Sculpture Head's Elecronic Structure

The sculpture portrays the God of Harvest, Dionysus, with his loyal satyr follower, Pan. A considerable amount of detail when into the carving of Dionysus; the multiple grapevines in his hair, his ceremonial staff Thyrsus, the goatskins and the cup of wine he’s holding are all symbols of Dionysus. The composition is very asymmetrical, and creates a contrapposto arrangement, which is distinctly Grecian (Gardner). It was carved out of beautiful fine marble, which also had another purpose in the way of making this piece of art last for many years. Along with the tree trunk between the two men providing support at the base, and the elongated arms providing more structural stability. The God’s head is even reinforced by his hair to make sure the head doesn’t break off. This sculpture is visually and aesthetically pleasing, but doesn’t serve a useful function, like textiles or furniture. Therefore, it is considered a figurative piece of art, which art that is very clearly modeled after real object or person(s), and is therefore representational

Looking at the sculpture carefully I did not observe many shapes, but I did see specific lines which were meant to emphasize smoothness and beauty. For example,

In the face of this sculpture, it is abstracted into a cross, suggest a helmet, an appropriate reference for the war-hungry futurists. The figure seems to have no arms, though seems to have a wing-like forms. However, these protrusions do not need to be a part of the figure itself. The fire-shape of this sculpture that begin to show the air swirling away from the body

This sculpture is of a women breast feeding her child. The face of the two people is elongated, as well as the breasts of the mother. This is common to all African Art because they wanted representation of what is being expressed. In this particular sculpture, a supernatural power is being called upon. The power has been asked to protect the mother and child, and to

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

It is interesting to view it from the sides and the front view, but the latter is the best one. It looks big from a human perspective. It is built on the wall of academic building 7 and it consist of several geometrical shapes, including a hexagon and various lines to give the sculpture its shape. It looks, to me, like a kite with a really long tail. Because of it being high and placed on the building, it cannot be touched or seen in the round. It also consists of nine smaller geometrical pieces that resembled stars at each end where the lines meet to form the piece. The panels of the sculpture were covered in a dichroic coating which creates the colorful lights mentioned above. The direction of the lights changes with the position of the sun in the sky. Each star is made of many different panels in a rectangular shape that help provide a multitude of different strands of light which spread throughout the

The “Head of Meleager” was a Roman copy made by the Greek sculptor, Skopas. Skopas was known for showing humanism and intense emotion through his sculptures. The “Head of Meleager” can also be seen as a Hellenistic sculpture. The Hellenistic Period exaggerated its works of art with drama and tragic heroism. The “Head of Meleager” had a story behind his facial expression which explained a hero with a tragic ending suffering from the death of his family. What I like about this sculpture is the emotion shown through the position of the head and eyes, it’s as if I understood what he has been through. I chose this particular artwork because it had a story behind it. Some of the characteristics of this sculpture include, naturalism, humanism, and drama. I think this art work did an amazing job at showing its culture, I would have already known it was Greek before I read the sign due to its naturalism. This Greek art embodies the characteristics I learned in class as we talked about how dramatic Hellenistic art was because they were going through a rough emotional period. The fourth and last work of art I saw was titled, “Flat-Sided Flask”. This flask was a Chinese work of art that dated from 1368 to 1644

The very idea of a sculpture being produced would have meant some degree of significance, although it is important to stress the size of the piece. This can help interpret the sculpture further. As the piece is quite

This piece had religious meaning the writing in the sculpture meant “In the name of God, most beneficent and merciful. Oh, Allah. Oh, Mohammad. Oh, Ali. Oh, Fatima. Oh, Hassan. Oh, Hussein. Help from God is near at hand. In the month of Ziquad. In the year of Hijri 1287.”

The sculpture has its nose gone and slight scratches on the forehead. The fragmented neck of the sculpture seems to suggest that it used to be attached to something, most likely a body made

There were a total of 3 aspects of my soul which I used as the inspiration for my sculpture; responsibility, creativity, and perfectionist. To demonstrate responsibility, my sculpture has a supporting like figure on one side which is situated to “support” the free flowing structure of the leaf-like figure on the other side. It resembles an open hand and which is there to protect the leaf structure from falling over before it actually does. In addition, the monochromatic colour scheme of red-violet with the base being a very dark shade shows the hand structure as being “rooted” to the ground and very secure. All together the structure acts as a precaution which represents

With no name and created by an unknown artist, this stone statue was created in the 7th-8th century (during the Chinese Tang dynasty) and is a point of intrigue. Although not much is known about the sculpture, it feels as if the statue looks through the sense of self and has a divine sense. Like all ancient statues, much of the colour has faded away. Colour itself is an important aspect in the representation of the figure, due to the symbology associated with each colour. Even though the statue has been given a physical shape, it does not exist in the sense that it is made up of many different animal parts.

He paints the figure in an traditional argyle like pattern of a harlequin, which really helps to make the figure stand out against some rather abstract cubistic questionable pieces of furniture (?). The belt is easily seen, as are two distinct legs. One arm seems to be presented by the negative space between two other objects. He again uses negative space to depict the head or the start of the head as it only includes one eye.

The piece sits in the middle of the Altar as the center of attention and the size of the piece towers over the rest of the artworks. The size of the piece is unknown and the story on the piece is very straightforward, meaning that the story is the story of Jesus’s Crucifixion. The main characteristics that the sculpture has that really stuck out to me are lines that were painted onto Jesus, the mass of the sculpture where the significantly larger than the rest of the pieces, and the balance of the piece was very symmetrical since Jesus is nailed to a symmetrical cross. When looking at the lines my eyes were drawn from top to bottom of the piece because the direction of the lines pointing downward as if it was dripping blood. The shape and size of the piece created a feeling of heaviness because of its presence among the rest of the pieces. Because the piece has a face I was able to read Jesus’s face and get a feeling of sorrow from his glance. I also noticed how we as humans are depicting and judging

The sculptures appear dynamic due to the use of lines and shadows in order to further one's sense of naturalism. The eye sockets are set deep into each head which causes a shadow to fall over the eyes due to the brow