Anne Whitney was well known for her full figured portraits of suffragist and protesters leaders, she communicated her feminist and abolitionist view through her sculpture. Whitney accomplished portrait statues of prominent suffragists such as Harriet Beecher Stowe, William Lloyd Garrison, and Lucy Stone. The Lady Godiva statue shows lines, texture, and pattern from what I can observe as visual elements. The statue contains lines to outline the stitches in her dress. The texture of the statue is overall smooth, and the embroidery pattern can be seen on her veil, which is wrapped around her arm. I also noticed that Whitney used principle of design in her statue; Whitney was well known for her life-sized marble figures, so therefore scale played
In the poem, “The century Quilt”, the poet MArilyn Nelson Waniek uses literary devices such as flashbacks, hyperboles and imagery to help the reader comprehend the signifigance of the Centrury Quilt.
The idea that art can be a service to people- most importantly a service to poor and disenfranchised people is one that may be disputed by some. However, Elizabeth Catlett and other artists at the taller de Graffica Popular have proved that art could be made to service the poor. Catlett in particular is someone who has always used her art to advocate for the poor and fight injustices. While her activism and political views were very impactful, they were also very controversial. Catlett`s art and activism influenced African American and Latin American art by changing the narratives of Black and Brown working class women. In their books titled Gumbo Ya Ya, The Art of Elizabeth Catlett, African American Art: The Long Struggle, and Elizabeth Catlett: Works on Paper authors Leslie King-Hammond, Samella S. Lewis, Crystal Britton, Elizabeth Catlett, and Jeanne Zeidler speak of the work of Catlett. In a paper titled -----, ---- also speaks of the work of Elizabeth Catlett and her legacy as an activist.
While the Votive Statue of Gudea may not have been crafted for a propagandistic purpose, the statue of Gudea presents a lot of the same ideals as the Augustus of Primaporta. The work presents Gudea as a strong and peaceful leader who was worthy of divine favor. This is a common theme for depicting rulers throughout art history and in modern times today. Rulers want to seem god-like, or at least prove that God is on their side.
“Silver Liz as Cleopatra” is a piece completed by Warhol in 1963 and is currently on display at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. This specific painting portrays actress Elizabeth Taylor as the lead role of Cleopatra, the highest grossing film of 1963. Silver paint, and silkscreen ink and pencil on linen were all used in union to achieve the final result. Here the recurring images of the queen of the silver screen resemble a strip of film or a number of inexpensive and quick snap shots from a photo booth. The representation of Hollywood stars in his works were not an uncommon subject for Warhol as he was infatuated with the world of celebrities. His ability to utilize the methods and techniques...
In "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, two sisters want the handmade quilt that is a symbol of the family heritage. Alice Expresses what her feeling are about her heritage through this story. It means everything to her. Something such as a quilt that was hand made makes it special. Only dedication and years of work can represent a quilt.
In the Wallach Gallery exhibition of Anna Hyatt Huntington’s sculpture (1876-1973), the viewer gets to discover different versions of the emblematic figure that is Joan of Arc, from small bronze medals, to much bigger works of art. A digital replication of the initial statue that was unveiled at Riverside Drive and 93rd Street in December 1915 is also available the public in the gallery. The success of the Joan of Arc – or The Maid of Orleans’s depictions results from the symbol that she fosters in European and American culture: a French medieval patriotic heroine who received visions directly from God and who was told to help France combat the English domination and who died burned at the stake, as a martyr.
The statue is made of marble, instead of the bronze statue. This statue is one of the earliest marble statues of a human figure carved in Attica. The statue is a kind of symbol; he does not in any way a likeness. This is my first expression when I saw the statue: the statue is showing me a simple, clear action that was used by Greek youth sculptures throughout this period. Looking at this statue, he expanded into 3D space, because he is standing straight and facing forward without any exaggerated movements, thus the post makes him look closed-off and a column his limbs are locked in space. Therefore, the standing posture, the decorations on his body, his hair and knee’s texture and how the Egyptians impact Greek art, is what makes me interested in it. A question that has always been in my mind is
...ltiple kinds of transformation on one statue. After all, Art History is a history about transformation, and how to merge different transformations into a novel category and style.
Perhaps this is a direct response to the eroticization of owning a painting produced by a woman; the representation’s realism prevents the presumably male audience from viewing her face in entirety. Her body is shown in action and foreshortened, removing any possibility for it to be compared to the perfectly proportioned female figures so often used to
When beginning my sketch, I took a moment to analyze the work of art and found that the statue illuminated a sense of serenity. Like most viewers my initial reaction was to explore the statue from head to toe as I sought out the different elements and principles of art. The statue was close to life-size and just about my height, so looking straightforward we were eye to eye. I noticed the softness gathered about the facial structure, but all the same time the depth and complexity that was engulfed around the muscularity of the body. The rigorous symmetry was accounte...
Georgia O’Keeffe is an artist known for her paints of flowers, skyscrapers, and landscapes from New York. She is recognized as the mother of American modernism. Georgia O’Keeffe has always been a name I remember from my art classes in middle school. We had to talk about a piece of art in class each week and I kept finding myself doing her paintings. The way she uses color and the detail of her flowers is so perfect. The reason I chose to do Georgia O’Keeffe is she is a well-known artist and when think of art, I think of her. I have always thought of Georgia as interesting artist. Not being much of an art guy, something about her paintings makes me interested in her work. I like that she is so simply with her work and she paints very beautiful pieces of work, I’m excited to look more into her work, and get to learn a little more about art. I feel like I hear this quote a lot connected with art, O’Keeffe says many times through out her life “ I found that I could say things with colors and shapes that I couldn’t say in any other way----things I had no words for.”
When first looking at George Washington by Horatio Greenough first thought that came to mind was Roman Art! George Washington by Horatio Greenough is a unique piece looking much like many Roman sculptures you may have seen, but upon the statues shoulders dawns George Washington’s signature non-smiling, tightly clenched face. From the neck down you’d never think that this sculpture wasn’t created in the liking of our first president George Washington, but more that of a god like Jupiter. With his bare chest exposed and muscles chiseled, you’d think George Washington was a statue of a god if his face wasn’t so recognizable. With his face determined, brows lifted and his eyes always looking at you at whatever angle, this statue surely grabs your attention.
One of Augusta Savage’s most captivating works of art is “Gamin”, a sculpture made of painted plaster. This is an image of a young street urchin who is thought to be Savage’s nephew, Ellis Ford. This sculpture represents the many young African American men of Harlem who roamed the streets. This sculpture is not very large. It is only 9 in. x 5¾ in. x 4⅜ in., but it is a suitable size considering the subject is a young urchin. He is wearing a shirt that appears to be wrinkled and a loose fitting hat. He appears to be poor and hopeless. He looks as though he is looking at something that is far away or just looking for someone to restore his hope again. His face shows loneliness or sadness. If you look closely,
Throughout history, women artists have had to face opposition from their male counterpart to be treated as equals in both society and in art. Men has enjoyed a level of personality in the depiction of male figures that have allowed for active roles while women were forced in roles deemed lesser. Their treatment in both society and in the representation of art, has limited female viewer in what types of female figures she would see. Her models were mostly passive and objects of beauty or femmes fatales.
In 1865, Edvouvard de Laboulaye, of France, thought of the idea to build the Statue of Liberty while he was on a visit to New York. He commissioned Frederick-Auguste Bartholdi to design the statue. Barthholdi needed someone with experience with building the outer skeletons of statues, so he asked for the assistance of Alexandre Gustave Eiffel. While designing Liberty the two sculptors kept a few things in mind of how they wanted it to look. The first idea came from an artist’s sketch in the 1870’s that revealed how a statue (not Liberty) rose over the roof tops of Paris. They also knew they were putting it in the New York Harbor for a reason and that was so it would always have an audience and could greet immigrants into America. Bartholdi’s mother and girlfriend were the models for how the arms and body were portrayed, and at the bottom of Lady Liberty are chains of tyranny which represent a women’s escape for freedom. (Statue of Liberty National Monument) (Statue of Liberty History) (Statue of Liberty) (Immigration)