white marble from Tuscany. B. Donatello’s David‚ by Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi‚ or simply known as ‘Donatello’‚ measures a little over 5-feet tall. It is located at the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence‚ Italy. It is made of bronze. #2. A. In Michelangelo’s David‚ he is standing in a contrapposto pose. Where one side of the body appears flexing and showing immense muscle definition‚ and the other side appears to be totally relaxed. The Greeks and Romans believed that this
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Question1. Describe the sculptures‚ chaityas and viharas of the Mauryan Dynasty constructed to spread Buddhism during Ashoka’s reign. The Mauryan period is an important period in the history of Indian art and architecture‚ with the foundations for Indian art being laid‚ which would later reach their height during the golden age of the Guptas. Our main pieces of evidence and material come from the time of the great Mauryan king Ashoka. Ashoka’s Maurya Dynasty consisted of present-day Pakistan
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persona made him the most beloved family man on national television. On Wednesday‚ Fox News shared another story that his lies over the years‚ has made Walt Disney World take action by removing the bronze statue of his likeness from the Hollywood Studios theme park in Florida. The removal of the Bill Cosby statue is just one stepping stone in the list of bad news involving this celebrated comedian. It has come to light through reports from over two dozen women that he assaulted them. He admitted contributing
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Janus Agri Altar As I walked pass by the horseshoe-shaped courtyard of Agronomy Hall‚ I saw an eccentric‚ bronze art sculpture standing firmly in the middle. At first I was pondering what has this statue got to do with Agronomy Hall until I walked closer to get a clearer picture. "Janus Agri Altar." That was the title given to this 14-foot metal structure that serves as a symbol for the Agronomy Hall. Although the sculpture might look very simple and old‚ the Janus Agri Altar has a deep meaning
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Design / Materials / Layout / Technology / Decoration / Function: Stonehenge: * New geological research is currently being carried out to identify the sites of origin more accurately. How the stones were transported for over 250km (156 miles) to Stonehenge remains unknown‚ but it is probable that a combination of transport via water networks and hauling over land brought them to the site. The larger sarsen stones are a type of sandstone‚ a stone found scattered across southern England. Most
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Micro Theory - Game Theory. Oct.9/2012 Lecture 3. Gupta Art and its influence on the Silk Road Outline : 1. Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Art : Gupta Period (320-550 CE) a. Gupta Culture --- Science‚ Mathematics‚ Medicine‚ Literature‚ Religion‚ Art b. Gupta Art in Ajanta Cave --Sculpture‚ architecture --Mural Paintings c. Buddha image in Gupta Art and its influence 2. Transmission of Buddhism & Buddhist Art along Silk Road a. Northern Routes (inland routes): Afghanistan‚ Central Asia‚ China
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Roman Culture (753 B.C.E. C.E. 476) • Dated from the legendary founding of Rome by Romulus in 753 B.C.E. to the fall of the Western half of the Roman Empire in C.E. 476. • The Roman Mythos • The goddess Venus and the mortal Anchises have Venus Anchises a son named Aeneas‚ whose story is told by the Aeneas Roman poet Virgil in an epic called the Aeneid. Aeneid Roman poet Virgil Aeneas’ descendents rule the Kingdom of Alba in Italy. One of his descendents‚ Rhea Silvia‚ is Rhea Silvia
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For Romans‚ religion was a force that bound families together‚ bound subjects to their ruler and bound men to the gods. Roman religion was divided into two divisions. Spirits watched over people‚ families and households‚ and the husbands/fathers family was in charge of the domestic worship that honored them. Romans also had a set of community gods‚ such as Jupiter and Mars. State worship was more official: groups of priests paid acknowledgement to these gods on behalf of Rome itself. The objective
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thirteen‚ in which it took another 36 years to complete and Qin Shi Huang shortly died after the construction was completed. Per the Travel Advisor‚ it was discovered that the tomb had remarkable artwork and had approximately 8‚000 life size warrior statues made of terracotta which was believed to be guarding the tomb. It was believed that more than 700‚000 laborers/slaves and prisoners or war worked on the tomb and they were killed when the work was finished as not to divulge
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different bands stating the sites inhabitation from 3‚000 B.C. until abandonment in A.D. 1350. More recent excavations and studies show an inhabited area 10 times the size of citadel‚ making Troy an important Bronze Age city. Bronze Age cities are cities that either smelted or traded bronze. Some of the major heroes during The Trojan War were Achilles‚ Io‚ Cyrene‚ Procne‚ Philomena‚ Atlanta‚ Medea‚ Antigone‚ Helen of Troy‚ Penelope‚ Hecuba‚ Andromache‚ Cassandra‚ Iphigenia Electra‚ Harpalyce‚ and
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