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    Ceramic Mask Paper

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    Ceramics I­II 3B The Grandmasters Mask They say the greatest warrior’s in history all come from the long gone and distant land of Ioni. Where it exist none know today‚ but what is know that there is a long lineage of warriors who can trace ancestors back to this land. Multiple ways of the warrior all can be traced back to Ioni. At some point though the continent it was located on collapsed into the planet it resided on. All remnants of it shattered to oblivion. All there was left were a f

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    Art History- Thomas Cole

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    Thomas Cole‚ an American Influence Thomas Cole was an established 19thcentury American painter. He was a landscape artist and the founder of the Hudson River School‚ an American art movement consisting of other landscape artists. He was known for his realistic depiction of American landscape and countryside. Along with painting landscapes‚ he painted allegorical works‚ the most famous being The Course of Empire‚ a five part series and The Voyage of Life‚ a four part series. As Cole’s fame began

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    Art History Analysis Paper

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    C. . I chose to analyze this piece as apposed to the others because I’m mainly attracted to art and sculptures from the Greek era. The overall color used in this relief is ivory with a few cracks and pieces broken off. There is some discoloration which causes the color to come off as slightly light brown for most of the relief. The sculpture appears larger compared to the other sculptures in the art room. It represents a family which includes a man‚ his wife‚ and their child united on one high

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    African Helmet Masks

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    Masks are one of the most spiritually important art forms developed in Africa. Among the masks many uses were; communicating with spirits and ancestors‚ serving as teaching aids in gender specific initiation ceremonies‚ tools for maintaining order‚ enhancements for reenacted stories and myths‚ symbols of rank and power‚ and a record for past leaders. I will be focussing on masks from the first three categories. The masks‚ which are all Helmet style masks from West and Central Africa‚ illustrate

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    Art History Quiz 1

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    Greek 600-630 B.C. Archaic period Kouros 600-580bc * Kouros= Youth * Archaic period * From attica‚ Greece * marble Krosios (Kouros from Anavysos) 530bc * marble * High classical period Doryphorus or canon * Doryphorus = Spear bearer * Artist: Polykleitos * High classical period * Idealisim * Contrapostal= pose (relaxed) * Artist wrote

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    father of psychoanalysis‚ came up with the model of the mind‚ the structure of personality‚ psychosexual stages and developmental processes‚ defense mechanisms‚ and had a way of analyzing dreams. Freud was also an influential contribution to surrealism art; having impacted artist like Salvador Dali and Michael Proust. Sigmund Freud truly impacted the world in many different ways and is still greatly appreciated in this modern day. Sigmund Freud is most known for being the father of Psychoanalysis

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    Italian Renaissance Masks

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    has a mask. I feel that everyone has something they have hid from their pairs. In this world many people want there friends and family believe that they live in perfect harmony and have a perfect life but in reality its not going as perfect as planned. These people put a mask on to make you believe everything is perfect but in reality it is not. We put these masks on so perfectly that we start to believe that everything is perfect as well. We put these If we keep hiding behind these masks we can

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    we wear the masks

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    ENC 1102 October 10 2014 We Wear the Mask In Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem We Wear the Mask you quickly find out it is one big metaphor. Dunbar’s meaning behind this poem is about people covering up their feelings like someone using a mask to cover their face; as if it’s a big front to hide what is really going on. Dunbar being an African American poet in the late 19th and early 20th century was a harder time on colored people. His poems relate back to the hardships he saw and knew. The poem is

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    Chinese Exorcism Masks

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    essay on Chinese Exorcism Masks. China is a country in Asia and was the first country to use money for currency and have been incorporating masks in their cultural traditions for thousands of years. “The first Chinese masks were made about 3‚500 years ago as part of shamanism‚ or religious healing” (The History of Chinese Masks). Masks from China are separated into different categories based upon their set functions. For example‚ Sorcerer masks‚ Healing masks‚ and Exorcism masks were all made to do different

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    AP Art History Study Guide

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    AP ART HISTORY EXAM STUDY PACKET KEY BARRON’S BOOK PAGE NUMBERS IN RED TEXTBOOK PAGES IN BLUE YEARS IN GREEN WORKS ARE UNDERLINED LOCATIONS ARE ITALICIZED PREHISTORIC ART Paleolithic Venus of Willendorf 68 17 Short‚ fat figure of a woman. It is small and meant to be carried around. Her large stomach and breasts show that she was a symbol of fertility. Lascaux Caves (Dordgone‚ France) 69 21/23 Huge set of cave paintings with many different

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