Roman/Christian Art

 

             The sculpture in the image is that of a portrait of an older gentle man. He was quiet possibly a roman senator and this work was created in the 1rst century BC. The face is realistic as opposed to idealistic and look like the man it was modeled after. The slight frown on the mouth and wrinkled brow give a thoughtful look to the figure. This figure shows a mastery of the human form and the capturing of the human anatomy.

            This is an image of Christ as the Good Shepherd. This is a Lunette or a semi circular work of art normall found in architechture. This specific example is found in the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia at Ravenna and was created in 440 AD. This work is a mosaic or a piece made up of colored tiles to create a larger image. The subject is that of a beardless Christ surrounded by sheep. The fact that he is holding a cross means that this is a representation of after his death on the cross. The figure has less attention to details such as depth and focuses more on color to convey its message.

            The emerging Christian and Classical Roman art look completely different from on another. Though it seems to be a step backward in technique both pieces are equally challenging and beautiful to admire. The Roman art like that in the 1rst image I have chosen is more realistic in its attention to the human anatomy and the idealized form. Where as the later Christian art is more concerned with conveying its point with symbols like in the color of the clothing Jesus has on and in the cross in his hand. The loss of detail in the realism may be gone but the message of him being a good shepherd still remains. This is something the Roman art lacks, It lacks a message. Its purpose was to spread power.

Parthenon Pics

Athena Parthenos~ Statue of Athena who

the main Goddess of Athens represented

through greek art.

 

Western Pediment ~The battle of Athena and Posiedon for Athens.

Eastern Pediment~ This depicts the birth of Athena.

Greek Potery

This is a Lekythos made in 480 BC by Brygos and is made out of Terracotta. It is a small vase used to hold oils or perfumes. The narrow opening at the top of the piece it what makes it unique in the purpose it was designed for. The woman on the from is playing a double reeded wind instrument called and aulos. with her ionic style toga and fringed sitting cushion this is a idealistic scene.

Egyptian Project

 

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Paris art museum theft

Back in may of this year five paintings where stolen from the Luvere in Paris France. These included works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse ,Georges Braque, Amedeo Modigliani and Fernand Léger. The value of the paintings was 100 million euros or 138.2 million US dollars. The theft is currently still being investigated by the Brigade de Répression du Banditisme, France's elite police armed robbery unit.
Okay its so not happy to steal famous art works. At least they had the common decency to take them out of the frames careful rather than slice them out for convince. So where ever they are at least as far as we know they are in tact. 

Acropolis

 This is a shot of the acropolis from above.

This is a layout of it from above . It is made up of many buildings instead of just the Parthenon. (which is #1 on the chart) The Old temple of Athena is next to it (#2) and the temple of Athena Nike is in the front as you come up the path(#6) The Acropolis is a huge landmark that over looks the city state of Athens and in ancient times showed the power and wealth of the Greeks. This is a plateau that sits above Athens that is 490 feet above sea level. It lays in ruin today but is a reminder of our own architechtual history.

Church

 

         I walked in and the first two things i noticed was the sky painted on the ceiling and how all the crosses where Egypt themed. The way the space was handled was masterful creating a not so large space seem absolutely huge. The colors and the windows gave a sense of a place preserved in time for us to see. The way the color was handled gave the space an authenticated feel and is a fantastic view of Egyptian culture in modern times.

Egyptian Art

     So this is a not so little statue of Khafre's heir Menakaure and his Queen who has a really long name I have not hopes of saying so I'm glad none of you where around to hear me butcher it when i tried, Khamerernebty II,. All I've got about that part of the work is....wow. So this piece stands 54 1/2in tall and is carved out of a hard black stone that wasn't described hmmmmmm i did a little extra research and discovered the stone is a hard stone called Green Schist or Greywacke I think they called it. Out of all the art in this section I've seen in this section so far this piece stands out the most to me.
     The way the poses are mirror is a early form of rhythm and their heights are the same which probably meant she was just as important as her husband or the artist got a little lazy on proportions. Its interesting that at the bottom of the queens legs there are the outlines for a dress but her top seems to be nude. Upon further reading into other sources they speculate that the top of her dress was painted on rather than carved which is a difference to other sculptures of the time. The two figure compliment on another and create a harmony in the piece of which only the top half is complete. This indicates that this statue was probably commissioned near the end of the Pharaoh's life and there for there was no need to finish the elaborate sculpture.

Protect Fine Art

 

Link to the Original

             This is an article on why the temperature needs to be kept at a certain level in museums and how to protect your art at home. I thought this was an interesting read and rather informative for protecting important art whether its a  classical masterpiece or a kindergartner's painting. Here are some of the tips given to make your lives a little simpler because I know you all so excited about controlling the atmosphere.

• Temperature is important keep it at around 60-80 degrees Fahrenheit 
• Humidity is icky and needs to be 55-65% so use an air conditioner and an humidifier to control that.
• Keep sunlight off you work! Poor things are like vampires and they like it dark the light causes colors and inks to fade and destroys the little things. so save the environment and you art turn the lights off when its not being looked and and keep the blinds closed.
• Art over the fire place is a huge mistake the smoke and heat is a insta killer.
• obviously don't put your art in a basement or and attic these are areas of drastic temp changes and are lethal as far as humidity and flooding issues may occur.
• The rest of the suggestions seemed kind of silly to me like installing water alert sensors and framing you work with contractor approved hardware so I didn't find it too important to list those on here.

Collage

• Decisions: I used things that describe me film, pictures, projects. They are all hobbies I enjoy and frankly I'm just as messy so my desk really does look like that.
• Color:as far as color goes... there really isn't much I have the purple of the pansey and the pink of the rose which is continued in the film strips and the wastebasket. I like working in black and white, so lack of color is more my forte.
• Light: I kept the top of the desk light and the bottom dark there really isn't much too it.
• Texture:the chair and wall have some texture but that's created. I have bubble wrap and a hazard sticker that are actual texture and really fun because of the effect they give.
• Volume:There is volume in the 3-D space I tried to create with the extra piece of board.
• Line: there is a diagonal axis because of the desk and the flower causes a circular motion arund the composition
• Space: The top of the desk and the floor are what create space.
• Scale: The scale of the flower in my collage is important for my middle name is rose which I go by often.
• Symbolism: the roses stand for me the film strips photography the wastebasket=mistakes and the hazard sticker=privacy.

• Art: What does art mean to you? Where does it fit into the world today?
• History: My history is in the wastebasket. I am a new person and straightening out thing in the present. My history has made a wiser, stronger person, and as a result I'm moving on to bigger better things.

My collage is supposed to look like a messy working desk. I drew in the chair and waste basket elements and used another piece of poster board to make the desk. So in doing so I made depth in the composition. Under the desk I used a pencil and created a darker value underneath to create space and an eraser on the chair to distinguish its texture form that of the wall and carpet.

Article

The article i have here is about the reorganization of the works in the Museo del Prado in Madrid Spain. They are reorganizing and putting 176 works into their permanent collection. All of which are from the 19th century and include, 152 paintings 2 watercolors 21 sculptures and an architetueal model. They are trying to organize the pieces by date creator and location. These can e derived from the style and subject matters of the works. So this is how our calss material ties into the article. Link to the Article

Artwork in context

         Alright, as far as formal elements this one is a ground breaker. The Last Supper by Da Vinci is one of the 1st works in history to use perspective. This give depth to an image. The lighter color of the background behind Jesus also adds an emphasis and makes him the focal point of the work. That and all the action, motion, and line(whether literal or implied) also create an emphasis.
               As far as the social implications that can be draw, they say a lot about two different time periods. There are many speculations about this work. The type of paint used can date the image as well as the style. The symbols in this image are many and complicated. The man pointing up to the left of Jesus (sorry if i get my directions confused) is a typical theme in religious works of Da Vinci. It is also seen in his depiction of John the Baptist and it is said they are pointing to God. The food on the table is also important whether it shows us what people of Jesus time ate or that of what DaVinci himself ate it cannot be said.

Favourite Painting

Vincent van Gogh's Two Cut Sunflowers is an oil on canvas
(17 x 24 inches) that is housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
in New York.
So yea I actually did see this work on a school trip my senior year of high school. I've always been a big fan of Van gogh and especially like this work because of the subject matter. I'm really into macro photography(taking pictures of close up or tiny objects) and my favourite flowers are sunflowers. I grow some almost every summer. It's funny i picked my image before i read the article and found it extremely funny that it mentions his Starry Starry Night. This image is special to me because it represents something to me, it represents the fact that all things must change and go away eventually. I saw this painting with my best friend , we saw it the 2 months before we graduated and went our separate ways.
        Sorry to be so depressing, but now onto the show. <3
                          The colors in the sunflower are warm and contrast with the cool colors of the background, but the green hue in the sunflower's petals give a unity to the painting. The light is coming from the front so there is a drastic shadow behind the flowers and it almost gives them a metallic looking luster this makes the image more dynamic and gives it depth. There is texture to it as well not so much in the subject matter but in the variety and the boldness of the strokes made by the paintbrush. The texture in the middle of the flower is rough and stands out against the smoothness of the petals. The space was used effectively filling up at least two thirds of the image the sunflowers are placed diagonally making the painting all that more interesting. This as I said earlier also creates an element of depth. This fills up the foreground space and continues into the middle and backgrounds.