1. Mueck's sculpture is described as 'hyper-real'. Define the meaning of this term and apply it to his work.
2. Mueck is not interested in making life size sculpture. Find out why he is more interestedin working with the scale of the figure which is not life size, and mention 2 works which use scale that is either larger or smaller than life.
3. Define Renaissance Humanism , and analyze the term in order to apply it to an example of Mueck's work. Note that the contemporary definition of Humanism is much broader than the Renaissance definition.
4. Research and discuss one of Mueck's sculptures that you might find challenging or exciting to experience in an art gallery. Describe the work, upload an image of the work, and explain your personal response to the work. Comment on other student blogs to develop the discussion around the variety of our own personal and individual responses to art and de

 Mueck is described to have sculptures that are hyper realistic this term means that it is down to such great detail that a viewer can look at these pieces and struggle to find unrealistic features. the sculptures appear all to life like. Mueck also creates his pieces so the scale is either bigger then real life humans or smaller. From an interview taken from ron mueck by Sarah tungay it shows the reason he chooses not to make these life sized scales is to make his work more interesting he says people will take more notice if the model is out of the ordinary. i think in doing this it is exactly what he has done from the two images on cadiblog they both immediately caught my attention due to the large scale and shown detail over such a large area.
 Renaissance Humanism was a European intellectual movement that was a crucial component of the Renaissance, beginning in Florence in the later half of the 14th century. it was focused on preparing men to become ddoctors lawyers and professional theologians. this


a piece of work i found interesting and hard to get my head around was that of "dead dad" this piece is what was said to have skyrocketed muecks career to fame and to where he stands today.

 his father was a toymaker and the piece was made for his mother in laws art show when the piece caught charles saatchis eye. the piece is three foot long and lies on the floor with upturned hands in a greyish corpse look in a darkened room. this piece only looking at it from the picture above really has the power to move viewers i think it has huge emotional power while exploring the idea of death and life coming to an end. I think the reason it is such an emotional piece is people can relate to this idea and the piece themselves in many different ways. i also think the effect of the piece being so small and central in a large room that is empty and dark creates another kind of environment of peacefullness. from reading about the gallery the following room is a another mueck piece of a oversized scale of a mother and her new born child which must also add to the piece of dead dad because the two pieces togeather explore coming into the world as well as leaving it. from looking at the piece it is so realistic in having human features and has a skin colour which is very grey that makes the entire look of death more realistic. I think the upturned palms are quite a big thing of this sculpture i think it adds to the idea of peacefullness and innocence.
http://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag03/jul_aug03/mueck/mueck.shtml
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_humanism