Dixie Friend Gay’s sculpture titled Lake Nessy represents a full bodied structure of the mythological water creature most famously known as “Nessy”. This sculpture was made in the year 2014 as a welcoming point that connects a shopping center and various entertainments to the surrounding park. The sculpture’s present location is at Mueller’s Lake Park at Simond Avenue in Austin, Texas. This sculpture is made of glass and ceramic mosaic tile at the scale of 16' x 30'. This sculpture is set on concrete with sections of the body underground surrounded by river rock to represent Nessy sitting in a body of moving water. The sculpture is a mixture of multiple textures and colors, but a light shade of blue is what dominates it. Its neck is long and …show more content…
We can’t entirely recognize mass from a single two-dimensional image. We have to walk around the sculpture in person to get the complete idea of its form. And that is exactly what I did. The many shapes that make up Gay’s full round sculpture are defined by shifts in color. The masses of her sculpture are geometric shapes. The blue oval tiles that make up the majority of the body are geometric, for example, and the multiple gold fish and starfish found at the base of the sculpture are organic. Proportion and scale are the principles of design that assemble this sculpture as a whole. The size of this sculpture can make one believe that a mythical creature can be this size in the world Gay created. In this made-up world we expect the size of this sculpture to be to scale. The proportion is the relationship between parts of a whole, for example, the head to the rest of the body as it thins out the closer you get to the end of the tail. It’s location in the park is easy for people to see it from all sides and even climb on top of …show more content…
Handmade tiles were created to give the feeling of barnacles and other sea life, adding textural touches in contrast to the smooth, glossy, glass tiles of this immense sculpture. Without the contrasts of texture, our world would be plain and dull so I look for textural interests in our environment. This sculpture makes you want to run your hands all over it. Each individual tile makes you want to touch it. Like all visual elements, texture can contribute to our understanding and interpretation of a work. Even before touching the surface of the sculpture, you already have an idea what the embossed tiles will feel like. The smoothness of the underbody makes you think that this serpent like creature can travel quickly through water. The embossed sea creatures that are at the base of the sculpture are the only shapes that are different from the rest of the design. They are bunched together with a banner-like tile which displays the name of the artist and the date of the creation. This section of the sculpture sets itself apart by the many different shapes, sizes, and colors of tiles that are raised off the
The colors used in the painting are dark and some parts bright illustrating a focal point being the skull in the center as well as the quill, both surrounded by darker colors in comparison.
What is scaly, creepy, 50 feet long, and swims in the world's most notorious lake? If you said The Loch Ness Monster, then you’re correct! The Loch Ness Monster, mostly known as the creature Nessie, is a huge, “mythical” creature that has been scaring the people of Ireland for centuries, but this monster is actually real.
Large and medium sizes of the forms dominate over small in the painting. The arrangement of the objects in this art piece is mostly centric. However, even though it is central, it is not symmetrical. The painter also touched the left edge of the burlap and the right bottom corner of it; this helps viewer’s eye to enter the painting smoothly, move around and escape from it. The asymmetry of the arrangement creates the sense of imbalance. Lam uses basic lines and shapes in the composition. Nevertheless, the painter creates wonderful light movement inside the figure with wavy shapes, which directs viewer’s eye from the top to the
The Statue of a kouros represents a Greek male. With one foot forward, the statue at the same time, represents movement and is able to stand on it own. This also gives the over life size figure, visible weight. In this early figure, geometric forms seem to predominate, and anatomical details, such as the chest muscles and pelvic arch, are presented with somewhat of exaggerated lines. Although the exaggerated lines show where these muscles belong, the detail is still missing. Looking up and down this nude body, at this miss proportioned and lacking of detail body, the hair is what grabs my attention. The hair is carved with detail not noticeable in the rest of the body. As well, although the fists are clinched and still bonded to the body, the legs and elbows are separated. The ability to move around and inspect the statue makes a big difference than if it was up against a wall, or just looking at its picture. The legs, which support the weight of the statue, have a visible strength which is seen in the knees. The head is what carried the most detail, the ears although to far back, are intricately designed. It is the ability to walk around the entire statue that allows me to see the different aspects and places where attention to detail was placed. However, he does not expand into three dimensional space; he has a closed-off, column-like appearance
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.
Once More to the Lake and The Pond. White and Thoreau, two diverse minds. When you look into their writings you seem to find something that rises to your attention, some of what you see seems to fit into the others writing. Yet taking a closer look you see that they are not particularly saying the same thing. Is it because they felt like writing or did something cause these writers to exploit there minds and make something out of their thoughts? Every sentence and every word say something much deeper. When reading these writings you have to look deep within the writing. You begin to notice you are reading something quite fascinating.
And just like the Greek the statue are both big and almost human size. A great example of this is the “Augustus of Primaporta, 1st century C.E. (Vatican Museums).” It truly shows the evolution of art sculpting. It is a full size very detailed sculpture of Augustus. It very detailed from his hair showing every curl and split to the small details in his armor that also depicts a story as well is shows the god of the sky looking down on him and the goddess of the earth looking up towards him as they watch the Parthians surrender to him and returning the standards shows the great power that Augustus has, and not just that but also the sculpture itself is a symbol for how Augustus wanted everyone to see him as, as god like. And it even has a little small cupid on the side which is also detailed which shows that Augusts is decedent from a
This paper will employ a close visual analysis of the White-Ground Lekythos, which is attributed to the Reed Painter circa 450-400 B.C.E. on ceramic with paint.
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
“The Lindy Hop” by Red Grooms is a unique sculpture that captures the spirit of the dance it’s titled for. The art piece is composed of two people, a woman and a man, connected in a sweeping dance movement. The material appears to made of aluminum, and though the figure is three-dimensional, it isn’t in the traditional lifelike manner of other statues, it is much flatter and less rounded. Though obviously intended to be viewed from either a left or right angle, when looking directly at the middle of the sculpture, it appears to be nearly symmetrical. The two figures are not unrealistically proportioned, standing slightly taller than normal height when stood atop a mock dance floor foundation, but their features are exaggerated, almost cartoonish. I have no doubt this is intentional, as a way of making the work appear more “animated”, so to speak. This is helped by the bright colors that make up the work. Most of the colors are neutral, including the dark brown of both of their skin, the grey-and-white pinstripe suit of the man, and the white blouse of the woman, so
This piece is acrylic, oilstick, and spray paint on wood panel that is 186.1 centimeters in height and 125.1 centimeters in width. This piece features a human-like figure in the center that is mostly half red and half black. This figure has a gray head with one yellow eye and one light gray eye and above its head is a black halo. The background consists of patches of various colors such as light blue, black, dark red, light green, beige, turquoise, pink, and yellow. On the bottle left corner there is a figure drawn that looks like a fish and has a strip of mustard yellow painted through it. Also towards the bottom right of the artwork, there is some drawn on letters that almost look like words but are messily painted over with a desert sand color. This piece is my favorite because I find it aesthetically pleasing. There is a lot going on in this piece that makes looking at it genuinely interesting. The colors that Basquiat choses for the background go very well together and overall compliment the figure in the center. I like how incredibly expressive this piece is and it makes me want to buy a canvas and start painting that I desire. I also like how the human-like figure is drawn. One could see what looks like an outlined ribcage on the figure, which makes me believe that the head is actually a skull. Upon further research I learned that Basquiat was
The sculpture is small, approximately 4 3/8 inches, and is carved of oolitic stone, a porous limestone. Since this particular stone is not found in the area, it is believed that the sculpture was brought from another region. The size and shape of the figurine fit comfortably in the hand, which suggests the figurine was meant to be carried. Witcombe, sec. -.... ... middle of paper ...
The painting has an order and there are different shapes and angles. Rectangular shape is main trend around this piece, including the wooden chest, the leg rest and the canvass. Also things overlap, creating the illusion of the shape look closer to viewer than the shape behind it. The example in this piece would be the chair on which Adelaide Labille Guiard sits be close to viewer than the girls behind it. This adds depth to the space. Also due to linear perspective girls behind the chair are smaller due to being farther away.
a shift can be seen from idealized and nearly perfect sculptures to sculptures that had a natural and real feel to them. These newer statues were sculpted with the notion of Realism weighing more than the concept of Idealism. The subjects’ body was not in a state of military attention, they were placed in a more natural, yet still graceful position. Realistic sculptures also did not embellish the muscular physique of the subject; the muscle definition was displayed more subtly and naturally. The weight of Realistic statues is not distributed in a balanced, geometric fashion like the Ideal statues. The Realistic statues balance their weight just as a real person would in motion which gives the sculpture a more graceful and natural
This stone sculpture is a naked human-like figure standing six feet tall. The body is in chiasmos stance with the left leg slightly bent and the left foot slightly behind the right. The head is turned slightly downward and to the right, and its size is approximately 1/6 of the body. The hair is cropped closely to the head with no part. The body has a defined musculature, however the forearms appear to be missing. There is an object behind and to the right of the right leg that is about 2 feet tall and 10 inches wide.