2. SP2020. FA111.01
Lauren Schwarzbeck
Lely Venus Statue
by Doidalsa
200 BC
4 feet
Carrara marble
Crouching Venus
Tim Tebow Pose
By: Tim Tebow
2007
6’ 3
A pro football player
Football
3. Shape
Venus crouches with her right knee close to the ground, turns her head to the
right and, in most versions, reaches her right arm over to her left shoulder to
cover her breasts. Tim Tebow crouches with his right knee to the ground and
turns his head slightly to the right and outs his head against his arm.
The crouching Venus is a collection of statues throughout history and they are
making similar poses. They are all made of Carrara marble and the significance
of this collection is Ancient demand for Crouching Venus statues is attested to
by the number of copies made not only as monumental marbles but also as
small statuettes in rock crystal like this owned in the Getty and in terra-cotta.
Tim Tebow created his famous touchdown celebration pose when his career
started in 2007. He was very famous for it and it has become a staple of
modern society. Everyone that sees it knows exactly who created it and what it
is.
4. Although one of the things are living and the other is an inanimate object the
colors of them are still similar. Carrara marble is used to build a lot of statues
and is now used in kitchens and on floors.
If you look at a human skin tone and the color of Lely Venus the colors are
very similar. Sculptures were colored by earthy tones created from the
ground.
When Carrara marble is exposed to lots of moisture it turns yellow and more
of the human skin color. After digging it straight out of the earth it is in
moisture all the time, so it will already have a more human skin type of color.
Color
5. Line
Line is evident in both of them because they are both three dimensional
figures.
In Lely Venus line is a big part of the statue because naturally creating a
human body, you need shadows and natural tools and every part of the body.
Tim Tebow hAs a very similar look to the statue and if you drew out both in a
picture they would look very much the same.
6. Value
Value is defined as the lightness or darkness of a color. It also creates special
illusions like shading and to make things look better. Since Tim Tebow is a
human he creates own shadows from his football pads and helmet.
He looks very muscular is a football uniform because they are tight to his
body. You can tell that his muscles create value and shadows and under his leg
and arm it creates a darker walrus than the part that is out under the sun.
The Lely Venus has many shadows because of where the light spice is on her.
If she was out in the sun light next to Tim Tebow their shadows would be very
similar since their poses are very similar.
7. Works Cited
Barr, Judith. “The Voyages of a Crouching Venus.” The Getty Iris, 24 Apr. 2018,
blogs.getty.edu/iris/the-voyages-of-a-crouching-venus/.
“Crouching Venus.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 2 Mar. 2020,
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crouching_Venus.
Facebook. “Student PPT Presentations of 2 Human Created Forms DUE: WK
#13.” Student PPT Presentations of 2 Human Created Forms DUE: WK #13,
sp2020cazfa111.blogspot.com/2020/03/student-ppt-presentations-of-2-
forms.html?m=1.
Both figures are
very similar in
ways that they
look to the eye.
Although they
are not identical
they are similar
enough to
compare.
