Sacrifice

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The piece I found was the Sacrifice of Isaac by Nicholas of Verdun. This piece was created and completed in 1181. When I found this piece it took me a while because it’s a lot harder to find information on artists that did such a work of art but to find information about them that interested me after finding someone who I found interesting was located on page 371. The sacrifice of Isaac was 5/1/2” high. After looking at this piece it automatically reminded me of my church with the different altarpieces in scriptures that are in my church. The art category for this piece I believe is Romanesque. This piece I believe was made on canvas with different oils. I believe looking at this photo of this piece I believe he drew and created this piece…show more content…
First starting with Line there is a lot of line symmetry and this piece that show what the image is and what is going on in the image. I believe the shapes in this sculpture are different and that is created for this design. The rectangle for the outside and different scriptures around it and the art piece in the middle that holds the picture are different shapes that fit into this altarpiece. In this piece of artwork I feel the space there is used a little bit of over lapping in the picture with the angel in the background and the man more up front, and the stand more in back of the picture than all at the same level. Form in a 3d figure it’s closest to a rectangular prism. As in the shape because I cannot tell if its an abnormal shape or if it’s at a rectangular angle. As for color, there are many different colors shown a lot of blue’s and gold’s and black which is what I expected because not a lot of artists barely any at all had a bigger variety of colors it was either 1 to 3 different colors nothing was a variety of different. Texture is a hard one because I don’t know the exact texture of this piece but by looking at it I feel it has a rougher stand out texture that when you touch it you can feel how its sculpted. Texture I think is the most powerful art element because it can quickly evoke memories and emotions and make you see and think more than what someone else is thinking. Value I think this is a valuable piece not only because it’s an altarpiece but also how it was created and what it was used for holds value in
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