Altar to the Hand (Ikegobo) of Ezomo Ehenua 18th–19th century Nigeria; court of Benin Brass Here we have an interesting piece from modern day Nigeria. Press play for a formal description‚ the historical background‚ and an explanation of the meaning of various aspects of this object. Formal Description: This sculpture is truly a remarkable work in many senses. As a whole‚ it is sculpted in the round. The figures on top of the piece are also sculpted in the round. The figures surrounding
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Sun Zi’s Art of War is the oldest Chinese military classic in Chinese literature and the most well-known Chinese military treatise in the eastern and western world. It is written by Sun Zi who is also known as Sun Wu around the 400-320 B.C. and thus‚ now‚ the book which consisted of 13 chapters and about 6‚200 words written in classical Chinese is over 2‚400 years old today. The 13 chapters are as follows: 1. Detailed assessment and planning‚ 2. Waging war‚ 3. Strategic attack‚ 4. Disposition of
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Some consider art as useless subject that does not teach us anything; only consider art as the entertainment. But arts could be very beneficial to us‚ it teaches us lesson such as history and culture‚ and allow us to feel the same feeling that artist felt. The main value of the arts is to teach us about the world around us. There are many meanings in the arts. The work of arts includes all the aspect of our society. The arts can express many feelings that we could not feel without it. There is countless
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Gujarat University Syllabus for Choice Based Credit System Master of Arts For the Academic Year 2012-2013 & Until further notice 1 Design and structure of the Course: 2012-2013‚2013-2014‚2014-2015 Department English Se mes ter I No. ENG401 ENG402 ENG403 ENG404 ENG405 ENG406S English II ENG407 ENG408 ENG409 ENG410EA ENG410EB ENG411EA ENG411EB ENG412S English English III IV ENG501 ENG502 ENG503 ENG504EA ENG504EB ENG505EA ENG505EB
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Women where art thou? Is Hollywood sexist or is it that there are not enough women passionate about filmmaking? There has always been a lack of female movie producers. Maybe some women feel they do not have a chance because it is a male dominated world so they give up on their dream of producing films. Due to the small number of female filmmakers it is now difficult for studios to imagine women in charge. Hollywood feels that film is a major business filled with financial risk and the whole industry
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“The Genetic Ancestry of African Americans‚ Latinos‚ and European Americans across the United States” is an article developed by the company 23andMe. The authors of this article are Katarzyna Bryc‚ Eric Durand‚ Michael Macpherson‚ David Reich and Joanna Mountain. 23andMe studied the genetic ancestry of 5‚269 self-described African Americans‚ 8‚663 Latinos‚ and 148‚789 European Americans who are 23andMe customers and show that the legacy of these historical interactions is visible in the genetic ancestry
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Cheolhoon lee Art history 193 Professor Joanne Kim May 9‚ 2011 Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains Creator: Huang Gongwang (1269-1354) Title: Dwelling in the Fuchun mountains Creation date: 1347-1350 Country/ culture/ period: China‚ Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) Material/ dimensions: Hand scroll. Ink on paper. 13” high This one of the famous paintings In Chinese history has highly long shape and this painting has influenced on later ages. Characteristic in his painting
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Art Forgery: The Changing Ways of Spotting a Fake March 18‚ 2012 by thevibeeditor 1 Comment By Cressida Smart Tom Keating‚ infamous art forger (Sourced from http://worldartresources.com/) Brought to life in films such as How to Steal a Million and The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)‚ art forgery has been around since the beginning of time. The ancient Romans crafted thousands of copies of Greek sculptures‚ ancient China is noted for its wide variety of forgeries and modern art has seen more than its
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In chapter 5 of “African American Relationships‚ Marriages‚ and Families” (Dixon‚ 2017) by Dixon‚ she begins with discussing the tradition view of woman hood in Africa. In the Ifa tradition of the Yoruba of Nigeria West Africa‚ there were many female dieties surrounding their culture including Oshun and Isis. Oshun is the central role in the creation of humanity being a great queen‚ mother‚ giver of children‚ and holder of mysterious‚ intrinsic female power. The Isis was known as the goddess‚ giver
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Reviewing current art‚ both locally and globally‚ it appears that much of it has or purports to have a political content. One reason for this focus is that technological advances encourage snatching digitized fragments from reality that document the persistent global nightmare of human inhumanity. This process thus duplicates in art the same nightmare we see every day on TV or the Internet. Very little of this work‚ whose apology is that it is “consciousness raising‚” amounts to more than superficial
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