status. The peasant hoplites would only carry a shield and maybe a helmet if they could afford it. The upper-class would have a breastplate of bronze or leather‚ bronze greaves to protect the shins‚ and sometimes arm-guards also. ( “ Greek Warriors” 6) The helmets that the hoplites would wear were “corinthian” which was beaten out of a single sheet of bronze. The helmets would have eye slits‚ and breathing spaces for the mouth and nose. The helmets that they would use would offer various amounts of
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western China‚ conquered the Shang in the 11th century. (1) One of the most important parts of the Shang Dynasty was the use of bronze. During the late 1920s‚ thousands of artifacts where recovered from the ruins of Yin‚ which was the last capital of the Shang. (2) Some artifacts that where recovered included bronze vessels‚ chariots‚ axes and hairpins. Bronze was also associated with royalty which is why many artifacts where found buried with royals. Other artifacts
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Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena‚ Ca. offers a whole level devoted to Asian Art‚ which is why I decided to go to this Museum. I chose the Bronze statue of Shiva as Nataraja or Lord of the Dance. We studied this in class‚ and I was taken with it then‚ and even more so in person. The statue is from India: Tamil Nadu‚ c. 1000. The statue is a form of Shiva‚ with four arms and a raised leg‚ standing over a dwarf‚ with different objects in his hands or forming meaningful hand gestures‚ and flowing hair
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Classical Worlds Greek Sculpture The Doryphoros‚ dates from 450-400 BC‚ it is a Roman marble copy of a Greek bronze sculpture and carved by the sculptor Polykleitos. The sculpture shows athleticism at its finest‚ it had a balanced figure with idealized proportions sculpted in the round. Doryphoros is one of the most classic sculptures from the high classical period. The Doryphoros is a very intellectual work. Our appreciation of
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China was at war during 1911-1949. In 1911 it was the start of the Communist Revolution‚ and then the Chinese with the Americans had to fight off Japan which continued into World War II. Finally‚ after the Japanese had surrendered the Civil War began in China. The Civil War was one of the most violent acts in Chinese history‚ it lasted for four long years between 1945-1949. The outcome of the Civil War would change China forever. After World War II and the surrender of Japan‚ another long and
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contain bronze and bronze was mostly used in tools and such in 2000 BC. To find the answer to the questions‚ and to see if their hypothesis were
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At the Montclair Art Museum‚ located in the Rand Gallery of Native American Art‚ there is a tall statue made of Bronze and Jetulong wood‚ standing tall behind a glass case‚ called Pueblo Maiden. The figure is long and lean‚ and towers over many of the other artifacts in the gallery. The bronze color of the figure is constant throughout the sculpture. The head is small and round. The hairstyle is short and square shaped. It is similar to a women’s “bob” hairstyle with bangs that covers the figures
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years after the end of World War 2. The 3 reasons why this monument is important to me is what the pillars mean‚ the gold stars about the soldiers‚ and the 24 bronze reliefs about the phases of the soldiers. The first reason why this monument is important to me is the pillars. The pillars mean so much to the nations because there is a bronze sculpted rope that connects the pillars‚ they symbolizes the nations bonding together. It is important to our country because it represents that our nations have
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Japanese occupation during World War II and the Malayan Emergency‚ which lasted from 1948 until 1960. It is located in the Federal capital‚ Kuala Lumpur. The Malaysian Houses of Parliament is situated near the monument. It is the world’s tallest bronze freestanding sculpture grouping.[1] Every year on July 31 on Warriors’ Day‚ the Yang di-Pertuan Agong‚ the Prime Minister and heads of military and the police pay their respects to the fallen heroes by laying garlands at the monument. History
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However‚ this time‚ the statue of David would be made of bronze. This David represented the civic virtue over brutality‚ and was the first free standing bronze statue of the Italian Renaissance. When creating this bronze statue‚ Donatello used a strategy that is known as the lost-wax method. The lost-wax method is a strategy of metal casting that is used to help mold and shape statues‚ through
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