Radiant Vs. Ron Robertson-Swanns Vault

As the pieces were 3D, standing out from the wall, interesting coloured shadows and highlights were created with the lighting on the white walls. The viewers could walk beneath the pieces to view the underneath of each bowl-like disc, and see the detail of different coloured glass swirled into the piece. The curving edges of the discs created a natural feel to the piece, softening it.

This research paper is based on a combination of architecture and sculpture, precisely the gargoyle. The inspiration for topic was grasped from a past production paper question which requested that one create a gargoyle spout inspired by a Caribbean cultural aspect. This question deeply intrigued me, providing themes for both a sculpture piece and my research paper.

In the first artwork, Adam Goodrum used transparent synthetic polymer resin and dichroic filter to create ‘Unfolding’. The transparent resin is used throughout the construction of the houses and the dichroic filter is what gives the houses colour. As dichroic filters only transmit certain wavelengths of right, it reflects the rest of the spectrum rather than absorbing it. Adam Goodrum chose to utilise this to create the wonderful neon and pastel colours that viewers see.

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.

At first glance, the sculpture seems to represent a tree beneath the sun, with a man standing and injecting a bag with something as rocks spill out of the back. However, closer analysis reveals that each part alludes to a component of Transcendentalism. The sculpture “Ideas in Nature” uses visual symbolism to represent the importance of simplicity, individuality, and nature. The sculpture uses a very simplistic and almost childlike style to convey a message, which reflects the Transcendentalist notion that nature should be viewed from the perspective of a child. Emerson builds on this idea when he states, “The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child,” (Emerson 693). The quote suggests that in order to

The colors in the back of the sculpture are dark and vividly colored and are nearly completely concealed from a viewer at the front, giving the sculpture an almost business in the front and party in the back appearance. The design element of form is used excellently in Skyward’s freestanding sculpture. It’s relatively simple geometric shapes are lined up in a manner to draw your eyes upwards and it’s seemingly plain front hides complex artwork and shapes that lie behind its façade. Its pedestal hides three spherical objects, one orb and two half spheres, that set the structure’s rise towards the sky. It features a cube form that is delicately balanced at the bottom and sides slyly hide it’s interesting and colorful backside. The next object in this stack is a sphere within a circle and it is decorated with splash art and an influx of warm hues. Finally, a triangle stretching skywards is featured at the top of the sculpture itself. The design principle I chose to analyze was the symmetrical shape of

Formal Analysis of a Lustre Jug Dated to 1185, the lustre jug is made of glazed terracotta by an unknown artist. Despite its age, the jug is remarkably whole, missing only a small fragment on its rim. In order to view all its designs, viewers would have to observe the jug from multiple angles. This essay will analyse how the artist used lines, shape, and colour to explore the dichotomy of containment and stasis in contrast to energy and movement.

With the LED light installation, teamLab illustrates a “Crystal Universe” by having the viewer control of a tech device the lights change and causes it to look like you’re truly in universe. The artwork invites the viewer to imagine themselves as if they were viewing the universe through a three dimensional perspective. Through the way the sculpture is set up, it allows the visitor to be able to walk through it and get a complete experience.

The two artworks I have chosen to discuss in this paper are 3-D sculptures of two renowned artists. These surrealists of two amazing sculptures are Rene Magritte and Victor Brauner. Both of their artworks are located at The Menil Collection, Houston TX. These in the round sculptures are entitled Megalomania (La folie des grandeurs) and Sign (Signe). First, Rene Magritte’s medium on his Megalomania masterpiece is bronze. It was sculpted in 1967, and the size of this artwork is 61 x 48 x 32 3/8 inches (Menil). Similarly, Victor Brauner’s medium on his Sign artwork is gilded bronze. The artwork was beautifully crafted as well in 1945 and casted in 1961. The size of this artwork is 12 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches (Menil). As I go on, I will

Some of the artist that I have reflected on for this project have been Alfredo Pirri and Tony Cragg. In Cragg’s work called Thinking About Things We Can’t See, formulates shifting semi-geometric wooden and bronze shapes that articulate an internal structure, which will influence the outside appearance (Sculpture, p.51-57). Much of Cragg’s pieces are abstract silhouette-like layers of wood which are often presented in gallery type settings. Cragg’s work not only observe his sculptures as a whole, but what potential energy it may carry. In regards to my project, I would like to refer to my sculpture as whole and the room space within it and explore different energies (tension) that the viewer may reflect on. With Alfredo Pirri Ethereal for Eternity explores space and various solid forms like sheets of paper, plaster, and glass sheets that often dematerialize by shadows, light, and color

Mosaics located on the wall and ceilings of a space are more polished and elaborate in color giving the space it is situated in an inspiring aesthetic. Mosaics are unique to other art materials in that they have a shape of their own. They are not soft like paint or clay and cannot be fused with their material equals but only placed at their side. It remains a building stone in the fact that the material cannot adapt itself to the intricate turns of cutting tools. Each tesserae is shaped by the artist’s hammer out of a block of colored stone or vitreous paste.

When I observed Richards work it seemed like an illusion type piece as when it face downward it was this dark navy colour (fig 1) but when facing the other

experience it is amazing (I’ve seen couple of his works in Russian Hermitage) how he didn’t fear the

The first visual element I noticed about this sculpture was the mass. This sculpture is about 10 feet tall and has an open form of mass. I think it is an open form because with this sculpture, not only can you just look at it from a distance, you can also go inside the sculpture and see that the exterior and interior of the sculpture are different.

This essay will discuss the contemporary artists John Coll and Alex Pentek with regard to figurative sculpture in Ireland. This text will explore the backgrounds of said artists, their most notable works and the underlying themes concerning their sculptures. Also in this essay the issue of the increasing theft of sculptures both private and public will be examined including the factors surrounding these incidents.