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Sculptural Order

March 31, 2020
Sculptural Order

8 Principles Of Sculptural Order Arrangement That is putting things in their proper places Original going to the origin Naturalistic and Idealistic Allegoric Symmetrical harmony - agreement to the proportions of the whole. Eurythmy is beauty and fitness corresponding to symmetry or harmony in proportion Propriety fitness of the sculpture in is proper location Economy […]

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March 31, 2020
liminality

liminality (from the Latin word līmen, meaning "a threshold") is the quality of ambiguity or disorientation that occurs in the middle stage of a rite of passage, when participants no longer hold their pre-ritual status but have not yet begun the transition to the status they will hold when the rite is complete.During a rite's […]

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March 31, 2020
Allegory

1: The expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence a writer known for his use of allegory also : an instance of such expression The sculpture is an allegory of love and jealousy. 2 : a symbolic representation Our world abounds with allegory. We encounter it […]

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March 31, 2020
Aesthetics

Western Aesthetics The word aesthetic is derived from the Greek αἰσθητικός (aisthetikos, meaning "esthetic, sensitive, sentient, pertaining to sense perception"), which in turn was derived from αἰσθάνομαι (aisthanomai, meaning "I perceive, feel, sense" and related to αἴσθησις (aisthēsis, "sensation"). Aesthetics in this central sense has been said to start with the series of articles on […]

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March 31, 2020
Polykleitos

Polykleitos, along with Phidias, created the Classical Greek style. Although none of his original works survive, literary sources identifying Roman marble copies of his work allow reconstructions to be made. Contrapposto, a pose that visualizes the shifting balance of the body as weight is placed on one leg, was a source of his fame. The […]

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