The collection of the Athena Acropolis reliefs are mainly all working to depict the same message and all have the same style. As opposed to the other set of reliefs that are also located at the parthenon called the Parthenon Frieze. One of the main things that set apart The Athena Acropolis carvings and the carvings from The Parthenon Frieze is that the frieze carvings are typically larger scale narratives that focus on scenes of war or preparing for war. Many of the carvings that I saw at the museum were all very unified, because of the excessive amounts of fabric draping over them, which seems to be the main focus in this whole collection. Although it may seem like the heavy fabric is overbearing on their bodies, it is still very easy to …show more content…
The way her drapery falls down on the sides of her body quickly reveals her expressive stance. This was done by a skillful stone carver that came from the Cycladic Islands, where marble was plentiful, which makes it even more obvious that these sculptures were done during the 400’s BCE. Another carving that expresses heavy emotion is the Mourning Athena relief. This is considered one of the most famous sculptures from the Athena Acropolis. The way her head is bent downward is most likely to express intense inner feelings and deep thought, which is the artist's attempt to convey emotion. Because her pose seems sorrowful, many people have suggested that the pillar may represent a memorial of a dead Athenian or maybe she is remembering the many soldiers who have died in the name of her city. Another piece of work from this collection is The Borghese Dancers. This carving includes all of the things we have previously talked about, such as gentleness to it. This sculpture has no sign of warfare or danger to it. Much like all the others, it has a very calm and soft vibe to it. The drapery flowing in the air, as she twists and turns makes it seem fun and gives it a lighter mood. Unlike the Frieze sculptures that all have fairly serious depictions. It seems as though they are dancing in celebration of something, as many people believe they are supposed to be apart of a ceremony of some sort. Many other sculptures before this time were very stiff and didn't have much
As time kept passing, more and more magnificent sculptures were made by numerous artists. One of the most memorable sculpture was Aphrodite of Knidos, goddess of love and beauty. Back in the Late Classical Period, the civilians were only used to seeing ideal male nude bodies, but Praxiteles decided to make a different approach and sculpted the first female nude. Because he obviously had never seen a goddess before, he used his imagination and sculpted bathing Aphrodite as humanlike possible. He did not make it look idealistic, but instead made it beautiful with flaws.
Sculpture is a medium that artists in ancient Greek commonly used to express spoken truths in an unspoken form. Every piece of ancient Greek sculpture has more than what the eye sees to explain the story behind the [in this case] marble.
Many students who are enrolled in FFA are already heading in the right direction to a bright future. FFA has many career benefits within the program. Any of the career development events (CDE’s) have something that will tie to a career in agriculture or to a career of other sorts. According to the National FFA Organization, “FFA members embrace concepts taught in agricultural science classrooms nationwide, build valuable skills through hands-on experiential learning and each year demonstrate their proficiency in competitions based on real-world agricultural skills”(“Statistics”). There are so many careers that tie into FFA, and many of them have to do with agriculture. Not every career that has to do with agriculture is about farming. There are so many different aspects of the agriculture industry that many people never think twice about. Most people are not interested in agriculture because they think it is just about farming or
By universal definition, "sport" is listed as "an activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively." Football, basketball, baseball, soccer and other primary activities have always been concretely defined as sports in society. However, one of the most physically demanding activities is constantly forgotten when it comes to the realm of sports- dance. Dance requires a tremendous amount of training and creates an aura of competition in which people compete to be the best, win, and take home the trophy- just like in traditionally accepted sports. These sports, however, do not possess an element of psychological health threats that some competitive dancers unfortunately must account for due to the emphasis placed on physical appearance.
During the white encroachment on the Native American lands, Tecumseh wanted to unite all Indians tribes as one in order to collectively fight against the whites. He was a political leader, and his main concern that he made evident was that the whites had no authority to sell the land. He was removed from his land because he did not have the deeds for his property, yet the U.S. was signing off (what do you mean sign off??) for people who did not have deeds to buy land, “You said that if we could prove that the land was sold by people who had no right to sell it, you would restore it” (Tecumseh, 206). Tecumseh believed that anyone who was to sell the land should receive the death penalty. He was a firm believer that the whites did not deserve their land that the tribes resided.
This is a copy of the sculpture of Athena Parthenos, dressed in battle attire, that was originally created by Phidias during the period of 447-39 B.C. The statue of Athena Parthenos was to be constructed, not of bronze, but of gold and ivory. The face, arms, and feet of the statue were to be made of ivory and the clothing, of thickly plated gold. The statue was an enormous size that towered thirty-three feet tall. The costly nature of the materials out of which it was designed was intended to overwhelm the viewer, creating a sense of religious awe.
From a craftsman’s standpoint, the enhancements can be seen in the Greek’s sculpting style. The sculpture bodies are seen as more relaxed and less rigid, given way to a more natural and realistic form. Sculptors also started replacing that unnatural archaic smile and large eyes with symmetric facial features that more accurately represented a human face. A common technique used in the Classical Period is called contrapposto. This technique was the position that sculptors used. Usually one of the sculpture’s legs is in front of the other causing a shift in the hips and torso; sculptors used this position to portray a carefree appearance. An example of the use of the contrapposto technique is the famous sculpture, Kritios Boy. When you look at the sculpture, you can see the one leg that is shifted forward, giving the boy’s body a relaxing stance. Although, contrapposto was very popular and heavily used during the Classical Period, the sculptures still have very serious looks on their faces. This doesn’t change until we enter the Hellenic Period, when sculptors started giving their works more creative poses and facial
The Egyptians and the Athenians were two separate civilizations that lived during different times. Many of their art pieces that we find now are similar, but very different at the same time. During this essay I will be comparing and contrasting two statues that are from two different civilizations. We will see how the Athenians took many of the Egyptians techniques into their art, but we will see their unique style as well.
The trip to the metropolitan museum was a great trip to learn and to study art. What is art you may ask, well art is an expression you use to show a visual picture. It can be through painting or through sculptures. Some other example of art is music, literature and dancing. For today 's paper we will be talking about art as a sculpture. The two sculptures in this photo are King Sahure and a Nome God and Marble Statue of Dionysos leaning on archaistic female figure (Hope Dionysos). You can find these statues in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. King Sahure and a Nome God is an Egyptian art that was made in 2458-2446 BCE. The artist is unknown. It was during the 5th dynasty and it also belong to the old kingdom. The Marble statue of Dionysos Leaning in the archaistic female figure is a Greco-Roman art. Belonging to the Roman imperial period of the late first century A.D. Augustan or Julio-Claudian period 27 B.C., to 68 AD. It is classified as a stone sculpture and it is made out of marble. The height of the statues is 82 ¾ inches. There is no evidence who was the original artist.
The epic poem, Beowulf, a work of fiction, offers more insight into Ancient Anglo-Saxon English culture than the work of Bede, who wrote, A History of the English Church and People. The epic poem Beowulf gives an enhanced illustration and clearer understanding of the culture of the Ancient Anglo-Saxon’s. The epic poem gives the audience a picture of what the Ancient Anglo-Saxon English valued; seafaring, warriors, heroes, and paganism.
While walking the Greek Art Section in the Metropolitan Museum, people could easily be captivated by the grandiosity of one Archaic Period sculpture named Kouros(Youth), as you could see in figure 2, a beautiful male nude stone statue. Although it is true that, at the first glance, most people would mistreat this statue as an Egyptian one, for its straight and simple style, which derives from the Sinai Peninsula, this statue is actually from Athen, the center of Greek. Nevertheless, this similarity still arouses people’s curiosities: why and how the Archaic Period Greek statues resembled with the Egyptian one? Is there any other culture also influenced the Greek Art? Thus, this essay is going to discuss how two main foreign cultures: the Egyptian culture and the Ionic culture influenced the Archaic Period Greek Art.
Every person has wondered about something - whether it be a person, place, thing, law, or anything that someone can think about. They ask questions both rhetorical and actual to themselves, and usually make it a mission to answer these questions. Some of the biggest questions have something to do with culture and religion. One of the most major questions of all time - to what extent does an individual have control over the outcome of his or her life? There are many different opinions on this topic.
What makes a good person good? According to WikiHow, "We should learn to define our own morals ourselves. One of the simplest ways to do so is to love others, and treat them as you would like to be treated. Try to think of others before yourself. Even doing small things daily will greatly enrich and improve your life, and the lives of others around you." This quote shows us what we need to do in order to be what society thinks as, “good". In order to be a good person, you have to do good and moral things in your society consistently. However people might think that by doing one good thing once in a while will automatically make you a “good person”, but in reality it doesn’t.
She is the type of goddess that can help you in a dire time, but when betrayed, can kill you on site. Born leader, not your ordinary woman, came to raise the expectations of women. Athena, the daughter of Zeus, goddess of wisdom and handicraft, are some of the characteristics attributed to her that will be explored. Athena is a force not to be reckoned with. Her birth was unbelievable, her role in Greek society was renowned, as well as in Roman society when she punished Arachne. Where is your thesis statement?
The Peloponnesian war resulted in an endless discord and declined the serene idealism the Greeks possessed. Greeks became disillusioned and alienated resulting in artist focusing on real world aspects of life and appearances opposed to the idea of perfection in humans and the structures, which portrayed them. The artist Praxiteles of the fourth century BCE did not reject the superhuman beauty that was present in Classical art; he preserved that in the creation of Gods and Goddesses. The Aphrodite of Knidos was imperative to history as she was represented completely nude, and that was the first nude sculpture of a Goddess. Alexander, the Greats many conquests including that of the Near East and Egypt, brought to light a new cultural age otherwise known as the Hellenistic period, with his death in 323 BCE Greek kings who succeeded him divided his empire among themselves. With the division of the Greek Empire and the loss of Alexander the Great open aspect of the Persian Empire into the Greek world. Hellenistic Geek sculptures continued to encompass the Classical trend however incorporated even greater natural elements. The idealized serenity of the traditional elements were replaced by the emotionalism and the intense reality of the Hellenistic period. One of my favorite sculptures was that of artist Epigonos: The Gallio Chieftain killing himself and his wife after the defeat of Gauls as he did not want to surrender and have his wife sold into slavery, therefore, he killed his wife and then himself. This was sculpture depicts much emotion. The sculpture shows the chieftain holding his wife’s lifeless body by the strength of one arm while he ends his life with the other by driving a sword into his heart. It portrays a sad and courageous act all at the same