Art Timeline Gizel Rixner ART/101 June 30‚ 2013 Norberto Gomez Jr.‚ PhD Art Timeline Greek Art in the Archaic Period As the museum’s new curator I have been informed that my goal is to improve the content of the museum’s website. After reviewing the guidelines and instructions set forth‚ I have decided to proceed with my commitment by focusing on the chosen art medium of sculptures and figurines. In addition‚ I intend to include ten chosen examples of thematically linked artwork in the area
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Oedipus the King‚ a wild plague has been killing a big population of the city-state of Thebes. It was such a big conflict that the people of Thebes turned to King Oedipus to resolve the situation. He helped the city before by solving the riddle of the Sphinx and they needed help from him once more. During this plague‚ disaster on the crops was present‚ women died after giving birth‚ and cattle were gravely sickened. The main characters in both epic poems were
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without ever going to Australia.". He never visited any tribe‚ or became involved in religious ceremonies. All the information in the book were obtained by using other scholar findings ‚and then created his perfect notion of shamanism. "Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy hit the postwar market of younger educated adults rebelling against their parents’ adulation of "scientific" sterility and scheduling". When he wrote the book‚ it fit with the current issues going on in the 1950’s. He clearly
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Moa’s and other species became extinct as the Archaic Maori over hunted them. Food got harder to find so Maori’s had to find another way to provide food to carry on their existence. So‚ deforestation and cultivation began as Maori’s needed land to harvest and grow crops. To get rid of some of the forests
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associated myths‚ literature and everyday life (Whitley‚ 2001). The Ancient Greek Art (Archaic Period) Sculpture The Greeks began to carve in stone inspired by the monumental pieces from Egypt and Mesopotamia. The sculptures in the round shared the characteristic strength and front position of Eastern models. The male and female sculptures‚ from about the year 575 BC‚ their faces reflected in the so-called archaic smile‚ which perhaps was used by the Greeks as a device providing the figures a distinctive
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The Fall of Oedipus “Thebes is tossed in a murdering sea‚” cries out the priest towards the beginning of the play. Thebes is enwrapped in darkness‚ the houses are cursed‚ children are dying at birth‚ fruit is growing unhealthily‚ and no one can put an end to it. Creon enters with the message that the plague is a result of the fact that the murderer of Laius‚ the former ruler of Thebes‚ is in the city; he must be exiled in order for the plague to end. After hearing the news‚ Oedipus vows to find
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because they both are removed from a place of superiority at the end of the plays. However‚ there are some big differences between the two and how they fall. Oedipus is the better person of the two. He becomes king by saving the city of Thebes from the Sphinx‚ A riddling monster whom has terrorized the townspeople for a while. Macbeth helps to save Scotland but is only one soldier in a huge army that fights off the attackers. Oedipus shows pride by thinking that he alone can save the city from the plague
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What if destiny can be changed? Is escaping your fate ever a good thing? Is it ever a good idea to try to escape your destiny? In the tragic Greek play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles‚ a man escapes his given fate and establishes a new life by being the King of Thebes. Sadly‚ the city is going through a plague and by trying to fix this‚ Oedipus’ fate comes back to him‚ a Prophecy which stated that he was destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Once finding out the truth‚ he impales brooches
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Katherine Mordan Art Survey Research Paper Prof. Lindt 10/23/11 The Colossal Statue of a Pharaoh The Colossal Statue of a Pharaoh is a piece of Middle Age Egyptian art and it was the piece that caught my eye at the MET. The statue was made around 1919b.c-1885b.c. to represent the reign of the 12th dynasty pharaoh Amenemhat II. It is made out of stone‚ a stone called Granodiorite. It was carved in Aswan
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They both have an Archaic smile‚ which was an expression used by the sculptor to portray the figures are
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