Vishnu The Preserver By Lakshmi And Sasvati

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

One pleasant afternoon, my classmates and I decided to visit the Houston Museum of Fine Arts to begin on our museum assignment in world literature class. According to Houston Museum of Fine Art’s staff, MFAH considers as one of the largest museums in the nation and it contains many variety forms of art with more than several thousand years of unique history. Also, I have never been in a museum in a very long time especially as big as MFAH, and my experience about the museum was unique and pleasant. Although I have observed many great types and forms of art in the museum, there were few that interested me the most.

Some features include the size of the women and appearance. The size of the women in the sculpture shows that she is big and powerful. And the appearance and how she is sitting shows that she is a royalty or like Mellaart said goddess. Another understanding could of been that it was just a sculpture pertaining to body image.

Every soul will be judged and the good will go to heaven and the damned will go to hell. The sculpture vividly expresses the emotional intensity of what the afterlife will look like. On the left-side the sculpture shows “heaven” the figures show that they are at peace because they know their souls have been saved. The children are laughing and the angels are blowing their trumpets with joy in anticipation of Christs’ return. As for the right-side it tells of what “Hell” maybe like, demons are weighing the souls and claiming them. It shows people suffering, crying and realizing that they’re going to hell for

roughly a foot and a half tall, nearly two feet long, and ten inches in depth. Used for

As stated previously, this is a depiction of Buddha Maitreya. He is a particularly interesting subject because of his special place in Buddhism, namely that he is both a bodhisattva and a Buddha. It is believed that when the current version of our world ends he will be the next great teacher. He is thus greatly revered

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

In this sculpture it is representing the highest level Africans of European Society. The bronze is creating an atmosphere of royalty. African women are queens. The iconography of this statue displays the earrings as apart of African American culture. Every feature of this statue is exhibiting the culture of African American culture; such as the hair, the hair-wrap it is a symbol courage and true homeland of Africa. Also, including, the resistance to loss self-definition. The arm bracelet. By contrast, her eyes tell a story of pain and happiness that is slowly growing.

The portrait is made of sandstone and like its namesake is the golden tan color of sand. There are damaged, fractured and scraped areas on the surface of the front facing sculpture. There is a gradient of tones within this hue. The style is very smooth and idealized unlike the realist Roman verism. The simplified features are large and emphasized on the face. The features are very soft looking due to the smooth curves of the face. The individual elements of the portrait are all very soft curved as well as deep defining shadowed areas of the face.

Art is a form of expression about ideas, in order to describe a human beauty, appealing an imagination of art and emotion. Suzanne Preston Blier has written about an attractive piece of sculpture, The Royal Arts of Africa. She has a perfect description of a well-balanced of it, which is included the analogous colors and all these represent gods in religious iconography as well the rectilinear shape that is connected to the body and unifying the sculpture.

This one piece of art has many representations and symbols that are very important to the Hindu religion. Shiva, the destroyer, is casted bronze like the other pieces I chose. The beauty behind this artwork was its many symbols that this one piece holds. Shiva is the God of dance and music. In his hands, he holds a flame and a drum; this symbolizes the beauty and the destruction that he can create. Shiva dances on top of a demon, the demon represents Ignorance. While he dances on the demon, he stamps its power out. On Shiva’s many arms, there is a snake coiled around him, this also represents Ignorance in which he removes with his wisdoms. In Shiva’s culture, Shiva was the most important authority in the religious, political, and cultural

After researching this sculpture of the seated couple, I feel it’s a representation of a culture that views each gender equally. Gender roles and equality have been constantly changing and evolving since time began, the responsibilities and roles vary from culture to culture. The size of the two statues plays a significant role to me in showing they are both equal and one is not favored over the other. The man has his arm over the woman, I think this signifies protection and the small bit of dominance that the male had in the relationship, but also shows that the male has some caring and nurturing qualities as well. There are also some smaller figures located on the base of the stool, many believe these are representative of their ancestors

It is moreover pyramidal in structure with the vertex coinciding with Mary’s head. The base of the sculpture depicts the rock of Golgotha and is broader than the progressive

The artwork I chose to analysis was a Vajra Ritual Scepter that is currently being held by the Philadelphia Museum of Art (“Vajra Ritual Scepter” & See Appendix 1). The Wheeler’s donated this piece to the museum in 1933. The actual artwork has been dated to the nineteenth century from somewhere in Tibet. The artist is unknown but the vajra was constructed of copper alloy with mercury gilding. As a result it is a shiny cool gold color, not quite true gold but not quite a true silver or metallic color. The center is made of a bead of metal where a person can hold the vajra between the tips of their thumb and a finger. From the center the decorative elements are identical on either side, creating a symmetrical

In my opinion, the sculpture is very beautiful and detailed, it shows Shiva with four arms and two legs in a dance posture known as Nataraja. The name comes from one of the oldest languages in India known as Sanskrit. The term “Nata” convey to dance and “Raja” to king, meaning king of dance. The height of the sculpture is 48cm by 36cm, and every single features of his cosmic dance posture signifies the creation and destruction of the world. The figure of Lord Shiva stands within a circle of flames and it is seen as the endless cycle of birth and rebirth, within this Shiva dances to his cosmic dance of bliss.