There is no way we can escape from this subject. However, personally i felt that the content of the subject is very heavy and we need to know and learn a lot of events, paintings, names, eras, and many more in such a short time frame, in which we also need to learn other 5 subjects with different assignments to deal with.
Moreover, this is the subject that makes me worry the most. It is hard.
Tough subject.
I really hope that i could pass and don't wanna fail this subject.
Thank you Professor Ray for your patience lecture class this semester. Your notes are incredible! Cheers and God bless you!
Wednesday, 24 August 2011
Pesaro Madonna - an Brilliant Altarpiece
Pesaro Madonna
Titian
This is the altarpiece by Titian commissioned by Jacopo Pesaro after his victory in a war against the Turks. He took 7 years and change the concept 3 times in order for him to paint this piece.
My Laocoon Artwork
Laocoon Original Sculpture
My Artwork of Laocoon
Laocoon, son of Acoetes, is a figure in Greek and Roman mythology.
The Lady of Auxerre
Description:
Sculpted by Cretan ( 640-630 B.C ) by yellow limestone with 75cm height. This sculpture can be found in Musee du Louvre, museum in Paris.
This sculpture is less than half a life size. Her hair is very similar to the Egyptian female hairstyle. She's standing on a square base. She had a missing right part on her face. Her right hand is raised to her chest while left hand stay stiffly on the side of her body.
There are some elements of art in this sculpture. We can see lines here; vertical and horizontal and curve lines. The vertical and horizontal lines form the pattern of her hair. Vertical lines all the way down from her hips ot her legs. Curve lines can be seen in the details on her face..
The texture of this sculpture is the texture of limestone. The nature of limestone is fragile. This explain the missing part of her face.
Her face is U-shaped. The whole sculpture is being made in human figure shape. It does not have the right proportion of human body; her upper body seems to be shorter while having an extremely long legs.
Analysis:
Cretan crafted this sculpture in yellow limestone with strong and vigorous Daedalic style. The crafter adapting Egyptian's culture in create the hair of the sculpture.
There are some principle of organisation found in this sculpture. This Lady of Auxerre is not having a correct human proportion. She had a longer leg with shorter upper body. Her right hand gesture suggest movements. The repetition of vertical and horizontal line of her hair suggest a sense of rhythm. She seems rigid because of her stiff and solid appearance.
Subjective views:
I think that this sculpture looks like the goddess or queen of Egyptian because of the hair pattern and the outfit of the sculpture.
Judgement:
This Lady of Auxerre represents the goddesses of Syrian and Phoenician through the gesture of her right hand. The purpose to create this sculpture is to resemble an archaic Greek goddess. It serves as a votary rather than the maiden Goddess Persephone.
Audience:
The museum at Paris commissioned this sculpture. There are some people who had been commissioned the sculpture such as Edouard Bourgoin and Maxime Collignon. Right now, Musee de Louvre commissioned the Lady of Auxerre.
sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_of_Auxerre
http://artmuseumjournal.com/lady_of_auxerre.aspx
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