ancient to renaissance western sculpture. venus of willendorf 25.0000 bc limestone 4 3/8 inches tall...
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ANCIENT TO RENAISSANCEWESTERN SCULPTURE
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VENUS OF WILLENDORF 25.0000 BC LIMESTONE 4 3/8 INCHES TALL AUSTRIAVOLPUTOUS BODY SUGGESTS PLENTY OF FOOD SUPPLY, PREGANCY AND HEALTH. OBJECT MAY HAVE
BEEN PLACED IN THE GROUND TO GUARANTEE A GOOD SUPPLY OF FOOD
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MYCERINUS AND HIS QUEEN 2470 BC SLATE 56 INCHES TALL EGYPTCARVED FROM A SINGLE BLOCK OF SLATE
FRONTAL AND STYLIZED POSE PLACED IN GRAVESITE ( PYRAMID ) TO HOUSE KA ( SOUL )
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SEATED SCRIBE PAINTED LIMESTONE 2400 BC 21 INCHES TALL EGYPTSCRIBE WAS AN HONORED POSITION IN
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SOCIETY. SCRIBE WAS CRAFTSMAN WOULD COULD WRITE.SCULPTURE IS CARVED IN A NATURALIST MANNER.
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• STATUE OF YOUTH, KOUROUS 600 BC MARBLE 76 INCHES TALL GREECE
• ARCHAIC PERIOD- STYLIZED AND STIFF• LIFE SIZE FIGURE REPRESENTS EITHER
APPOLLO OR IDEAL ATHLETE• FREE STANDING FIGURE• ARCHAIC SMILE REPRESENTS LIFE INSIDE
FIGURE SINCE STATUE IS SO RIGID.
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KRITIOS BOY 480 BC MARBLE 34 INCES TALL GREECECLASSIC PERIOD-MORE NATURALIST POSE
CONTRAPPOSTO-COUNTERPOSE USED TO SHOW WHERE THE LEG IS IN A FORWARD POSITION. MAKES POSE SEEM MORE NATURAL AND RELAXED. Most Greek sculptures were part of a buildings frieze or pediment.
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Sculptures on Pediments and Friezes.Pediment-triangular area on the top of a building
Frieze-long horizontal band along the top of a building
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DYING GAUL LIFE SIZE 230 BC MARBLE ROMAN COPY OF BRONZE GREEK ORIGINALHellenistic –Period when civilization was in decline. Aesthetics emphasized detail, realism and emotion. Depicts dying
enemy soldier in a sympathetic way.
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Roman sculpture
• Emphasized realism- initially used death mask method. These masks were displayed in the home as a form of ancestor worship.
• Romans created the bust. Bust-image of a person from the chest up emphasizing the face.
• Sculpture was used to show the power of the empire. Portraits of rulers were placed throughout the state.
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Roman busts
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Bust concept carries over to functional objects such as coins.
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Constantine the Great, about 330AD, marble, 8 feet tallEarly Christian sculpture. Head was part of a larger full figure sculpture. Face was
idealized unlike earlier period. Large features created shadows instead of paint. Influence of Classic Greek sculpture.
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Gothic period, Notre Dame, Paris, France, 12th century, various materialsVery little free standing sculpture during the Gothic period. Relief sculpture-carved on the sides of Cathedrals. Gargoyles were orginally functional sculptures used as water
spouts like a gutter drain..
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Donatello, David, 1430, Bronze, 62 inches tallFlorence, Italy
• First free standing nude sculpture since ancient Greek, Roman times.
• Narrative is symbolic of over Christ over sin and Florence over its enemies ( civic pride ).
• Depicts Neo-Platonism with mixture of contemporary armor and laurel wreath.
• Neo-Platonism-philosophy that merges classic Greek ideas with Christian faith.
• Contrapposto and nude influenced by classical Greek style.
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Left-Donatello, Gattamelata, Equestrian Statue,1445, 11 by 13 feetFirst equestrian statue since ancient Roman times (see statue of Marcus Auerlius on right ).
Donatello’s sculpture depicts a Venetian general in a pose usually reserved for rulers.
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• Donatello’s later work was more expressive and overtly spiritual.
• Mary Magdalene,1453, approx. life size, wood with gold.
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Michelangelo, Pieta, 1500, Marble, 68 inches tall
• Completed when Michelangelo was 24 years old.
• Carved from a single block of marble.• Scale of figures are distorted to create
emotional impact.• Work is signed on the band across
Mary’s chest.
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Michelangelo, David, Marble, 1504, 13.5 feet
• Another example of contrapposto
• Echoes Greek Classical and Hellenistic period.
• Compare to Donatello’s version-figure is larger, more manly, no obvious symbolism.
• Commissioned as a symbol of the Florentine republic.
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• Michelangelo was a painter, architect, poet and SCULPTOR. A Renaissance man.
• He believed sculpture was superior to painting.
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• Michelangelo believed art expressed human beauty because the body is the outward indication of divine spirit.
• This idea was borrowed from the ancient Greeks.
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• Michelangelo believed creating was a divine act. He believed he was releasing a trapped figure inside of a marble block.
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Bernini, St. Teresa in Ecstasy, 1652, Marble and bronze
• Bernini was an artist with a background in theatre, stage and scene design.
• He was a Baroque artist. Baroque art was a period after the Renaissance. Baroque emphasized extravagance, the dynamic, ornamentation and the theatrical.
• St. Teresa was a Spanish mystic figure and important influence in the Counter-Reformation.
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Bernini’s depiction of David.