Sculpting

Auguste Rodin sculpted The Gates of Hell.

First, identify your goals that can be accomplished with an MFA in Sculpture as opposed to not having one. This is key! Some wish to teach, some want the identification with a program, some wish to develop one's work under the supervision of a master sculptor. What ever your motivation, look at the record of the MFA sculpture graduates, ask graduate coordinators/directors for a list (names) of recent graduates and what they are doing. Some institutions post websites of past graduates, others don't. get a list through email or letter of recent grads and "google" them, common names are hard but this should tell you a tremendous amount. Equally important is the work of the faculty and current graduate students. Unless they are all graduating, you will be sharing facilities for one or two years with most of them. Faculty set the standards for the program, but the influences and cross-referring of ideas and thinking will come from fellow graduate students. If you wish to teach at the university level, develop a skill set (welding, carving, casting metal, wood working, mold making). It's "kewl" to stack magazines, but really? If I see another origami bird "installation" or record of how many times someone went to the bathroom (or saved it for posterity, physically or virtually), I may just add my own bodily waste to it. Most colleges and universities want someone who can teach some skills to the students who take classes. A good program will offer figure modeling, welding, metal casting, woodworking, mold making and hopefully stone carving. You may not include these in your art making, but most colleges need skilled sculptors, most are having trouble finding qualified, skilled artists who are willing to teach and are not making more money as skilled experts in their own studios or in industry. Look for people who make art about something, not just self referential bs about contemplating one's thumb or navel, too many dopers did that in the 1970's, its over. Don't just chase the latest art rag's articles and reviews. It is already 10+ years passe. if you see it on the internet it is at least 2 years old. In other words if you are all hot and bothered by it in print or internet it is yesterday's news. Art that imitates art is pretty boring, generally. Being an artist is not just a media event. There are several good, solid programs out there, but they are slowly being displaced by "kewl," flash in the pan, con artist faculty with no depth intellectually, philosophically, or linguistically are slowly destroying sound programs. Many young faculty have no skills and "damn is it easy to tell a student to look up origami on the internet." Educational programs have an obligation to teach you how to work though ideas and how to accomplish the creation of a physical object or place that serves to provide others with that insight. Lastly, if the faculty are more interested in what they are doing when you visit, watch out, you will be working in a void if you attend that school. it is great that they work, but they are paid to teach not to avoid students, even graduate students who should be pretty self motivated.

Henry Moore, famous English sculptor, was born to Mary Baker and Raymond Spencer Moore.

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While many Renaissance artists did sculptures of David, the well known statue in Florence is by Michelangelo who is famous for his work on the Sistine Chapel ceiling and wall.

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Tools developed in the Middle Ages for exploration continued to be used during the Renaissance. One of these was the astrolabe, a portable device used by sailors to help them find their way. By measuring the distance of the sun and stars above the horizon, the astrolabe helped determine latitude, an important tool in navigation. Another tool, the magnetic compass, which had been invented in the twelfth century, was improved upon during the Renaissance. During the Renaissance they used these to travle the seas. They would make these tools normally out of silver, or ivory.

Two dimensional artwork is the kind of art you typically see in a frame. I.e. it is flat or on one plane. Examples include watercolors, photographs, lithographs, oil paintings, etc. This artwork has a length and a width, but no depth or height.

Three dimensional artwork has depth or height in addition to length and width. Examples include sculpture, carvings, ba relief etc.

Some people make three dimensional art in a frame (e.g. some collages and some masks). These are still considered three dimensional.

At the time of Napoleon's death, no death mask had been made because he was not yet dead. Dr. Francis Burton of the Sixry Sixth Regiment of the British Army made the first and original death mask. A copy of that mask was given to Napoleon's Personal Physician and the facial section of it was stolen from him by Madame Bertrand (Napoleon's medical attendant who later gave Doctor Antommarchi a copy of the mask.

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I have this homework and I'm not sure what it means: what media did Henry Moore use for his work?

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Traditionally the best marble was always prized for being white.

Absolutely, both in terms of composition and also of applique. Look up "Painted Greek Sculpture", just to start, and know that then as now, every surface has a finish; whether deliberately applied or organically created, all elements of painting are fully vested in sculpture, and should be appreciated as such.

Of course, a deliberate intention or approach to the surface qualities of a sculpture will imbue it with greater meaning, and therefore enhance it's value- postmodernism aside, I suppose....

I Would say the Dead sea scrolls and statues from back in the Time of Jesus Christ and the Holy Writings Soryy if you don't believe in Christ :]

I would like to point out that the dead sea scrolls are NOT sculptures, they are documents, and so are the holy writings. I suspect that the rarest sculpture in the world has yet to be found...for each time something rare is found,another more important one is discovered

Michelangelo (Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, 1475-1564) carved the Pietà in 1499. It was originally designed as a grave monument for the French cardinal Jean de Billheres (1400-1499) but was later relocated to St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

Marie Antionette's hair always had that 'sculptured' look.

Michelangelo is renowned for what he has sculptured.

Marble is a very soft 'somewhat brittle' stone. This means that slabs of marble are relatively easy to carve and polish. However, when cut into hearth size slabs e.g. 3" thick x 5' long moving it becomes quite a task.

Marble is also strong and durable and can withstand rough weather.

Super realism

The Greeks did, but so too did the Romans who copied them.

Sculpting in general.

Carving bone and ivory is call scrimshaw.

well, balence, skill, tools, and posture :)

hope it hrlps broo!

Alritey then, let's look at why there were gargoyles in the first place...Early Christians would usually build there churches where ever the pagans had gathered to worship their ancient gods...Which seemed like a good idea at the time, as the people who came to these places were coming to worship, and the priests would be there to tell them of the new religion....

Now who would build these churches??? Obviously the bishops and cardinals would want the very best of masons to build these buildings so they got the older masons with the most knowledge of building....And who did they worship??? The old gods they grew up with, but werent allowed to worship anymore, not if they wanted the fat juicy contract offered by the papal leaders.... So some, not all, would add figures and signs to the buildings that represented their beloved gods....

Now what does this have to do with tattoos of gargoyles??? Maybe nothing at all. Maybe it is a way of waving their pagan flag without wearing the usual pentagram..... But DONT think that everyone who has one is a pagan, because they also are considered as guardians ....And a great lot of people just like the way they look as decorations....Hope this helps.........TatuBaron

Sculptor

Lewis Cass who served as an Ambassador, Senator, Secretary of State, Secretary of War and as the second Governor of Michigan Territory and Zachariah Chandler, Senator and the Secretary of the Interior.