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Sunday 27 March 2011

History of Art Challenge Blog - March

This is my first submission to Sherry Massey's "History of Art Challenge" blog. The challenge was to portray, in any medium, a chosen image from Ancient Greece. I chose a very famous statue currently housed in the Louvre, Paris: "Nike of Samothrace", a marble statue from c. 220 - 190 BC, which depicts the winged goddess of victory in full flight. I am woefully untutored in the art history of this time even though I studied it at university. It was an interesting exercise for me as I was enchanted by the pose; the huge triumphant gesture and those delicious folds of drapery. However, to capture those in detail would require a larger sized paper and possible rendering in graphite pencil. Big congratulations to Sherry Massey for starting a challenge blog with an academic angle. I look forward to watching it grow from strength to strength.

"Homage to Nike of Samothrace"
Charcoal & Carbon Pencil on Paper - 16" x 12"

4 comments:

Nicole said...

You really captured the motion of this lovely statue, and I don't think more detail is required. I'm looking forward to more of Sherry's art history challenges, too -- always an opportunity to learn something!

Anne C M Campbell said...

Thanks Nicole - I think it is going to be a really worthwhile challenge blog.

Ann Gorbett said...

This is a beautful drawing, Anne. So much energy and your marks are so lovely and interesting. I can't stop studying it.

Anne C M Campbell said...

Thanks so much Ann! Nice to hear someone finds my work interesting when I am so critical of it.