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Giorgio de Chirico Born; July 10th 1,888. Died; November 20th 1,978. media type="custom" key="21064836"
 * ART.VA.IV.HS.1 || **// I can observe and describe a work of art in reference to its place in history. //** ||

I chose to do this piece because it was interesting and had an intriguing meaning. I also enjoyed how the artist used a portrayed the feeling of emptiness, but not abandonment. Overall this piece displayed a level of admiration to me for the simplicity in nature, but complexity in practice. Some of the problems that I encountered with the tile study was determining what way to go, whether to build up or carve inwards. This was easily overcome as I made the decision to do a combination of the both and integrate it to create more of a visual piece when you were up close to it. Another problem that I faced was that I was not very talented in the form of shaping the clay that I added onto the piece to be exactly how I'd have liked it. I didn't really overcome this process, but rather worked around it and tried to improve it to a point of satisfaction.

My favorite of all of the studies would have to have been the value study. I enjoyed this one more than the rest because it shows exactly what the artist tries to portray with the use of darks and lights, and because of the level of difficulty to differentiate between the shades of each area.