"The Dying Lioness"

"The Dying lioness" By Ninevah c. 650.c
Location: The British museum

      This sculpture is called the "The Dying Lioness" It is by Ninevah. This sculpture was made in c. 650 B.C. This sculpture is a strongly imitated piece. This portrays the subject of the sculpture with adequateness. Also you can tell exactly what it is right on the spot. You can tell it looks like a lioness, and people who like imitation work would feel strongly about this piece of depressingly strong work. The colours in this piece are mostly just grey and black. But the intensity makes you imagine a real live lioness being shot dead. They will clearly see the lioness and how she is dying. They will feel and see realistic intensity of this piece. This is what makes it appear like a life like piece of art. Not just visually, but emotionally.

      The lines in this sculpture are beautifully strong. They really show off the graceful, powerful, and slenderness of this lioness. The texture of this sculpture is more rough than smooth. The space is used really well, just as well as the negative space in the sculpture. In the end it portrays a lot. The intense motion of the sculpture is really good. The lines are confident and strong. The shapes do reflect what the sculpture is. You can tell the sculpture is about a lioness dying, and the arrows are piercing through its body. You can see the muscles, and energy from the lioness are trying to bring it back up to fight more. But the effort is not helping. You can feel the movement in the sculpture, you feel the lioness getting up, but dying all at the same time.

      This sculpture is a very expressive piece, because it does make you feel emotional. It makes you fell sad, but has that pride in it too. The mood is definitely not just melancholy, but happiness. It does communicate pride but your response to it is sadness. This piece makes me personally make me sad, happy, proud. This piece is a very emotional piece of artwork.

      Overall this piece of artwork is very strong, and should be recognized by all!!! Ninevah did an amazingly fabulous job of showing real life troubles,into emotionally strong sculpture.