Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Kroisos Kousos

Anavyssos Kouros, ca. 530 BC.

Description

This is the another sculpture I will discuss, It name's Kroisos Kousos (Ancient Greek). It is a marble sculpture from Anavyssos in Attica. This sculpture is dated within c. 540 - 515 BC and stands 1.95m high.This sculpture is now located in National Archaeological Museum of Athens. It is functioned as a grave marker for the fallen warrior who is names Kroisos. We look to this sculpture proportion, we see that it is free standing, both of its hand is put freely and stiffly at both its side, and its face looks a little bit of "archaic smile". From the research shows that the inscription on the base of the statue reads: "Stop and show pity beside the marker of Kroisos, dead, whom once in battle's front rank raging Ares destroyed.“

This sculpture is thought more represent to a ideal image of a person because it is represent more looks like the Kroisos than a actual potrait drawing. It also build up as a fact that it is displays in an ancient Greece status for the common man.

IMO: I think the artist of this sculpture is very admiration to the brave warrior. The dead of brave warrior let the artist feel sad and the artist make a sculpture to represent him to let all people to remember the brave of the warrior. I see that this sculpture shows more muscular that represent the warrior how he strong.

Reference website:

1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kroisos_Kouros

2.http://www.ancientgreekbattles.net/Pages/52561_KroisosStatue.htm

Lady of Auxerre

The Lady of Auxerre

Description

The discovery of this sculpture which was found in the storeroom of the Auxerre museum in 1907. The Auxerre museum's location is a city east of the Paris. From this sculpture, it is a sculpting stone from the seventh century BC in the Greek world. We can see that she has a U-shape face, a heavy hair looks like Egyptian hair, and she use her right hand to touch her chest. From the research, the heavy hair looks like Egyptian hair, and she use her right hand to touch her chest is mean that touch her solar plexus, her left hand shows more free and stiffly at her side. From her smile, we can found out her smile is a "archaic smile" and contains more secret hint from her smile. Research shows that her styles just like the the Early Archaic style.

IMO: I think this sculpture, the Lady of Auxerre is very beautiful because the artist shows her more organic line and good human proportion and her hair looks like Egyptian hair. Last but not least, her "archaic smile" looks very nice.

Reference website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_of_Auxerre

The Labyrinth & Halls Of Bulls

The labyrinth and the mountain

The Labyrinth

Minotaur at center of labyrinth, on a 16th-century gem

In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth was an elaborate structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minotaur, a mythical creature that was half man and half bull and was eventually killed by the Athenian hero Theseus. Daedalus had made the Labyrinth so cunningly that he himself could barely escape it after he built it.

The Mountain, Cave Painting

Halls Of Bulls

This cave of wall called the Hall of the Bulls, it also called the Rotunda. It is an extension of the entrance zone. It found on cave walls found near Lascaux. It is about 20 metres long, and it varies in width between 5.5 and 7.5 metres.

The images in the Hall of the Bulls which is contains 130 figures, it including 36 representations of animals and 50 geometric signs. In this painting, we can see that it has painted horses, cattle, and deer on the wall.

Video of Halls of Bulls:

Reference Website:

1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth

2.http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/?lng=en#/en/02_01.xml

The Background Of Ai Wei Wei

Q/A & Ai WeiWei Background

Question And Answer:

1. What do you want from this course?

I want design knowledge and certificate from this course [GD].

2. What do you want to be doing in 5 years? 10 years? 20 years?

I want to train my drawing and creative skill in this 5 years, so I

will go out to find a job to work in the 10 years and I wish I can

become a creative director in others 20 years.

3. What do you hope to get from this particular class?

I hope to get some knowledge from History Of Art And Designs

in this particular class, I think it quiet important to our designer.

4. Is history of art and design necessary do you think for your larger

goals?

I think it is necessary to my larger goals because it is important

turning points in the 20th century.

5. The blog should reflect on this course?

The blog can reflect this course because we can share more

information and knowledge to others people.

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The Background Of Ai Wei Wei

Ai WeiWei

Ai WeiWei was 54 years old now. He arrested April 3rd for “economic crimes” by the Chinese government. The relative mystery surrounding the events and actions of this saga have captivated and drawn protests from the international community. Who is this artist that is so relevant culturally and politically that by the simple act of disappearing, he moves the biggest governments in the world to action.

To the begin, Ai Weiwei was born in 18 May 1957 in China. HIs father (Ai Qing) is a poet that relegated to a labor camp for his words. He co-founded the group “Stars when he attended the film school. He spent over ten years living in New York from 1981. He working as an installation artist by mainly manipulating found objects and attending art school. Ai WeiWei returned to China from 1993 because his father became ill. He has lived there up until his arrest. He has had exhibits in China, Japan and Korea, the UK, US, France, Israel and Brazil just to name a few.