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    basilica‚ exactly under the monumental cross‚ is the main altar. The altar table is a single piece of polished granite. In front of the altar is a relief of the Last Supper and the symbols of the Evangelists San Juan and San Mateo. The author of Cristo de la Cruz was Julio Beovide‚ while the polychrome is Ignacio Zuloaga. In front of the main altar is the tomb of Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera‚ founder of the Falange. Behind‚ the greater and choir altar is the tomb of General Francisco Franco. At The Chapel

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    Apollo at Delphi. Similarly‚ the Theatre of Dionysus in Athens was situated in the sacred grounds of Dionysus at the foot of the Acropolis. Within these amphitheatres there were many different structures‚ namely: the skene‚ the orchestra‚ the altar‚ the parados‚ the exostra/eccyclema‚ the theatron and the mechane. The theatron‚ literally meaning ‘viewing-place’‚ is where the audience sat. It was usually situated on a hillside overlooking the orchestra and often wrapped around a large portion

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    Commissioned by the Roman Senate to celebrate the peace established in the empire after Augustus’ victories‚ Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Peace)‚ was a great illustration of power and peace in Rome. The walls of the altar flooded with sculptural reliefs on the upper and lower registers. Inside was an altar made for animal sacrifices and was decorated with a cow skull above the altar with floral designs‚ and was meant to envision Roman civil religion. One important piece of the sculptural relief is the

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    The Tabernacle also known as the “Dwelling place”. It was a place for God on earth. The Tabernacle was first pleasant thing in the wilderness‚ one year after the Passover‚ when the Israelites were freed from their slavery in 1450 B.C. It was a mobile tent with portable furniture that the people traveled with and set up wherever they approached camp. It was the place where the leaders and people came together to worship and offer sacrifices. The Tabernacle‚ was the meeting place of God‚ with the children

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    the altars of Bethel; and as a sign of this prophecy‚ the altar would be rent. When Jeroboam heard the words of the man of God‚ he pointed to the man of God and ordered that he be seized. The hand that Jeroboam pointed toward the man of God withered. The altar was rent and its ashes were scattered. Although Jeroboam entreated the man of God to pray for the restoration of his withered hand and experienced that restoration‚ and in spite of the warning and the confirming sign of the rent altar and scattered

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    the time‚ Dr. Martín Ramírez de Zayas decided to provide the family chapel with an ambitious decorative program‚ without hesitation‚ he thought of El Greco. The commission was a retable with three altarpieces; distributed in two main and two side altars for the chapel. This important commission for El Greco had a particular date for its completion‚ the feast of the Assumption‚

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    Nathan Hubschman Nathan Hubschman Ezra Pound Response: “The Tree” by Ezra Pound is about how Pound identifies with the tree-like state in which the nymph‚ Daphne‚ of Greek myth finds herself in order to escape Apollo. Pound begins the poem explaining how he was a “tree amid the wood” meaning a changed being amid a familiar yet under-perceived environment. He likens this form to the myth of Apollo who chases Daphne until she asks the god‚ Peneus‚ to change her into a tree. Even though she is

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    Is it a donation of material or money? Even the statement “Next Sunday” can be confusing because there are no specifics attached to it. In sentence two we are not sure if they are looking for help making the altar or using the altar. Another problem comes in when we realize right away that one sentence has nothing to do with other and thus putting these two sentences together creates confusion. For instance‚ Moore and Parker‚ (2013) states‚ “As in all cases of ambiguity

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    People build sort of altars which include food‚ beverage and other objects dearest to the dead person. Different generations of the deceased get different presents - dead children ("los angelitos" or "angels" get toys‚ beverages are very commonly given to dead adults. Sweets are dear to everyone. So‚ dead people of all generations have them on their graves. Plans for these altars are made a year ahead. Flowers are put on graves too. The most popular flowers for the occasion are orange marigolds

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    Judaism. Therefore‚ this lampstand is integral in the sacred space‚ as light casts out the darkness‚ metaphorically and figuratively. Moving towards the lower end of the‚ there is an altar for the burning of incense. The instructions for construction of the altar are given to Moses in the beginning of Exodus 30. The altar is‚ like the table for the bread of the Presence‚ made of shittim wood and covered with gold. G-d tells Moses that it shall be “a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your

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