Dallas Musium of Art

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Paul claude – Micheal Carpentier was born in 1787, a French artist who created the piece “Self-portrait of the artist and his family in his studio” in 1833 was one of the greatest example of art of self-expression, this piece was made from pencil on paper and another version was made from oils on canvas. He picturing himself and his family include his wife and a daughter sitting in his studio and watching him do his paint. It is such a clolorful paint: background is black with his wife on a red dress and his daughter in a white and blue outfit and the artist is weaing a brown coat with his brushes and oils in both hands. I can see the happiness in the face of each person.

The next piece is called “Canopic jars with lit” , these jars were used to store the soft organs of the mummy which was made in 1550 – 1070 B.C by ancient Egyptian. These jars were made from alabaster. There are for of them have the head of the four protective Sons of Horrus : the Baboon Happy-protector of the north, the hawk Qebsenuef-protector of the west, human head Emsety, protector of the south, the Jackal Duamutef-protector of the east. This art is for worship and ritual.

The next piece is called “Head and upper torso of Seti I” , which was made in 1559 – 1085 B.C by ancient Egyptian. The Head were made from black granite. This sculpture depicted the face of King Seti I, to honor and keep the memory of the pharaon, they created the portrait of him, it is meant to be last forever so they use black granite as the material for the sculpture. This sculpture represent for art of commemoration.

The next piece is called “The conversion of Saint Paul” , which was made in 1786 B.C by Benjamin West (1738 - 1820). The paint were made from oil on canvas. This altarpiece depicted the conversion of St. Paul, one of the father of Christian church, the purpose of this paint is as a model for a paint glass window in St. Paul’s cathedral in Birmingham, England.

The next piece is called “York factory sketch no. 1” which was created in 1970 by Frank Stella born in 1936. This piece was made from acrylic on canvas. This piece is a combination of geometry shapes which are half circles in various color, these half circles were knitted together in vertical and horizontal angle. This piece is really beyond my knowledge, the idea appear in my mind is the color and the way these geometry shapes were sticked one to another which make me feel abtstract and the beauty of artist’s creation, I choose this art for art of delight because of that reason.

“Seated beard man” is a sculpture Maya culture, was created in northern Maya lowlands, state of Campeche, jaina island, around the Late Classic period, A.D 600 – 900.this sculpture was made from ceramic and paint, this is an statue of a Maya nobleman wearing a a large shell on his chest. The Maya loved spiny oyster shells, bright red on the outside, and the lord wear them on important festivals, he also wears a turbanlike headdress, he seat with one leg on another, and left hand holding the right hand wrist, he looks serious which show us that he is one of the most important member in his society. This sculpture represent for art of commemoration because it reminds that how a Mayan look like and perhaps the man itself.

The next paint is called ”The virgin of the Immaculate conception”, was painted in late 18th or early in 19th century. The artist remains unknown, we just knew that this paint came from south America, probably Bolivia or Peru, like other paints, it was made from oil on canvas. The piece includes the standard depiction of the Virgin standing on a crescent moon, beneath the Virgin is a dragonlike Satan, around the Virgin are angels with the symbol of the Virgin(Lily flower) in their head, at the bottom left of the paint is St. John as the prosecutor of Christ and at the bottom right is St. Francis looks to the Virgin. This paint is an example for art of worship and ritual because of its tenor..

The last piece I want to discuss about is called “Seated warrior figure”, which was created in 100 B.C – A.D 250, it is from State of Jalisco, Mexico, made from ceramic and slip. This were common in the visual art of culture during that period of creation. The warriors are depictedveither sitting or standing and wielding a weapon or shield, the purpose of use remains uncertain, but such figures were often placed in funerary context. Because of that use I think this piece is an art of worship and ritual.