Tuesday 21 May 2013

Egyptian Art part5

Egyptian Art part5
 
The first generation of modern Egyptian artists was driven by a renewed appreciation of their national patrimony and the return to ancient pharaonic art. In painting, it was apparentin the symbolic references derived from ancient Egypt or rural life.
 
 
They used calligraphy and geometric design to convey spiritual and political messages in decorative or abstract styles, a trend that is known in Arab and some Islamic countries as the Calligraphic School of Art.

Egyptian artists often work within one of three directions:

1. historic and national themes.

2. political themes mainly related to the West's and Israel's attitudes towards different Arab states.

3. emotionally, expressive motifs.

Although the Egyptians did aim for great aesthetic levels in their art, they did not create masterpieces for the simple pleasure of admiring them. The most incredible change of artistic values occurred during a very prosperous age.
 
 
 
This image is an inspiration of Egyptian Art as it is clearly shown from the colours and shapes. It has bright colours in which it is an aspect of a modernized model or painting.
 
The Nile is also a very recurring aspect of Egyptian culture and beliefs, a sign of fertility, but also in Egyptian contemporary art. Mythological stories from Ancient Egypt often use the Nile as the center of the story, and so do Egyptian contemporary artists.
 
Bibliography:
Contemporary Art in Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 2013. Contemporary Art in Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_Art_in_Egypt. [Accessed 21 May 2013].
 
 
 
 

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Egyptian Art part4

Egyptian Art part4
 
The Egyptians had several important symbolisms such as form, hieroglyphs, size, location, material, action and gesture. These types of symbolism maybe primary or secondary. The secondary form of symbolism is when it is transferred indirectly. Hieroglyphs were used in the design and production of various objects.
 
Hieroglyphs
In the cartouches of Horemheb, a number of figures can be seen as ideographic representations of a figure or object in the form of a hieroglphic sign, such as the hawk and the scarab, among others
 
While visual metaphor is relatively infrequent, visual analogy is especially common in Egyptian Art. The sizes of the people that were drawn, were given its importance by hiearchy which means that the most important people were drawn bigger than the other ones that were not important such as the slaves.
Metals were very symbolic in ancient Egypt because they were very precious.
 
The interior surfaces of the coffins were sometimes painted with the offerings made to the dead, ensuring that these would continue in the afterlife.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 













Bibliography:
Egypt: Ancient Egyptian Symbolism, The Forms and Functions. 2013. Egypt: Ancient Egyptian Symbolism, The Forms and Functions. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/symbolism2.htm. [Accessed 21 May 2013].
Egyptian Art: Sculpture, Painting, Relief Carvings, Architecture: History, Styles, Techniques in Ancient Egypt. 2013. Egyptian Art: Sculpture, Painting, Relief Carvings, Architecture: History, Styles, Techniques in Ancient Egypt. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/ancient-art/egyptian.htm#painting. [Accessed 21 May 2013].
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Egyptian Art part2

Egyptian Art part2
 
The Egyptians painted on flat surfaces. Several ancient Egypt paintings survived due to Egypt's dry climate. The paintings were intended to be used for the deceased people. Some of the earliest tombs had small models of the slaves, animals, buildings and objects.  

 
 
 Murals were quite famous for decorating the buildings of ancient Egypt. Large paintings were done by a team work, each person specializing on one aspect. Pharaohs, gods, and goddesses were the main subjects of the works of art of the Egyptians. They were considered as divine.Vertical and horizontal reference lines were also use by the Ancient Egyptian artists to maintain the correct proportions in their work.  





Bibliography:
Ancient Egypt: Art. 2013. Ancient Egypt: Art. [ONLINE] Available at: http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/ED/TRC/EGYPT/art.html. [Accessed 20 May 2013].
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Egyptian Art part3

Egyptian Art part3
 
The preoccupation with death and funeral art is now turning out to be a great help to the fields of Egyptian Archeology and Egyptian mythology, as well as to other scientists and artists. Funeral art is revealing more and more secrets about health, trade, food, and other aspects of life in ancient Egypt with the use of cutting edge technology.

Some of the materials theat the Egyptians used were: Clay,Wood,Metal,Ivory,Stone – (Hard Stone)- quartzite, diorite, granite, and basalt. Soft stone – sandstone, calcite and schist.

Wood – artists also used a variety of woods in their work. – Native acacia, tamarisk, and sycamore fig as well as fir, cedar and other conifers imported from Syria.



Metal – Also executed pieces in various of different metals – copper, copper alloys (bronze), gold, and silver.

Faience – many objects, like small amulets and inlays, were made from Egyptian faience.
Stone was the most lavish and permanent. Available in a wide variety of colours and hardness.
Some materials were imported from all around and some were from local surroundings.

They used to carve on softer stones and when it was done, they used copper chisels and stone tools: copper alloys, and abrasive sand to shape them.


Polishing stone was achieved with a smooth rubbing stone and abrasive sands with a fine grit.
 
Egyptian sculpture has two qualities that are distinctive, it can be characterized as cubic and frontal.


These were some of their tools they they used to carve with and measure.








Bibliography:
Egyptvoyager.com: Development of Ancient Egyptian Art. 2013. Egyptvoyager.com: Development of Ancient Egyptian Art. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.egyptvoyager.com/artcrafts_egyptianart_mainpage.htm. [Accessed 21 May 2013].
What is ancient Egyptian art?. 2013. What is ancient Egyptian art?. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/art/whatisaeart.html. [Accessed 21 May 2013].



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Egyptian Art


Egyptian Art
 
Egyptian Art started around 5 thousand years ago.  Art developed in Egypt from 3000BC until the 3rd Century. In Egypt they used to have hieroglyphs that were symbols engraved, such as are seen in the picture on the right. Their painting had the bodies of the people looking forward while their faces would be looking right or left-from profile in which in reality is almost impossible to do.

 
Egyptian art was for purposes and it played a significant part on the gods and the dead people.
 
 
This image above shows a painting that the Egyptians did and it has some characteristics that only the Egyptians do such as the people from the profile but their bodies facing us. They used several colours for their paintings suc as yellow, blue, orange, green, brown, black and white.

Egyptian art includes: paintings, sculptures and architecture. Also the culture, the characteristics and the development included in the Egyptian Art. The painting was really symbolic, even the sculptures. They used to make a lot of symbolisms such as the Pharaoh's Regalia that was symbolized to his power to maintain order.

The colours tat they used were more expressive than natural, for example the red skin was referred to the youngsters while yellow skin was used for women or middle-aged men who worked indoors and the blue or gold indicated divinity because it was unnatural in the appearance.  
 
 

Egyptian art fors are characterized by depiction of gods, humans, heroic battles and nature. The Egyptians preserved everything from the past. The Egyptians were consistent in representing the gods, pharaoh's, man and nature for thousands of years.

 
 
Bibliography:
 

Art of ancient Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 2013. Art of ancient Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_ancient_Egypt. [Accessed 20 May 2013].
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The Pre-Raphaelites

The Pre-Raphaelites
 
The pre-raphaelites constituted the modern art movement. Some of thie pre-raphaelites members were:  John Everett Millais , William Holman hunt and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. ''Pre-raphaelite,'' means both literature and art and so it was a bit confusing as both movements were the opposite of each other.


These people were inspired by Italian art of the 14th and 15th Century.
 
 
 
The Academy's founding president was Sir Joshua Reynolds. The work of the Pre-raphaelites was intensely sharp, flattened forms and with a lack of shadows. Some of the artists were in a brotherhood, although the experienced didn't serve much to unite them. In the 1850's, the brotherhood dissolved but some of the artists still remained friends and worked together for the rest of their career.
 
The pre-raphaelites began to décor more their works and by so they started to be more interested in decorative arts. The movement ,''Arts and Crafts,'' unified the arts in the 1880's and took place in England.
 
 
Bibliography:
Lecture's notes
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood -- Encyclopedia Britannica. 2013. Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood -- Encyclopedia Britannica. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/474248/Pre-Raphaelite-Brotherhood. [Accessed 02 May 2013].
The Pre-Raphaelites | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2013. The Pre-Raphaelites | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/praf/hd_praf.htm. [Accessed 20 May 2013].

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Abstract Expressionism

Abstract Expressionism
 
 
It emerged in the 1940's in New York. Some of the artists began in the 1930's. Some paintings hadn't much effort done in them, they weren't all abstract or expressive.The word, ''Abstract Expressionism,'' was first used by Robert Coates.

This movement was held during the World War 2. Abstract Expressionism was also used in Germany and not only in America. This was regarding to German Expressionism. Alfred Barr was the first person to use the term, ''Abstract Expressionism.''

Hans Hofmann used to make colourful canvases. The work of the artists was linked to give strong emotional and expressive content. Abstract Expressionism was primarily used for painters but it was also used in the sculptures of David Smith, Ibram Lassaw and some others as well.

This type of art was the first American visual art to gain status and influence. The pioneers of this movement were:  Jackson Pollock and his partner Lee Krasner, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, Clyfford Still, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman and Philip Guston and together they formed a New York school.

The main focus of this movement was the colour, the relationship between the paint and the canvas and the process.
 

This image above is an example of Abstract Expressionism. This movement was created by the process of abstraction and expressionist. It became less popular in the 1960's because Pop art, a new movement, was newer and they focused more on that movement instead of Abstract Expressionism.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bibliography:

Abstract Expressionism | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2013. Abstract Expressionism | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/abex/hd_abex.htm. [Accessed 19 May 2013].
 
ArtLex on Abstract Expressionism. 2013. ArtLex on Abstract Expressionism. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/a/abstractexpr.html. [Accessed 19 May 2013].

MoMA | The Collection | Abstract Expressionism. 2013. MoMA | The Collection | Abstract Expressionism. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.moma.org/collection/theme.php?theme_id=10051. [Accessed 20 May 2013].

Abstract Expressionism - Modern art history. 2013. Abstract Expressionism - Modern art history. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.allbuyart.com/art-movement-abstract-expressionism.asp. [Accessed 20 May 2013].

abstract expressionism - Google Search. 2013. abstract expressionism - Google Search. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.google.com.mt/search?q=abstract+expressionism&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.46751780,d.ZWU&biw=1188&bih=667&pdl=300&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&authuser=0&ei=YlyaUYC8FYSfO5_ogJgB#imgrc=fzsD_lZeRiFtuM%3A%3BJCziDj1eFzftSM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.metmuseum.org%252Ftoah%252Fimages%252Fh2%252Fh2_57.92.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.metmuseum.org%252Ftoah%252Fhd%252Fabex%252Fhd_abex.htm%3B500%3B253. [Accessed 20 May 2013].
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Sunday 19 May 2013

Bauhaus

Bauhaus


The Bauhaus was founded in 1919. The Bauhaus gave us a better and easier life by producing better products such as the kettle and a comfortable chair. It had a combination of both education and design. Paul Klee, Vasily Kandinsky and Josef Albers were some of the artists of the Bauhaus.

It has over 400 works by 100 teachers that include architecture, ceramics, costume design, furniture, graphic design, industrial design, painting, photography, sculpture and textiles.



The Bauhaus movement was considered a radical step towards modernism. The Bauhaus was in 3 different locations, Weimer-Germany from 1919-1925, Dessau-Germany from 1925-1932  and Berlin-Germany from 1932-1933. It was required from the students that first they should finish a certain course before they could specialize into the workshops.

The Bauhaus chose some teachers to not only teach but to be as an inspiration and motivation.

Kandinsky used a lot of geometric shapes in his paintings, he used squares, circles, triangles and zigzags to show his creativity. His most important piece was the ''Yellow Red Blue'' as he used primary colours to show the relationship between them.





Bibliography:
The Bauhaus, 1919–1933 | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2013. The Bauhaus, 1919–1933 | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/bauh/hd_bauh.htm. [Accessed 25 April 2013].
MoMA - Explore Bauhaus. 2013. MoMA - Explore Bauhaus. [ONLINE] Available at:
Bauhaus: Ninety Years of Inspiration | Smashing Magazine. 2013. Bauhaus: Ninety Years of Inspiration | Smashing Magazine. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/08/02/bauhaus-ninety-years-of-inspiration/. [Accessed 08 May 2013].
http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2009/bauhaus/Main.html. [Accessed 07 May 2013].
Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau - UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 2013. Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau - UNESCO World Heritage Centre. [ONLINE] Available at: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/729. [Accessed 07 May 2013].
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Surrealism

Surrealism
 
Surrealism began in the late 1910's and early 20's. It became an international intellectual and political movement. Some of the artists were: Breton, Louis Aragon, Paul Eluard and Philippe Soupault. It grew out of Dada. Surrealism was based on positive expression.

The Surrealists had a leader who was, ''Pope of Surrealism,'' who was a French writer. His name is Andre Breton. Some combine the word, ''surreal,'' with the strange things that happen in our dreams.



This image above is an example of Surrealism, it has strange stuff such as the girl is playing the piano in a form of a house with candles on top and the house is burning.

Surrealism was influenced by Sigmund Freud.










Bibliography:
WebMuseum: Surrealism. 2013. WebMuseum: Surrealism. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/surrealism/. [Accessed 15 May 2013].
Surrealism - Art History Basics on Surrealism - Early 1920s to the Present. 2013. Surrealism - Art History Basics on Surrealism - Early 1920s to the Present. [ONLINE] Available at: http://arthistory.about.com/od/modernarthistory/a/Surrealism-Art-History-101-Basics.htm. [Accessed 16 May 2013].
Surrealism and Visionary art. 2013. Surrealism and Visionary art. [ONLINE] Available at: http://surrealistisch.blogspot.com/. [Accessed 16 May 2013].
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Thursday 16 May 2013

Dada

Dada
 

Dada was an artistic movement in Europe during World War 1. The word, 'Dada,' means either hobby horse or baby talk. They had difficulties trying to find the name. It had only ne rule that is never to follow any rules. The Dadaists wanted to create an emotional reaction.

Abstraction and Expressionism were the main influences in the Dadaist art. Dada was also part of Surrealism. It finished when it was in danger of becoming "acceptable.''



The Dadaists were furious with the modern society. They decided to protest through art. Their art had no meaning, as it was really weird and different from the others. The most outrageous painting was done by Marcel Duchamp as he painted a moustache on a copy of Mona Lisa and wrote rude words underneath it. This same person also created a sculpture called, ''Fountain,'' in which in reality it was a urinal with a fake signature.

People repulsed the Dada movement and by so, the Dadaists were more encouraged to continue.
This movement was spread from Zurich to other parts in Europe. Some adjectives that would describe this movement would be:  sarcastic, funny, colorful, different and silly. Dada hadn't the usage of only one medium, the Dadaists used glass, plaster, wooden reliefs and other medium too.

--Richard Huelsenbeck
'Art is dead. Long live Dada.'






Bibliography:
Dada - Art History Basics on the Dada Movement - 1916-1923. 2013. Dada - Art History Basics on the Dada Movement - 1916-1923. [ONLINE] Available at: http://arthistory.about.com/cs/arthistory10one/a/dada.htm. [Accessed 08 May 2013].
Dada and dadaism : history of the Dada movement. 2013. Dada and dadaism : history of the Dada movement. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.dadart.com/dadaism/dada/020-history-dada-movement.html. [Accessed 14 May 2013].
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Tuesday 9 April 2013

Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau was developed in Europe and North America in the nineteenth century. This period was in 1890-1914.This style was based on decoration, most of it was inspired from insects and animals such as dragonflies and crabs. It was an inspiration to the Industrial revolution. Some of the artists were inspired from the past while others with the technology that was at that time.














This period was about modernizing the style and design. In English terms the word "Art Nouveau" means, "New Art," in French. The Japanese woodblock-prints had floral and "whiplash" curves. This style was mostly known amongst the German-speaking countries.







Bibliography:
Art Nouveau. 2013. Art Nouveau. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.nga.gov/feature/nouveau/exhibit_intro.shtm. [Accessed 30 March 2013].
 Art Nouveau Movement, Artists and Major Works | The Art Story. 2013. Art Nouveau Movement, Artists and Major Works | The Art Story. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.theartstory.org/movement-art-nouveau.htm. [Accessed 31 March 2013].
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Exhibition 4

Exhibition 4


This sculpture is called,''Mara Eleganti Hafna,'' which in english means a very elegant woman in maltese. It was done by Antonio Sciortino in 1879-1947. He was a maltese sculptor and he was one of the most famous maltese sculptor. 
This sculpture has a bold piece that is the bottom piece which has straight lines and is contrasting with the other piece as the woman has a lot of lines but that are not straight and a lot of detail.



This sculpture is called,''Ragel bl-uniformi,'' which in english means a man in uniform. It is covered in bronze and it has a lot of detail in the uniform. It seems that this guy was in military because his uniform resembles the military uniform.
The man is really smart and one can tell that he was in a high class. He has several badges which also means that he was really good in his job. In those days one could tell if a person is in the lower class or higher class by the profession that he does.



This sculpture is of a priest as one can see by the clothes that he's wearing. In those times they use to wear that type of clothing for a priest. It was really elaborated while nowadays the priests would normally wear normal clothing with the white collar.
His clothing has 2 holy crosses that indicate that he is religious and the cloak-like would be black. The man is rather old as he has wrinkles and few hair. The sculptor chose the sculpture not to do it in colour as it may ruin the sculpture. It is really plain as a colour, greyish-white. Maybe he didn't want to ruin some details in the sculpture.



This sculpture is really famous in Malta, even with tourists. It is''Les Gavroches,'' by Antonio Sciortino. It is a sculpture of 3 kids holding their hands. As one can see they are very poor, their clothes are thorn apart and one of them is barefoot.
It is made out of bronze and it is situated in Valletta in Upper Barrakka Gardens. In those days, there were many poor people and the kids used to work at a small age.



This one is a sculpture of a medical officer. He was made by George Borg in 1906-1983. He is pretty smart in the uniform and he seems to be in a high class or a middle class. He is rather young as one can see from his face.

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Exhibition 3

Exhibition 3


 This sculpture has a sticky-like texture. It is a sculpture of a man that has some writings on it. It has dull colours. I like this sculpture as it gives a creepy-like finish.



This piece of art is original as it is a man's hand with a tattoo and he's wearing bracelets.





This image has a contrast in the colours, as the background is black while the print is light. It has a different pattern on each piece. I really like it because of the contrast and its creativity.





This sculpture is a shoe that is made a lot bigger than the actual size. It has a black smooth texture and a velvet-like red inside texture.




This piece has several different concepts, the words are humorous as one would reads them. They are all symbols of nowadays fashion and cartoons. The designer had an intention to make an impact for those who read them, as they refer to the transgender and homosexual people.


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Victorian Art

Victorian Art

The Victorian era was during 1837-1091. The second half of the nineteenth century was one of the most fascinating periods of our history. During that time, many technological changes happened. The vibrant colours represented the high society of the picture of England.

This Victorian Era began with a return of the classic realism which was popular in ancient Roman and Greek societies. The technology caused changes in the way scientists, artists and the public viewed art. Art styles varied during this period because of the huge advances that were made in the photographic technology.

In this era, many paintings were of the countryside of England. These paintings depicted their work and gave brilliant colour representations.

The Queen Victoria reigned between 1837-1901. This time was perceived as a golden age in the arts. She was born in Kensington Palace in London on 24th May 1819. She was really good at drawing and painting.
She became Queen at the age of 18.









Bibliography:
. 2013. . [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.avictorian.com/victorianart.html. [Accessed 08 April 2013].
Lecture's notes
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Inventions

Inventions

One of the earliest innovations was, the flying shuttle. John Kay invented this flying shuttle in 1733. The original shuttle had a bobbin on to the weft in which the yarn was wound. John Kay was born in Lancashire in 1704. His house was attacked by textile workers because they were jealous of his work, they thought that his work would work above of theirs. He died in poverty in 1780. 

Flying Shuttle












 This image above is showing different shuttles. A weaver using Kay's flying shuttle could produce much wider cloth at faster speeds than before. Before the shuttle, they used to throw the shuttle with their hands in which it required a constant extension of the hands to each side of the warp. 

He brought his invention to his town and introduced it among the weavers. John Kay's son, Robert, invented  the drop-box where the weaver can use any of the three shuttles that each contained a different coloured weft.




Jethro Tull was an inventor that had invented the seed drill in 1701. He also invented the horse-drawn hoe and an improved plough. He studied in Law in Oxford and later on he studied agriculture during his travel to Europe. He practiced his agricultural studies where he had inherited land in southern part of England. The seed drill would sow seed in rows and then cover the seed of the rows. The first prototype seed drill was built from the foot pedals of Jethro Tull's local church organ.   
 













Bibliography:
Flying Shuttle - John Kay. 2013. Flying Shuttle - John Kay. [ONLINE] Available at: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blflyingshuttle.htm. [Accessed 09 April 2013].
Jethro Tull. 2013. Jethro Tull. [ONLINE] Available at: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bljethrotull.htm. [Accessed 09 April 2013].
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Japonisme inspirations


 Japonisme inspirations

The word,''Japanesque,'' means the influence of japanese prints. There was an influence on Western art of some countries. There are some stories about Van Gogh and Gaugin that say that they were picking through discarded paper of crushed 19th Century woodblock prints. From that story, they had new inspirations and they looked at things differently.
 

 
 The Japanesque had an effect especially during the Impressionist era where the French Impressionists were influenced. The influence of today's Western artists remains strong. Max Palevsky was a devoted collector, he was also an innovator and forerunner in computers and technology. He collected japanese prints for over 30 years. The first one was from Yoshitoshi’s series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon. 


Bibliography:
Art Inspiration from Japan | Arts & Collections International. 2013. Art Inspiration from Japan | Arts & Collections International. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.artsandcollections.com/index.php?/article/art_inspiration_from_japan_220/. [Accessed 09 April 2013].

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Monday 8 April 2013

Exhibition 1

Exhibition 1


This exhibition was held in Valletta. Me with my friends went on the 4th April. This image has a sense of visuality as there are several different faces that are facing you and give you the sense that nobody is the same. Everyone has a different face and expressions. Every face is different than the other, some are smiling, some have a poker face, some have full lips and others have thin lips.

Only one face is black, the others are white, this creates a contrast. Also there is a mirror in the middle of this sculpture, as one would go and look in the mirror, he would see himself as part of the sculpture as only his face would be shown like the others.

They are all glossy and they are made of ceramics. They have a cracked texture. The sculpture chose different ages so that they would have different wrinkles. I like it as it has a lot of thought behind it and also because it gave a great outcome.



This really caught my eye, it has a dynamic design. Complimentary colours were used in this design, green, orange and also some purple is used. Several long and short cuboids are attached near each other and they create another form. It is really abstract, there is a hexagon shaped-like green in the middle of the mural. It seems like they are broken glass attached to it and then they're painted in green.

I like it as it has an original shape but I don't really like how the colours are mixed.



This sculpture is really interesting in m opinion. It gives a certain vibe that one would question themselves how the sculptor did it. It is covered in gold paint with some black bits. This figure of a woman is detailed. I like the colour that is chosen, it gives it a precious look.




This mural is really interesting as it has these cubes with a hole inside that when they're next to each other, they create another form. The sculptor used one colour for this mural which is maroon and some glitters on the surface for the final touch. With the cubes, the shades of the maroon start to change, some create light tones of maroon and others dark shades. They also create shadows and different depths.

It is really modernistic. The cubes are put in different angles, some are straight and others are in an angle. The glitter creates some light and gives it a shiny look.




This decorative plate, is really dynamic. It has several shapes such as: small circles, those long lines and the patches of the background. The colours are complementing each other as the green complements the brown. This structure has the same texture of a mold or corrosion.

It has a shiny surface and it has different depths. I think its really original as a piece and it came out really good.



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