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Then there is a sculpture called ‘Kouros/statue of Standing Youth’ which represents the meant back in the day and age. The sculpture is a very young, athletic, toned man. This man has the body every man wants. This sculpture is desirable to every women. This man represents power, and desire. Unlike the sculpture of the woman this man has a face and a very powerful looking

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

I can only tell by body language that they want to spread heroism between men and women. The use of marble links the sculpture to the glow and smoothness of the male skin. In this sculpture, it appears to be characterized by imagery aimed at the sense of the marble statue. The standing sculpture appears to be relaxed, while the median line makes an angle. While standing upright, the figure’s feet are place in a certain way that brings a shifting effect or movement and a stable poise.

Similarities and differences are what make things so interesting. Would you be happy if everyone was the same. Every looked the same, and liked the same things and hated the same things. No you wouldn’t because you would want to be you and no one can tell you what you want to be or what you don’t want to be. Even the buildings you make would be the same from a normal house to a normal office building. The “Panama Canal” was one of the most useful canals ever built and they were made to for one reason and that was to transport goods. This was somethings everyone needed to solve at that time(1900s). The great Moai statues of Easter Island are also great structures and are really tremendous to the eye. These buildings and canals were made to one purpose they had to do somethings and that something was to make things easier for the people. Some similarities they had were that they both took a long time and sacrifice to build. A difference they had was that they were built for different purposes and they had their own different struggles.

It is a small, black, naked statue of Saint John the Baptist. This statue reminded me of lecture and fits perfectly in with the theme of the First Amendment. The way he is standing is called the adlocution gesture because he has his right hand raised as if he has something important to say. Saint John did a lot of preaching and so the artist must have thought it would be appropriate to sculpt him in this pose. Looking at his feet the artist also used the technique of contrapposto which is a stance with one leg straight while the other leg is slightly bent with the heel raised. Because Saint John is in this stance paired with the adlocution pose he looks like a very active statue as though he is ready for

The subject of this piece is a Buddha named Maitreya. He is a strongly built man wearing a robe that drapes fluidly off of his body. The piece is constructed from gild bronze and was crafted using piece mold casting. Maitreya faces onlookers with open arms and a smile. The piece was obviously meant to be placed against a wall, as is obvious from the fact that the back is left open and is not meant for display.

Although Buddhism, from the outside view, can come across as a relaxed religion this image seems to depict a destructive demon. Without any knowledge of what the illustrations represent, it would be immensely easy to make this quick assumption. In analyzing the piece, though, it can be understood that this Bodhisattva is being depicted in his Tantric form. Like the Tantric Kali from the Hindu religion, God(s)/Goddess(s) or sacred figures can sometimes be seen in the wrong light which leads to an un-informed view of that character. In actuality, if you take a closer look at the illustration it can be seen that Manjusri, being the Bodhisattva of wisdom, wields a sword of wisdom that can cut through ignorance as well as the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra in his left hand.

The body of the woman has mane and the hair fall over accentuated breast feature on the body. The mane is o presenting both a feel of nobility and fright on the face of a lioness, which has a skull of bone and stylized whiskers on the face . The head is raised in a form of adoration with the solar disk and cobra emphasizing the cosmic aspects of the divinity of the goddess . The face is modeled with high precision on which the eyes are small and eyelids that have been painted as it were a collar or the robe’s edge. The statue is in a seated position on a block with the fingers that have been shaped significantly with a focus on the distinctive feature of anatomy that the artist sought to add with much delicacy, resting on her legs. The goddess’s legs have inscriptions that are added to the surface of the throne. She stands as a towering figure with soft feline features that invoke power and fear especially with the nature of her eyes in the statue. Her elegance calls attention to her presenting a valid reason why she was both feared and

It is a very large piece made from Limestone. Limestone is a sedimentary rock which means it is formed by the accumulation of sediments, and it is very hard. The statue itself is not very detailed and is pretty simplistic. It is a statue of a human body. The statue is 71 in. (180.4 cm) which is

Sayre the author says, “The Buddha is the most extensive collection of large-scale sculptures in the world and can be found an hour north of New York City in the lower Hudson Valley at Storm King Art Center (“A World of Art”). Zhang seems to like the traditional aspects of chinses culture, because he re-used an ash material form other artists, to create his own sculpture. The techniques he used to create the sculpture is casting, assemblage, and construction. Without using these three additive techniques of sculpting, the artwork wouldn’t have been fragile, and not overwhelming in size. The subject of the “three Legged-Buddha” is another conflict with the governmental rules and regulations, and it has drawn a lot of attention due to its strong message that it conveys. When I initially examined the art piece for the first time, it looked like a huge dismantled, three legged human figure. I thought it was a symbol for keeping your body in better shape over your mind. The most amazing part of the sculpture is how extremely large it is compared to the electrocution sculpture. After reading and interpreting the sculpture it struck me that it was made for ceremonial gathering, where incense placed and burned from inside of the sculpture, and pours out of the head. I think that the artist was trying to involve the visitors in his sculpture. Since Zhang Huan

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

It consists of three panels, each with polychrome woodblock print on paper. This piece is inspired by a Kabuki story that narrates the aftermath of the Masakado rebellion, where Masakado’s daughter, Takiyasha, brings misfortune upon another through a menacing spirit: “A local samurai hearing that a ghost had appeared at Masakado’s residence, the Soma palace, goes to investigate and encounters Takiyasha disguised as a courtesan. When she fails to win the samurai’s affection, she summons a giant skeleton to overpower him” (Mason 289). During this time, it was rare to see a skeleton used in such a threatening way in Japanese art, especially when skeletons have been used for centuries long before the

The Bishamonten is a fearsome statue that would be placed in front of a Buddhist monastery facing north. It originated as a deity in Indian mythology and came to Japan with many jobs such as guardian of the realm of the North, guardian of Buddhist law, god of victory in war, and god of wealth and good fortune. The statue’s use of sharp, curved, graceful, vertical, diagonal and horizontal lines give the statue a humanistic quality. The curved, rectangular, angular, and soft edge flow of the Bishamonten clothing and face also provide a realism that induces a sense of realism. Due to it’s wooden composition, Bishamonten has both a rough and smooth texture, as well a hard and dull appearance but to the liquor used and time. The liquor used is black,

This is a statue of the deity named Manjushri, which is supposed to represent wisdom. This artwork has been gilded with bronze, parts of this also have rusted. It was during the Jin Dynasty a few hundred years ago. Manjushri is sitting cross-legged on top of the lion and the clothing looks loose-fitting. The lion has what looks like a saddle on its back, and has a rein near its chest. The mouth is open with a smile and the ears of the lion are perked up. There is quite an amount of detail focused on the piece but the center of interest is the lion’s head. The proportions of the lion to Manjushri also seems to be accurate. This art piece is religious and belongs to the Buddhist culture.

Initially, when I walked up to this sculpture my thoughts were the name of the piece pretty much sums it up. Approaching the statues, they seem to just be large bronze masses on the corner of McCaul street but, as any art should be looked at, I decided to dig deeper than the superficial. The location is odd to me, mainly because the bronze forms are not alone in the corner of the building, but are not really impacted by its surroundings. The trees behind the statue are dead giving a desolate atmosphere invoking a sense of loneliness. Moreover, almost the entire area surrounding the piece is solid concrete, giving a very penitential outlook. I’m not sure if the sculpture’s initial approach is supposed to invoke miserable emotions but if so it does its job