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    chose to focus on the quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon‚ rather than on a more obvious highlight of the Trojan War legend (i.e.‚ the Sack of Troy)? - In my perspective‚ Homer chose to focus on the quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon‚ rather than on a more obvious highlights of the Trojan War legend because it is due to their argument that eventually led to the Trojan War. If it hadn’t been for the insults and the things‚ that Agamemnon did to Achilles‚ maybe there might have not been the

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    introduced to French readers the provocative and erotic fantasies of the German-born artist‚ draftsman‚ illustrator and essayist‚ Hans Bellmer. Deformed images of the body (especially of the female figure) were not uncommon in twentieth-century art. However‚ the Parisan Surrealist works of the late 1920s through early 1940s‚ which‚ with their violent dismantling and erotically charged distortion of the human form surpassed others in their level of distinctiveness. As such‚ the Surrealist fascination

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    Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts DFA2203: History of Southeast Asian Art “A monographic study of one artist or on a particular theme or aspect of his/her artistic practice.” Study of ‘Affandi’ Muhammad Rahimin Bin Misnam F13FA0154 [FA2C] Lecturer: Mr Chua Poh Leng 23 Mar – 3 April 2015 There are few notable artists based in Indonesia and among them were even Dutch-born Indonesian painters. Though there are only but a few‚ one artist caught my attention from his

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    10/14/11 Art History The Washington monument is a memorial in Washington D.C. commemorated to our first president George Washington.Construction of this monument began in 1848 and took nearly a century of planning and building to finish.The Washington Monument was designed by architect Robert Mills.In 1854 however construction came to halt because of political

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    Art History Honors Take Home Exam Essay #1 Classical Greek Art is characterized by the emerging need among artists to imitate and perfect the ideal human form through idealized naturalism. The Classical period is marked by the introduction of the contrapposto position first seen in the Kritios Boy (ca 480 BC). The function of sculptures during this period was mostly to glorify gods and athletes usually depicted as male nudes. One of the most renowned sculptures of an athlete from that period

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    Egyptians‚ my uncle was an artist. The images we produce are created to help the soul stay alive through that image. It is believed that a person’s soul could live on into the afterlife through that image. Furthermore‚ graphics are added to the art in order to ensure that the soul is prepared for the afterlife. Pictures and models found in our tombs are connected with the idea of providing the soul with helpmates in the other world. The artwork that exists here helps us to transcend the boundaries

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    AP Art History Chapter 4 – The Art of the Prehistoric Aegean Homework Assignments Due Date: 09/17/12 I. Define/Identify: a. Arthur Evans- British archaeologist that unearthed Knossos at Greece b. Homer (not Simpson…)- poet; creator of Iliad c. Heinrich Schliemann- German archaeologist II. Cycladic Art- abstract human figurines that are mostly female made of clay‚ limestone‚ and sometimes marble 1. List three stylistic characteristics of the Bronze Age statuettes from the Cyclades stylized

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    In Aeschylus’ tragedies The Persians and Agamemnon‚ the interactions between messengers sent forward by the army and the queens ruling the land in their king’s absence play a vital role in the plot structure of the ’return of the king’. The ’return of the king’ revolves around a chorus‚ anxiously hypothesizing about what could have possibly happened to their king‚ a queen awaiting her son or husband’s return‚ a messenger announcing both the king’s arrival and the outcome of the king’s conquests

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    Gothic Art History Essay

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    Art History Presentation Script 1. Introduction (Alissa) aracteristic of early Gothic churches. - Very simple - Very thin vertical support - Large windows - Combination of the triforium gallery and clerestory in one large area - Walls of glass and screens oHow did the term ‘Gothic’ come about? The term was actually applied after the time by Italian writers in the Renaissance who‚ compared this architecture to that of the "barbaric tribes" that destroyed

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    Stories like Odyssey‚ Agamemnon‚ and Lysistrata provides its audience the epic rich traditions and colorful histories. The Odyssey is an epic story with a faithful enduring love. Unlike other characters‚ Odysseus and his wife Penelope have a very happy ending. Homer the narrator of the story makes it very clear that Odysseus and Penelope relate with each other as equal. (QUOTE) as in seen by the following quotes” In my adaption of the story‚ my main point is to deliver the unique plot to the main

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