The statue of Liberty first arrived in America in 1886 and took up permanent residency on Bedloe’s island in New York Harbor. The statue weighs in at 280 tons and is visible for more than 42 miles on a clear day. The statue of Liberty is without a doubt‚ among the most monumental figures in American history. The Statue of Liberty is made of an aluminum scaffolding‚ an iron framework and metal skin made from copper. Originally‚ she was to be made of bronze‚ but weight problems required a switch to
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"Bloody Mary and the "Virgin Queen" Mary and Elizabeth Tudor were both‚ by all accounts‚ strong and intelligent women endowed with many of the qualities that mark a successful ruler. However‚ only Elizabeth’s legacy is a positive one; her reign has been called the "Golden Age" of England‚ and she remains a heroine in popular history and even modern film. Mary’s reign is scowled at‚ and seen by most as a brief unpleasant period preceding the glorious ascension of Elizabeth. To account for this
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Considering the two statues‚ Seated Statue of Gudea and Statue of Memi and Sabu‚ it can be seen that the cultural context in which the statues were created plays an important role in the finished work of art. This idea that the context can play a role in the work of art being considered is first introduced to us in the Art History: A preliminary Handbook (Belton‚ 1996.). Dr. Belton notes two types of context‚ Primary and Secondary. Primary context refers to the context of the artist’s life‚
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Here is a visual analysis of a child abuse advert produced by a company trying to address the issues of child abuse through a very controversial image‚ of two young children who are represented as broken china dolls. Roland Barthes Rhetoric of Image‚ article untangles all the obvious and not so obvious meanings to some people underneath the image itself‚ creating a representation producing a system of signs. Within the photograph featured is two captions repeated ‘You can lose more than your patience’
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Statue of Memi and Sabu shows to persons‚ one man and one woman standing beside each other. The man is taller and in both people only part of their body is covered. Seated Statue of Gudea represents a person who is seated and his cloth covers all his body. The person is a man. In the first one‚ the sculpture is lighter and uses a brighter color. In the second one‚ the sculpture uses curvy lines and it sounds like they have used more advanced tools or techniques to make it since it is clear the second
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Poetry Analysis: Mountain Child The contemporary‚ free verse poem ‘Mountain Child’ is written by the Santali poet Nirmala Putul in 2004. She is native to the mountainous city of Dumka within the state Jharkhand‚ India. This poem is a powerful piece of literary text which cleverly explores the issues of the impact of technological advancement on nature and traditional lifestyle and‚ the simplicity and security of life in the mountains. Putul has skilfully interwoven several poetic techniques and
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Critical Issues in Public Art: Content‚ Context‚ and Controversy by Vivien Green Fryd‚ Fryd dissects the creative process behind the creation of Thomas Crawford’s Statue of Freedom in the time period from 1855 to 1863. I believe that the most significant aspect of the artwork is the iconography because without the idea of iconography‚ the Statue of Freedom wouldn’t be a blend of American and Native American influences. In the book‚ Fryd is trying to demonstrate how art needs to be created with the mindset
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Virgin Mobile USA Pricing Strategy1.) Given Virgin Mobile’s target market (14 - 24-year-olds)‚ how should it structure its pricing? The case lays out three pricing options. Which options would you choose and why? Be as specific as possible with respect to the various elements under considerations (e.g.‚ contracts‚ the size of the subsidies‚ hidden fees‚ average per-minute charges‚ etc.)Given Virgin Mobile’s (VM) target market (14 - 24-year olds)‚ I would recommend the company to structure its pricing
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Image pair 1: Four statues of Pharaoh Ramesses II (with smaller royal family figures)‚ 20m high‚ Exterior: Abu Simbel temple‚ Egypt‚ 1279-1213 BCE Gian Lorenzo Bernini‚ David‚ marble‚ 1.7m high‚ Galleria Borghese‚ Rome 1623-4‚ At the exterior to the Abu Simbel Temple‚ in the small village of Nubia in Southern Egypt‚ there lies the ‘Four statues of Pharaoh Ramesses II’. These 20 metre tall‚ statues were carved into the bare stone at around 1279- 1213 BCE‚ and were an exaggeration of Ramesses II’s
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the punishment or reputation. Above all the poet‚ in a desperate effort to persuade his lover to yield‚ offering that the opportunity is now. Poems or songs reflecting the carpe diem theme tend to focus on youth. Both Robert Herrick’s poem “To the Virgins‚ to Make Much of Time” and Catullus’s “Vivamus et Amemus” reflect the key characteristics of this specific genre. Catullus makes his appeal in the first three lines of the poem by saying “Vivamus‚ mea Lesbia‚ atque
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