Olmec Colossal Head Analysis

The Yoke is supposed to be a type of portrait. It dates back to 10th–4th century BCE, and is found in Mesoamerica, near Guerrero. Thought to be from the Olmec culture, it is about 19 centimeters tall, and 15 centimeters wide. It’s made out of stone and colored with pigment. The met museum calls it “A prime example of a Preclassic Mesoamerican ‘yoke’”(The Metropolitan Museum of Art). It is named like that for its similarity to more modern, agricultural yokes. This particular stone sculpture, like mentioned above, is a sort of portrait, with the human face formed in low relief and has full lips, a broad, flattened nose, carved out eyes with engraved eyebrows, and ears. The ear lobes are portrayed as stretched out and large holes had probably

Grupo Mondongo’s medium choice is quite new and their collage is quite extraordinary, its basically a sculpture of small things that most people have likely seen, put together to make it look like a skull in a size of about 5 foot by 4 foot. The artist probably chose to make it a skull because Calavera is a sugar skull that is eaten on days leading up to ‘The Day of the Dead’ in most Latin American countries. The title of the artwork is obviously shown in the sculpture, it shows a skull and has a picture of a skull. The references to these sculptures has a lot of different historical paintings such as, “The Last Supper”, “Lady with an Ermine”, “The Great waves of Kanagawa” and “Michael Jackson and Bubbles.” There are also famous movies such as “King Kong,” “Star Wars,” and “The Terminator.”

The large Olmec heads distinctive artistic creations. They were all sculpted from basalt rock and it is believed that they were made to resemble rulers. They built these large human heads to showcase the wealth and beauty that lay within the ceremonial

Throughout different time periods and civilizations come many different types of art that would never be comparable to those of another time or place. There are also the pieces that come from a completely different time and place, but yet they can still be compared to one another. The Torso of a God (Egyptian, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, last decade of the reign of Amenhotep III, Granodiorite, 1359-1349 B.C.) and the Statue of Asklepios (Greek, Hellenistic period, Pentelic Marble, 2nd century B.C.) are two sculptures made hundreds of years apart, yet they both display many similarities and show how art is constantly changing whilst keeping the same core ideas.

The Olmec built these gigantic freestanding sculptures known as Colossal Heads which were found in San Lorenzo, Veracruz. They are over two meters long and weigh sixteen tons. They are also known simply as the Olmec heads. There are different interpretations as to why these heads were built. I belief that the author of the article “Toward a Conception of Monumental Olmec Art,” Beatriz de la Fuente, finds that the harmonic proportions of the Olmec heads symbolize the cosmos. De la Fuente uses iconography to demonstrate why the Olmec heads were portraits of someone superior. In the article, “The Portrait and the Mask: Invention and Translation,” the author, Esther Pasztory, writes about the effect the Olmec heads have on the viewer. Pasztory uses visual context to demonstrate how the heads were something people were, and still are, in awe of.

Art style is from Olmec culture which classified to Early Preclassic period. The modern-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco on the Golf Coast of Mexico were Olmec culture existed around 1500B.C.E to 400B.C.E. Young male stone statue has similarities to Olmec culture’s stone statues. For example, Young male stone statue feature is similar to Colossal head #1 (1200B.C.E-800B.C.E.) from San Lorenzo, one of famous stone statue which is excavated as Olmec culture’s stone statues. Round face and cheek, big eyes, nose, and downturned lip are placed in close to center like infant face, and almond shape eye are characteristics that seen in both male stone statues. Another stone statue Prince (c.800B.C) sculpture Cruz del Milagro from Olmec culture has

Unlike the sculptures from the Archaic period, the High Classical period sculpture is no longer stiff, rigid and stylized. The understanding of the human anatomy is showed with accuracy and observation of the artist. Comparing with the sculpture from the Archaic period, this Spear Bearer is realistic and natural, the proportion of the head and the figure is considered perfect in centuries. this was the uniqueness of this piece during that time period.

This image is a sculpture created by the Zapotec tribe between 900 and 200 BEC in Modern Peru. This sculpture is usually created using clay and tools to etch in very fine details. Some activities that this object would be a part of would be at the center of a ceremony or in upper-class people homes. The amount of details in the sculpture proves that the people making it spent a lot

I chose to complete my art analysis on Sunkoo Yuh’s three-dimensional ceramic sculpture Athens Winter, which was completed sometime during 2008, in only a period consisting of six months (SunKoo Yuh: Seasons); the inspiration of the title comes from the place and season in which Sunkoo Yuh’s work was created (SunKoo Yuh: Seasons). By looking at the model, it is noticeable that Yuh used clay in order to create the organic form structure and had the paint glazed. It also appears that the artwork was made in two pieces conjoined together at the bottom of the rocks and above the wolf’s head. Throughout the work, I was able to see a variety of figures consisting of people, flowers, fish, rocks, mythological creatures, animals, skeletal remains,

In The “Romans Sarcophagus Depicting a Battle between Soldiers and Amazons (Warrior Women)” sculpture gives use a representation of the Roman sarcophagus final resting place of a Roman military commander of the battle. While depicting the grisly scene between soldiers and Amazons, the unbelievable warrior ladies of the antiquated world, showing us the outcome through his art and the remembrance of the Roman commander for his courageous actions .This Roman sarcophagus was created sometime between 140 –170 AD and made out of marble, which is the medium, giving it a visual profundity past its surface evoking out a certain realism when done. The size of the Roman sarcophagus is 40 ½ x 91 ½ x 50 ½ inches give it just enough size to engrave all

I cannot speak as to how well-written this essay will end up, but in it, I will attempt to examine two sculptures, the Statue of Memi and Sabu – an Egyptian work – and the Seated Statue of Gudea, which is a Mesopotamian work.

In this essay I will attempt to make justice to the overwhelming contrast of two sculptures, The Royal Acquaintances Memi and Sabu and a Statue of Gudea. The latter mentioned sculpture is believed to be at least 485 years older than the first, but still, seems subsequent in evolving forms of art. Being a portrait of a character of great legacy, the Statue of Gudea does exactly what is intended even in modern times- evokes a feeling of admiration and serenity towards this leader.

In many places throughout the world many buildings, monuments and sculptures have been made. Some were made centuries ago, and some were made recently. Many works of arts are significant or a great part of history. Some of the many buildings that have been made throughout time could have also been dedicated to someone or something. For example, the Arch of Titus was dedicated to Titus. Another example would be the Arc de Triomphe which was dedicated to soldiers. Many buildings can have a very significant meaning behind them, in the following essay I will be speaking about the importance of both of these works of art, which are the Arch of Titus and the Arc de Triomphe.

In this essay, I will relate two sculptures of ancient times, the statue of Gudea from the Neo –

A striking example of Early African art is a Terracotta statue ca. 1000-1500 depicting a Mother with children(?), from the Inland Niger Delta, Mali. The piece was discovered among many other modeled terracotta sculptures in the walled town of Jenne-Jeno. Archeological evidence from this region suggests the presence of several diverse ethnic groups due to the several pieces found, all differentiating in style. The mother within this statue is depicted in a seated position with 3 smaller figures clasping onto the her figure. The figures are idealized, like many of the naturalistic