The Italian word contrapposto in art refers to an uneven pose used in
Greek classical sculpture to make standing figures appear more dynamic.
Not exact matches
Classical sculpture's formal qualities, like their religious origins in
Greek antiquity, are little understood today.
I'm devoted to creating
sculpture that is spontaneous and contemporary in its sensibility, yet reflects a love for the past, in particular
classical Greek art and the great masters of
sculpture throughout history.
The show will examine his understanding of form and light in the composition of formal portraits, still lifes and figurative works that celebrate the sensual quality of nature and the human body.The works relate strongly to the museum's permanent collection of fine art that includes portraits from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Dutch old master still lifes and studies of the nude and human figure, a staple of western art dating back to the
classical forms of
Greek sculpture.
The part - figure throws a shadow behind itself that masquerades as a traditional sculptural form - perhaps a
classical Greek sculpture with its arms and head lost over time, or the fragmented body of Auguste Rodin's headless and armless «Striding Man».
Silver has reworked marble copies of
classical Greek sculpture and the effect is as if the passage of centuries has physically eroded the forms, or as if the action of looking by so many thousands of eyes has abraded the surfaces and rounded and softened every contour.
Sharing the viewer's space more literally than any other medium,
sculpture has given rise to some of the most iconic works in art history, including the
classical Greek Venus de Milo (c. 130 - 100 B.C.), Michelangelo's High Renaissance David (1504), Rodin's The Thinker (1902), and Constantin Brancusi's The Kiss (1908).
Objects range from
classical Greek and Roman artefacts to contemporary painting,
sculpture, video and photography.
The material recalls
classical Greek sculpture, while the style, and even the titles at times, refers to
classical Chinese landscape painting.
These works are of both the past and the future, combining
classical Greek sculpture with a cyborg aesthetic.
Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest) Opened in 1906, Szepmuveszeti Muzeum is organized around six departments: Egyptian,
Greek and Roman
Classical Antiquities,
Sculpture, Old Masters, the Modern Collection, and Prints / Drawings).
A geometric arrangement of tubular stainless - steel chairs, all of which have fur coats casually hung over the backs, adorn the gallery like
classical Greek sculptures.
On «The
Greek Miracle»:
Classical Sculpture from the Dawn of Democracy at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
After primitive forms of cave painting, figurine
sculptures and other types of ancient art, there occured the golden era of
Greek art and other schools of
Classical Antiquity.
Justin Matherly's
sculptures of cast concrete and ambulatory equipment re-imagine
classical Greek forms.