10/3 - Maya after midterm * Leopold Batnes – Teotihuacan * William Sanders - Teotihuacan mapping project * S. Sugiyama and R. Cabrera * Street of the Dead - 15 ½ degrees east of north * Grid oriented – Canalized at the Rio San Juan * Pyramid of the sun – one of the largest mounds in north America * Cave below the pyramid of the sun (Cave of emergence) * Summer Solstice – June 21st it is directly on top of the pyramid * No shadow at noon *
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Chapter 5 – Space VOCABULARY | DEFINITION ACCORDING TO CHAPTER FIVE | EXAMPLE : WORK OF ART THAT EXEMPLIFIES VOCABULARY WORD AND EXPLANATION OF HOW IT IS USED | OVERLAP | Overlapping images also create the illusion that one object is in front of the other in space. | Donald Sultan’s “Lemons” An image of three lemons overlapping in space‚ but it consists of a flat yellow shape on a black ground 8 feet square | NEGATIVE SPACE | Empty space‚ surrounded and shaped so that it acquires a sense
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Long distance trade expanded from China to East Africa. The Chinese practiced drinking tea from pottered vases and began exporting it to other countries during the Post-Classical Era. Tea was traded often on the Silk Roads and eventually would make it to the Arab trading vessels in India. Then it would be shipped to be traded again in Africa‚ or other countries. A black-ware‚ pottered vase was found at Fort Jesus‚ Kenya‚ in Africa‚ which had Chinese symbols on it‚ indicating it was from China
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Interpretation and analysis of Gifts to the Dark Gods by Mary McCluskey by Nanna March 2013. When you hear the word “addiction” you will instantly think of addiction as a continued use of a mood altering substance‚ such as alcohol or drugs. That is the kind of addiction‚ people mostly hear and talk about. But addiction can also be something you develop through time‚ a consequence of things you might have experienced or simply just a fun little habit‚ which has gotten out of control.
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Created by Master of the Retable of the Reyes Catolicos (also known as Master of the Catholic Kings)‚ this is another version of The Annunciation‚ a very common subject for artists ever since the inception of Christianity. It was produced between 1466 and 1499 as oil on pine panel‚ and it stands at 60 3/8 x 37in. It is now located in San Francisco‚ CA in the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum as a gift from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. The centerpiece of the piece is obviously Mary‚ though she is
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What are the main similarities and differences between the sanctuaries of Olympia and Delphi? Reflecting upon Olympia and Delphi‚ it is possible to highlight both similarities and differences between the two sanctuaries. In examining the location and the main attributes of each sanctuary‚ it is clear how they differ and how they are comparable in various ways. Whilst they clearly differ in their geographical situation‚ they are similar in that they both host their own games. However it is what occurs
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Fernand Léger was a well-known French painter‚ sculptor‚ and filmmaker whose artwork originated in the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s. Born in Argentan‚ France in 1881‚ Fernand Léger built his artist reputation‚ in which his style varied from decade to decade‚ changing between working with abstract art and the use of figuration in which he showed several different influences. Fernand Léger always acquired an interest in art and therefore used the experiences he lived through in his life as ideas
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Between the high and late imperial periods of the Roman Empire‚ the Romans were influenced by many different religions one of them being Christianity; this led to profound changes in the roman culture and art. Some of these changes were the practice of burials and use of a sarcophagus. A good example of this is the roman sarcophagus with the Triumph of Dionysus and the Seasons‚ located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This beautiful well-preserved sarcophagus is ornate and carved from marble;
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processed information is not always true. One example of this idea of flawed information would be the Rubin’s Vase form‚ which was developed by Edgar Rubin‚ a Danish psychologist. The visual effect generally presents the viewer with two shape interpretations‚ each of which is consistent with the image. The viewer is meant to see two images; one being two humans facing each other and the other is a vase. This form is an illusion and is created by the mind. The fact that there are two images seen to us does
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Dan Bussiculo November 19‚ 2005 Ancient Civilizations Museum Project For this project I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ on at least four different occasions‚ September 20th being the first visit‚ the subsequent three I didn’t write down. I chose to examine the Ancient Egypt civilization‚ which is extremely rich in everything from hieroglyphics and statues to jewelry and tombs. The first item I examined was the royal acquaintance Memi and Sabu‚ from Dynasty 4 2575-2464 BCE. It
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