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shout out to Doctor Who S14 Ep6: Rogue for giving me an excuse to have the phrase “unexplained bionic teddy bear” in my a-level coursework

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[sillyengineerperson]

Physics is the reason I have trust issues

[casskeeps]

hermes and dionysus

basic information

name: hermes and dionysus

date: 343 bce

artist: praxiteles

size: over life-size

location: olympia

original, reconstruction, or copy: marble, only copies remain

subject matter

the sculpture depicts hermes with the infant dionysus - another anthropomorphisation of gods. we're not quite sure what hermes was holding, but it's commonly believed to be grapes.

context

praxiteles was part of a movement back to marble sculpture, but he was renowned for his polishing of the marble - it increased the luminosity and shine of the sculpture. this statue can be considered a culmination of late classical features - contrapposto, naked male statues, anthropomorphisation of gods, and sensitive treatment of both anatomy and drapery.

composition

both figures are in contrapposto - a very common pose for the period, but the stance is adapted to become more serpentine; the praxitelean s-curve

hermes' arm that extends out and upwards, potentially holding a bunch of grapes, has broken off - this is an example of sculptors choosing unsuitable poses for their material, as the low tensile strength of marble is not suitable for the positioning of the arms so far away, especially without any possibilities for bridging and support

speaking of support, the arm that holds the infant dionysus is supported by a large pillar of draped fabric - this is done to mask the support underneath, and is mostly successful, except for the bridge between his left hip and the support pillar

the anatomy of the figures is largely typical of the period, with musculature created by gently rounded planes such as the calves and thighs, but also exaggerated in places such as the iliac crest

praxiteles imitates the radiance and softness of skin by polishing the statue, but fails to apply this treatment to the whole statue - the back is not as finely finished, making the sculpture appear frontal

the faces, again, lack much emotion.

the eyebrows do not really exist? there is a clear depiction of the browbone, but the actual eyebrows as entities do not appear on the face

the bone structure on the face is gently carved, and the curved planes of forms such as the jaw and cheekbones make the face more aesthetically pleasing and naturalistic.

the proportions are pretty solid, as to be expected in late classical sculpture

the drapery used to mask the support pillar utilises numerous catenary folds in order to demonstrate the effect of gravity on the fabric

scholars

boardman: "the relaxed langour of the figure just stops short of effeminacy to our eyes"

osborne: "aggressively three-dimensional drapery"

osborne: "it is wit, rather than tradition, that surely lies behind the choice of subject: the young god of wine is made to show precocious interest in the fruit of the vine"

extra information

museum of olympia

[ezekiel13]

DONE WITH CLASSICAL CIVILISATION

Thank the Lord! I could not remember enough stuff for that A level

[m1nky]

A*s in chem, As in psych and scraping Cs in bio send help

[alevelrs]

The Nature or Attributes of God

The Idea of Divine Power

Divine Omniscience and God's Relationship with Time

The Omniscience and Justice of God in Relation to Human Free Will

The Omnibenevolence and Justice of God

Discussing the Nature or Attributes of God

[lemonylemonman]

i hate ocr what do you mean 32.7 rounds to 34??no tf it doesn't

[oztalksaboutnothing]

Physics paper 3 makes no sense I swear ocr just hates us

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[rosieuv]

College started

I had to wake up at 6:30 for the first time in like 2 months and dug up my blazer jacket that I bought for prom and paired it with a white summer shirt, a yellow hoodie, light grey jeans and a tie I nicked from my dad and had to watch a youtube video just to figure out how to tie it. I don't know why the blazer looks grey and crumpled in the photo, in real life it's turquoise and has less noticeable creases in it. Mum now sees what I mean when I say that hoodies, ties and blazers go well together. God it got hot while walking though but it was worth it in the name of style.

I also had a packed lunch for the first time as keyboard lessons were more expensive due to them being twice as long so buying hot lunches was chucked out of the budget. I made a cheese bagel sandwich with mozzarella slices and packed it in a bag with a little pancake, 4 crackers, a little brownie and a banana that I didn't eat because it had been waiting for so long that it was going brown. I didn't think about how all the food would sit so everything that wasn't in the sandwich bag (the sandwich) had a faint taste of banana. I also bought a packet of crisps at the college's cafe as I was still a bit hungry afterwards so maybe I should figure that out.

I walked 20 minutes and across a roundabout to reach my new bus stop and a new bus came every 15 minutes so I didn't bother mesmerising the timetable. Luckily I live quite close so the journey only took like 35 minutes and I was an hour early and didn't know what to do. Very few students were there and I was mostly looking for the library so I could vibe until I had A-Level Music. After a google search I found the building but turns out it's being moved to some other building (there's like 8 buildings across 2 sides of a road and it resembles a uni campus) so I just drew in the study centre by myself for about half an hour. Someone I knew (kinda) from my old school came up to me to say hello. I walked over to the building with music in but ended up a couple minutes late as I was washing my hands when the bell went off and I though "oh it's the warning bell" when no, no it wasn't. The teacher didn't seem to care considering it's the first day.

The lessons are so much longer here. So long that in the middle there was a 15 minute break. I didn't really have anywhere better to be so I remained in the classroom drawing. There seems to be a lot of emphasis on performance but I kinda suck at preforming. At least A-Level also has composition. I had to leave in the last half hour though to go to an orthodontist appointment and I left when they were talking about intervals and intervals are cool and now I have to do catch up work just because my teeth jewellery needed tightening.

I ate my lunch at a table all by myself in the student commons room and I don't know if all the groups already knew each other or if this was a case of extroverts having good social skills, but almost everyone was sitting in a group. One of the teachers talked to me when I was eating my bagel. Nothing deep just general new school small talk. He said I'll find new friends due to the way classes are structured around A-levels, which you choose yourself so there's a common interest, but tbh I'm probably just going to be known as that weird quiet kid that knows way too much on video game consoles. I don't mind not having any friends my entire time there, but when you've been stuck in an all girls private school since you were a toddler to now, it shelters you and I want to not be that as I'll have one hell of a shock once I enter the real world and/or act like a snob unintentionally. Eh, whatever. I bought the aforementioned crisps in beef flavoured and it was mostly air dammit. I then did my music homework in one of the practice rooms so I could test the musical dictation on the piano. I then just started playing whatever and some girl hovered around my door so I let her in and apparently she could hear me blasting my music because I have no dynamic control on a piano and she said that she really liked it. Then my music teacher appeared and I said I was doing my homework, and then they both left. Someone was playing some ballad piano song (I assume it's the girl as it sounds like it's coming from the other room) which would occasionally change to fur elise. Then I still had some time left but I was bored so after asking a history teacher for directions on where the mac lab is, I went into Music Technology like 10 minutes early and was just fiddling with the mac until everyone else came in. (Music tech is a BTEC which is a different exam board and is more DAW stuff while Music A-Level is performance and theory. I was supposed to be doing Computer Science but I fucked up my exam because OCR sucks the devil's ass while marking so I didn't have the qualifications so the careers people suggested music tech as the 3rd subject and oh god I'm so thankful as I'm certain my college uses OCR for it's A Levels and I would rip my wrists open and develop a caffeine addiction if I had to deal with OCR again).

The actual lesson was interesting but I was the only one putting my hand up most of the time and also I've already used a DAW before (LMMS) so I picked up on how to use Logic Pro quicker than the others (I think, idk I was sitting by myself on an empty row) but Logic Pro has cool sounds that I want in a soundfont, but is full of little things that makes it a bit annoying. And mac. Mac OS is annoying. I wasn't really following the instructions and was mostly doing my own thing in Logic Pro. Use this plugin to automatically augment a bassline? Nah I'm going to keep pressing keys with this acoustic bass sound until I get a cool bassline. I stayed for half an hour afterwards to finish the song as it was cool and this is what I did:

There was also theory stuff too. In groups we had to type out a list of places you find music and I just ignored the people in my group and wrote my own list. Also music kept randomly playing and the teacher couldn't figure out where it was coming from so I listed "the poltergeist from the mac lab" as one place music comes from. After that I took the bus home and now I'm going to watch the 2nd Deadpool film because I'm tired and don't feel like doing anything but sit in my chair and morph into it.

[alevelshateme]

if someone would like to tell me when i’m ever gonna need to use electrophilic substitution in my life i’d be grateful

[casskeeps]

new york kouros

basics

name: new york kouros

date: 590-580 bce (early archaic)

artist: unknown

function: attic grave marker

size: ~195cm - about life size

original, reconstructed, or copy: original naxian marble

subject matter

this statue is a kouros: a statue of a nude male figure. number one thing to remember is that most kouroi are not supposed to depict real people - instead, they are more of a representation of idealised youth.

context

beginning of the archaic period ! this statue is the product of a process called orientalising: the process where egyptian artistic features are assimilated into greek art. the greeks first came into contact with egyptians in around 660 bce, and the influence of egyptian art is very clearly visible in the new york kouros (elaboration in stylistic features).

composition

the pose of the statue is highly rigid, and appears to sacrifice naturalism of anatomy for structural integrity. this is most evident in the "impossible twist" in the wrists, and the positioning of the feet.

the wrists are profile, flat next to the thigh (although bridged by a support), despite the elbow and inner forearms being frontal and facing the viewer. while this allows for sounder support between the hands and thighs, making the arms harder to break off, it detracts from the naturalism by depicting an anatomically improbable positioning of the hand and wrist in relation to the rest of the arm.

the feet, while not anatomically impossible, also demonstrate a sacrifice of naturalism for balance and structure; the pose of the kouros emulates a person walking, but it lacks the naturalism of the action. this effect is created by the straightened legs (there is no bend in the knee joint), and the flattened feet. the flat feet and rigid legs create an impression of stillness, as opposed to the shift of weight shown by later statues by the raising of the heel of the foot.

the anatomy of the face and head also demonstrate the common difficulties depicting humans in archaic sculpture; the ears are created using a volute shape for the shell of the ear, and the eyes are a stylised almond shape and oversized for the face. the use of abstract shapes to depict natural forms can be referred to as geometricism, and the oversized eyes can be referred to as "insectoid".

the kouros has a relatively emotionless face; it has an archaic smile in order to give it more of an impression of life, but the rest of the face doesn't respond to the muscles. this is what makes the archaic smile unsettling and almost inhuman to many viewers - it lacks proper interaction between muscles.

the proportions of the statue also demonstrate the effects of geometricism on archaic greek art; the torso is much wider at the shoulders than at the hips and waist, creating a triangle shape to represent the form of the upper body. the entire body is slender, and the digits are much longer than human digits - this is particularly evident in the toes, which are noticeably lengthened.

stylistic features

this kouros is highly typical of the archaic period, particularly the early archaic period - it is highly influenced by both geometricism and egyptian art.

the anatomy has many features of archaic period - particularly the abstract shapes used to represent the more complex natural forms. these include volutes in the representation of the ears, gull-wings (like m and w shapes) in the pectorals, eyebrows, and knees, and chevrons (v shapes) in the elbows, knees, iliac crest, and to represent the bottom of the ribcage.

the subject is also highly typical of the archaic period, as a nude male figure (a kouros), but it's important to note that the nude male figure perseveres through greek sculpture, even to the late classical period and beyond

scholars

harris and zucker: "the lack of contrapposto, the symmetry, does place him in some ways firmly in a world that is not ours"

osborne: "this kouros is particularly important, not only for the fine details, but also for its proportions"

extra information

khan academy

the metropolitan museum

smarthistory

[landinbetween]

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