AP Art History: 6 Degrees

AP Art History 6 Degrees

Seated Boxer. Hellenistic Greek.100 B.C.E. Bronze

Narcissus Garden. Yayoi Kusama. 1966. Mirror Balls.

Narcissus Garden was intended for visitors to interact with the art work. Visitors can walk around the garden and look at their reflection through the mirror balls. The story of Narcissus dates all the way back to the Greek period, and in the next image, a Greek statue will be observed.

Seated Boxer is an interactive sculpture because a viewer can walk around it. The way his neck is tilted, arms placed, and legs separated, contrapposto is highly utilized. In addition, the topic of space occurs when observing this sculpture. This is because it feels as if Seated Boxer was staring into the viewer's eyes.

The Kaaba. Mecca, Saudi Arabia.Islamic 631-632 C.E. Granite masonry, silk curtain, calligraphy, silver thread.

Doryphoros. Polykleitos.450--440 B.C.E. Marble/Bronze

Hagia Sophia. Constantinople (Istanbul). Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. 532–537 C.E. Brick and ceramic elements with stone and mosaic veneer.

Moving along, Doryphoros is another sculpture that's interactive. This is due to its contrapposto body figure with the head to the side, left arm bent, and left leg back. Doryphoros is extremely similar to Seated Boxer because they both pertain the same qualities.

The Kaaba is a religious monument for Islamic believers. This place is actively interactive every day because Muslims will come worship or do their pilgrimage. The architecture is unique because it is a cube, but visitors can walk around it.

The Hagia Sophia is another religious monument, but in this case, a holy church. Most Catholics will come, visit, and pray inside of this church. The church is constructed into a dome shape figure with four pillars on each corner.

1. Unit 1 2. Unit 2 3. Unit 2 4. Unit 3 5. Unit 4 6. Unit 4

Overall, each artwork has the quality of being interactive due to space or architecture.

Pantheon. Imperial Roman. 118–125 C.E.Concrete with stone facing.

Last but not least, the Pantheon. This famous building is a Roman church. Similar to the 4th and 5th image, people will come and pray inside the Pantheon. The structure was built way back, but it has similar traits to the Hagia Sophia. They both have illustrative details and pillars.

Sabrina Nguyen. Period 1. 11.14.16