Michelangelo's+'David'+vs.+Giacometti's+'Man+Pointing'


 * Taryn Kilgore**

Michelangelo's "David" vs. Giacometti's "Man Pointing"

Prompt: "Compare the ways in which the two works of art reproduced below express the artistic, philosophical, and cultural values of their times.**"**

Thesis: Michelangelo's "David" expresses expresses an artistic, philosophical, and cultural value completely opposite of Giacometti's "Man Pointing" because of the time period and its' events.

Topics:
 * "David" - Renaissance (artistic), Patriarchal society (cultural), Religious (philosophical)
 * "Man Pointing" - Surreal (artistic), Partially equal society (cultural), non-Religious (philosophical)
 * Change of values because of time period and the time period's events, if at all

CD's:
 * "David"
 * 1) Idealized
 * 2) Straight-forward
 * 3) Religious
 * 4) Follows Classical (and ideal) art principles
 * 5) Patriarchal Society (Male-Dominated)
 * 6) Renaissance
 * 7) Proportion
 * 8) Perspective
 * 9) Space
 * 10) Form
 * 11) Not in middle of War
 * "Man Pointing"
 * 1) Surreal
 * 2) Confusion
 * 3) Searching feeling
 * 4) Distorted
 * 5) Does not conform to classical art principles
 * 6) (lack of) Proportion
 * 7) (lack of) Balance
 * 8) (lack of) Perspective
 * 9) (lack of) Space
 * 10) (lack of) Form
 * 11) Post WWII
 * 12) Not religious
 * 13) Modern
 * 14) Women have vote
 * 15) Women achieving equality with men

Giacommeti's "Man Pointing" [|Michelangelo's "David"]