Statue

The Royal Acquaintances Memi and Sebu and the Seated Statue of Gudea: Compare and Contrast While art can be different in form, medium, purpose, content and other attributes, similarities can also be drawn when comparing multiple pieces to each other. The statues of The Royal Acquaintances Memi and Sub and the Seated Statue of Gudea share many similarities as well as differences. Analyzing these attributes together will give an insight into each piece. Each statue individually gives an insight into when and why it was made. The Royal Acquaintances Memi and Sabu was created in Egypt during Dynasty 4 (2575-2465 B.C.) while the Seated Statue of Gudea was created roughly 500 years later (2090 B.C.) in Mesopotamia (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016). Royal Acquaintances features a pair statue, most likely a married couple, and was created to adorn a tomb and had a spiritual context (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016). The Statue of Gudea, however, was commissioned and created while the ruler was alive to glorify and represent his own good works for the community in a more political context (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016). The use of color is another difference between the two statues. Royal Acquaintances was painted a light color, while Gudea was left in its dark stone…

The Statue of a Man was constructed during the Early Dynastic Period in Ur, Iraq. This doll sized statue made of alabaster, shell, and lapis is considered a votive statue because of the resemblance to a human being and that it was found in a shrine. Votive statues were placed in shrines to offer prayers and worship gods. The materials used make it hard to create an image without time and patience. This means these statues are made with intent to stand forever in front of the gods. The statue…

The name of artwork I viewed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is, Marble statue of Dionysos leaning on an archaistic female figure. The statue was created between 27 B.C to A.D 68, which was during the Augustan or Julio - Claudian period. The original artist is unknown, but Vincenzo Pacetti restored it. This artwork caught my attention because the size of the sculpture was different from the other art works in the room. The focal point of the sculpture is his left arm. There are four different…

There’s a meaning behind every piece of art created in our world. In the middle of the fourth dynasty, approximately around 2500 BCE, King Chephren ordered his people to create not just one but multiple five and half feet statues of himself. These bigger than life sized statues were used to put at the entrance of his place where his body would be placed when he dies. So as you walk into his tomb, you would just see rows after rows of Khafre looking at you. The statue shows Khafre sitting in his…

With no name and created by an unknown artist, this stone statue was created in the 7th-8th century (during the Chinese Tang dynasty). As the intent behind this creation is unknown, other than it being a tomb guardian, the reasoning behind it caused a lot of intrigue. The most notable trait this sculpture possesses is the amount of different animals that it comprises of. The shape and the platform that the statue rests upon, as well as its mythological form give it a divine sense of self. Like…

According to Merriam Webster Online, a statue is “a figure usually of a person or animal that is made from stone, metal, etc.; a full three dimensional representations of usually of a person, animal, or mythical being that is produced by sculpting, modeling, or casting.” (Merriam-Webster Learner’s Dictionary, n.d.) Statues help to tell the history of how people thought and the practices they conducted. This way of expressing oneself was more important in ancient times as oppose to current/recent…

There is one thing that is essential and irreplaceable, America’s true and pure freedom: the freedom to speak or write whatever one pleases and the gift of following a religion freely. What other monument symbolizes freedom better than the Statue of Liberty? Dating back to 1876, the statue was sculpted by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel. The copper statue consists of seven rays on her crown, each representing one of the continents; and broken chains lay at her feet;…

The Statue of Liberty It has been told Statue of Liberty honors the American Declaration of Independence and was a gift from France. The statue was originally made for Suez Canal in Egypt. But that idea fell through, so French sculptor Frederic Bartholdi pitched his idea to America to build a lighthouse in the shape of a women. Bartholdi formed his own funding strategies without help from the French and American government. The monstrous statue is a women wearing a loose dress like an Egyptian…

The Statue of Liberty is one of the most famous landmarks known across the world. It is mainly acknowledged for it’s powerful, symbolic meaning of freedom and of course, liberty. Not only is it the distinctive color and grand physical features but, the very important history of this landmark that attracts tourists and people everywhere. The Statue of Liberty has and forever will stand as an iconic symbol of the United States of America and be recognized for its great impact on our nation.…

In the late 1800’s, the Statue of Liberty was given to the United States by France to celebrate their commitment to the principles of liberty. The statue was dedicated in New York Harbor and the decision was made to light the torch in 1886. The statue became a symbol of freedom and hope for many people including Emma Lazarus. It inspired Lazarus to write the poem “The New Colossus” in 1883 for a fundraising campaign by artists and writers to pay for the statue’s pedestal. Her poem was inspiring…