Living statue

INSIDE AND OUTSIDE Living statues or live statues are referred to people who pose in a statue or mannequin-like of manner and appear to be realistic. Looking back to the history of live statues, it has been seen that this form of art has existed since the medieval and Renaissance times where live statues were a regular feature of festivities and royal entries by rulers during that era. The living statue has also been dated to appear in a scene of the 1945 French film, Les enfants du paradis (Children

Contrast of the Statue of Memi and Sabu, with the Statue of Gudea For this work, I am going to put side by side the two works and bring out their differences along their resemblance. The two works have in common some peculiar resemblance like the era in which they were produced, though being from different cultures and different time and space. Furthermore, though the material and finish are almost alike, there is a sharp contrast in their context and content. 1- Form The statue of Memi and Sabu

A statue stands erect in the square. All around, people are made to bow down or suffer. What is it of? Jupiter? Juno? Ceres? The killer bunny from Monty Python? No. The statue is a depiction of none other than Julius Caesar. Gaius Julius Caesar, conqueror of Gaul, had decided to kill the current consul, Pompey, and take the mantle of consul for life----in other words, an emperor. The aforementioned statue scenario was his vision of his OWN version of Rome. The man in question was a tyrant, who planned

The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast two sculptures. The Statue of Memi and Sabu, dated back to ca. 2575–2465 B.C., Egyptian; and the Seated Statue of Gudea dated back to 2150–2100 B.C., Neo–Sumerian period. The Statue of Memi and Sabu: In order to understand the intended purpose of this status we should take in account Egyptians beliefs about life after death. Egyptians from this period of time believed that each person has a spirit that continues on after death; they made tombs

“The Royal Acquaintances of Memi and Sabu” and “Statue of Gudea”. I will also describe what effects the intended purpose of each of these sculptures might have had on their appearance. “The Royal Acquaintances of Memi and Sabu” (Memi and Sabu) is a painted limestone sculpture produced between 2575­2465 BCE in the years of the Old Kingdom of Egypt. This sculpture is about two feet tall and about nine inches wide. (2016. www.metmuseum.org) “Statue of Gudea” (Gudea) is a sculpture carved from diorite

the Confederate Statues On August 12, 2017, a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, VA turned into a violent and brought renewed attention to dozens of Confederate monuments from around the country. The removal of the confederate statues has its pros and cons as to why they should take them down. My opinion to this debate is that they shouldn’t take the statues down. There are three reasons why I would not want them removed. The first is that what we should see in the statues is a ghost, a

INTRODUCTION The statue of The Royal Acquaintances Memi and Sabu is from Egypt ca. 2575-2465 B.C, and the Statue of Gudea is from Mesopotamia of the Neo-Sumerian culture ca. 2090 B.C, however there are similarities and differences between the two.(StatueofGudea|WorkofArt|HeilbrunnTimelineofArtHistory|TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt)(TheRoyalAcquaintancesMemiandSabu|WorkofArt|HeilbrunTimelineofArtHistory|TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt.) In comparison, each statue is from a society which believed in multiple

Many people enjoy monuments, but they are unaware of the controversial issue involved. Most agencies or groups have the right intentions of constructing a monument, but do not realize the public opinion of the case. Monuments intend to recognize a person, place, or event. When you think about a monument, you would most likely think about the memorial informing people of something significant in history. It is not the intention to bring the entire history lesson about the subject, but doing so would

thinking about what the memorial is going to be; a huge bronze statue or a plaque with their name on it, and where. Controversy is also something that needs to be thought about in deciding if it would be a good idea or not to have a memorial of someone or something. Those factors should depend on the space they are working on, as well as where, and the fact that sometimes it’s best to stay away from the subject as the public may not agree. Statues are typically large and may cover a fair amount of space

visual worth and they used it create statue of the human body. Unfortunately, because bronze is a metal that can be cast and is expensive, it can also be melted down. Hence, large bronze statues have rarely survived from antiquity, as most were melted down so that their valuable metal can be reused. The ones that are still preserved today are mostly the same ones that were either lost at sea or buried underground. This paper in particular discusses two of the statues exhibited at the Power and Pathos