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Mosaic depicting dancers, acrobats, and musicians

Mosaic depicting dancers, acrobats, and musicians

Nancy Spero’s Artemis, Acrobats, Divas, and Dancers ~ description: Subject: a few figures appear in this work including Egyptian musicians, arching acrobats, dancers both ancient and modern, ancient Greek goddess Artemis, and an opera singer Color: Sparkling gold, bright yellow, sunrise orange, bright green, light and dark blues, and red color the figures give each a bright, attractive appeal. The space surrounding these figures is white tiles to emphasize the figures in the work. Medium: 48 tiles of glass mosaic – surrounded by tiles on the walls of the subway station Style: The abstract style emphasizes themes of creativity and appeals to the community of people who enjoy creative arts. Overall Description: Nancy Spero creates a picture with 48 tiles of glass mosaic in the subway station. She uses the tiles to create seven figures including Egyptian musicians, arching acrobats, dancers both ancient and modern, ancient Greek goddess Artemis, and an opera singer. She emphasizes these figures by making each one a color that draws attention to them such as Sparkling gold, bright yellow, sunrise orange, bright green, light and dark blues, and red. To further exaggerate these characters, she makes the space that surrounds them pure white. The mosaic tiles create an abstract style that appeals to the creative side of viewers (it is almost like the pointillism technique but with squares of mosaic glass tiles of various colors). She places the Greek goddess on the left in bright See more