Sculpture

Prosess of creating statues

• Cast - using a mold
• Carving- using hammer and chisel
• Assemblage - assembling different objects
• Found object
• Industrially - manufactured
• Made in landscape

Materials
 
sculpture's are made from materials such as:

• Wood
• stone
• bone
• ivory
• clay
• metal's 

Research
Statues have been around for over 10,000 years this is apparent because one or the earliest statue that has been found is a hand carved fertility symbol which is believed to be around 10,0000 to 40,000 years old. The reason why it is more common to find statues instead of prehistoric paintings is because it was easier to make as all you would need is something to shape an object whereas to create a painting you would need some form of pigment (paint). Another reason why sculptures or more common is that a bronze warrior was found in a submerged in a shipwreck if the statue had been a painting it would not have lasted the from 460BC to 450BC. As years went by sculpture was changing such as in the 19th century Auguste Rodin began creating realism using clay and by the 20th century sculptors started being interested in the creating not the meaning of their sculptures.

David

I have chosen Michael Angelo's David it is a marble hand carved statue that represents David from the biblical story of David and Goliath it was later revealed that it showed the civil liberties in the Florentine republic whilst there was conflict with other Italian states and stood 17 ft tall. The statue was made during the Italian renaissance between 1501-1504 it is still shown in Florence in the at palazzo della signoria. Michael Angelo chose to portray David in the nude to show how it was David who stood up to Goliath and had nothing to do do with materialistic items such as the sling shot he had used in the biblical story also he was shown naked because at the time it was conventional to make a nude sculpture similar to other sculptures at the time.

Painting

Techniques

• Surface and stretch 

Without a primer paint stains the canvas immediately and permanently. Without being stretched the canvas would move whilst painting.

• Glazes matt and gloss

A gloss varnish makes colours appear more vibrant and bright. A matt varnish makes colours duller. The finish given by different glazes can be chosen to reflect the subject matter.

• Chiaroscuro 

The play of light and dark in a painting.

• Impasto

Describes the thickness of paint used.

Summary of lesson
In this lesson of contextual studies we had been looking at painting and the different types of methods and techniques that can be used by painters. early painters who created wall paintings around the world have things in common with modern day artists such as Banksy as they both apply paint to walls.  Artists also borrow work of other artists such as Banksy borrowed the idea of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa and added his own twist which was an RPG on her shoulder. We also looked at other artist such as Van Eych his painting shows depth which was not very common in his time because most images were 2D with a view exceptions. 

Banksy - Mona Lisa

Banksy's street art of the Mona Lisa with an RPG is a 2 dimensional painting on concrete in London and created in 2006, Banksy's work was sold for £57600. I think that Banksy's street art expresses anarchism as he has altered one of the most famous paintings and put a new light on it. This painting can also represent current affairs as during the time this graffiti was produced was during the war in Afghanistan as Banksy also raises political issues in his art. Banksy's version of of the Mona Lisa is just as original of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa even though the basis of Banksy's Mona Lisa is from Da Vinci's.