Sculptures Flashcards
Spear bearer
Polykleitos the Elder
Roman copy of Greek Classical
Marble
- example of contraposto
The Laocoon group
Agesander, Athenodorus and Polydorus
Hellenistic
-drama and superrealism
Saints
Unknown
gothic
stone
-stiff pillar like figures on Chartres Cathedral
David (funky hat and pose)
Donatello
Early renaissance
cast bronze
Story of Jacob and Esau
Ghiberti
Early renaissance
Gilded cast bronze
- Linear perspective (painter) and natural forms (sculpture)
Pieta
Michelangelo
High renaissance
Marble
-Italian word for pity - Mary supporting body of Christ
Rape of Sabine woman
Bologna
Mannerism
Marble
-dramatic, emotional poses, lots of movement
David (twisted pose)
Bernini
Baroque
Marble
- radical fluidity
Tomb of the Countess Maria Christina
Canova
Noe classical
Marble
-3 levels of meaning
The Kiss (realistic)
Rodin
Modern
marble
-unfinished base
The Kiss (Cube)
Brancusi
Modern
limestone
-worked briefly in Rodin’s studio
Lobster trap and fishtail
Calder
No style
Steel, wire, sheet aluminum
Bicycle wheel
Duchamp
Dada
Metal bicycle wheel and wooden stool
-“ready-made”
Royal tide II
Nevelson
No style
assemblage of gold spraypainted wood
-discarded objects unified together
Cubi X
Smith No style Welded stainless steel - started off in an assembly line - used metal because it didn't have a historu
