stood at approximately eight feet tall and stood as a guard to the temple of Ebaradera located in Sakai, Japan. Unlike most statues of European decent that were made out of materials such as bronze, or various kinds of stone, this Asian piece was made out of wood. When looking closely at the piece, every single cut that was put into the statue is visible What is immediately noticed when looking at this piece is the intimidation that it puts on the viewer. Everything from the body to face is meant to strike fear into anyone that looks at it. With its dynamic pose, the Kongorikishi demands the attention of all that stand before it as well as show that it may be able to strike at any moment, which it does with overwhelming success. Every carving, curve, and detail in the Kongorikishi statue is strategically put together in order to convey this idealistic inhuman being.

These sculptures are of men and women that dedicate themselves to the gods. They are also described as the “One who offers Prayers”. The sculptors of these figures followed conventions, which is following the traditional ways of representing forms, which was very important in Sumerian art. These figures were designed in descriptive faces and bodies, they were dressed in clothing, they stood solemnly with their hands clasped in respect, with staring eyes that interpret and approach to their gods in gaze. These figures were representations of themselves devoting time to their god and placing them in shrine where there was a larger image of the god they were

There are beaded bracelets on each of his arms as well. The bodhisattvas looks like a mix between a dragon and a horse, and has a cloth going over him. This sculpture was made from mammoth ivory, and was a very rare and precious material. Using it on a sculpture like this illustrates the importance of Buddhism in the Yuan dynasty. The way this sculpture depicts religion shows people that being like the bodhisattvas, and giving up Nirvana to help others, is a worthy sacrifice and will place you next to

Since the beginnings of recorded history, humanity has used sculpture to express itself for a variety of purposes. These purposes can be wildly different, from portraiture, to religion, to simply satisfying the artist’s desire to create. In this paper, I will discuss two statues created thousands of years ago and currently held in the in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Splendid sculpture with twenty- two arms represent a distinctive form of the goddess that developed in Cambodia in the late century, where eleven heads are arranged in a towering pyramid. Each is finely realized with a smiling mouth, straight nose, small shaped eye, diamond shape forehead mark, long earlobes, jeweled crown and bud shaped earring. Manuscript in her right hand and a lotus-bud stem in her left. Twenty others arms fan outward and curl upward, lending movement and vivacity to the whole. She wears a long, vertically pleated cloth with a triple sash falling in front and is decorated in a Jeweled collar, bracelets and anklets. All those twenty arms, towering head, earlobes, diamond shape forehead mark, manuscript on hand and lotus represent the main theme of goddess in Buddhism in Cambodia. Sculpture relates to my theme where it helps to know various teachings, symbol, meaning of multiple hands and head, to know the symbol of multiple head deities in various part of Asia. As an example, we can see the meaning of holding text on the right hand and lotus bud, holding on left hand, represent about the teaching of Buddha during the

This is a sculpture attributing to a well-known painting, a painting of a pipe, Ceci n'est pas une pipe by René Magritte.(Rossi&Rossi, 2015) The sculpture is a chair covered with many pieces of paper containing Tibetan Buddhist scriptures. The reason that Tenzing did this is because he is curious about whether he could add other values to a clearly defined object and change its function. Which is, by sticking the Buddhist scriptures on the chair, to see whether people will still treat it as a normal chair and sit on it. Tenzing believes that someone can sit on it while someone cannot, which depends on their mental disposition (absolutearts, 2009).

It’s one of the most common theme in Dogon art. It is made in Western Sudan in the 20th century. It is a naturalistic sculpture and the use of it is to place on a shrine. It shows a man of honor. This figure reminds me of the terracotta in the tomb of the Qin Shihunag in china. It also has the figure of cavalryman. The material of them are different, the sculpture in Africa was made from wood, while the one in China was made from clay. What’s more, the Horse and rider” figure shows the honor of man. It pays attention on the soldier himself. For the terracotta in the tomb, the function of them are protecting the king. There are many soldiers and showed the power of army. Although they have the similar appearance, the meaning of them are

The sculpture Bas-relief: Nemesis, Allat and the dedicator (c.) (figure1) was construction in 2nd or 3rd century AD in the Hejaz peninsula for the pagans to worship and blessings is considered conventional in its day. The sculpture contains three chief goddesses and daughters of ‘Allah’. While the maker is unknown, the sculptures were imported from the Eastern and the Western worlds. There was an influence from the western stone sculptures from Europe. Some of the goddesses were also imported from India. This certain type of goddesses usually belong to the historical period from 2nd century AD to late 5th century AD or until Muhammad’s prophecy(570 AD- 632AD. Currently these sculptures are located in Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, France. We will analyse its social-cultural designation, its material and construction methods, iconography, and functions all contribute to its conventional label in blessings, worship, and….[3]

One might have seen an art work at a museum or anywhere else that may have influenced them and made them ponder about it. However, if we see a unique sculpture in the heart of nature we will be amazed by seeing that particulate astonishing piece of art that can have a powerful impact on our life. I have experienced that feeling at age of 14 when my family took me to visit the two monumental sculptures of Buddha at Bamiyan’s valley in Afghanistan. It was unbelievably huge and a piece of art that cannot be found anywhere else.

Art is an important part of human’s life which could not be short of. It always uses its graceful behavior to influence people’s daily life. The history of art is the reflection of human beings’ history, it records every necessary event in the past thousands of years. Eiffel Tower, Khufu Pyramid, Venice and Taj Mahal, these artificial demonstrate their specific charm. They are the marvelous spectacles in the world and they are the representatives in the realm of art. However, in ordinary beings’ daily lives, there also some specific artificial which should be paid attention to, oil paintings. Oil paintings is a method to give the rein to one’s imagination cooperate with reality for artists. The inspirations come from life, but better than life. Especially for portraitures, the miracle of oil paintings. Drawing a character on paper is a hard way, because it is not only drawing how a person looks like, but also shows his social status and his positions. The character on the paper is real exist, but also not the real person. Painting master must use his wonderful skill to create a person on paper, and gives the soul to the character to help others recognize this character. There are two paintings could be the representatives of excellent portraitures. The “María Teresa del Castillo”, by Zaragoza, Spain, 1734 – 1795. And the “Portrait of the Dwarf Michol”, by Avilés, Spain, 1614 – 1685. Both pictures exhibit a kid who lived in 17th-18th century, people would be impressive by

For the reminder of the essay I will analyze and discuss the iconography in the sculpture and how some of the work in this object relates to several works studied in