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    The Blue Marble

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    Personal Response The Blue Marble is a photograph of Earth that was taken December 7th‚ 1972 when the Apollo 17 crew were travelling toward the moon. The title of the beautiful photograph could symbolize many things but what I understood from it is that we see ourselves living on a small planet with many different aspects but in the end were always together if we put the effort in staying together. When observing The Blue Marble‚ I have realized many things such as the photograph gives me a better

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    Statue in Marble

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    The marble statue of Diadoumenos is a copy of the original bronze statue displaying a young man tying a fillet around his head. The original was created in c.a. 430 B.C. by a man called Polykleitos of Argos. Polykleitos was a Greek sculptor who worked during the mid-fifth century B.C. . he was one of the most famous artists of the ancient world. Polykleitos’ figures are carefully designed with special attention to bodily proportions and stance. The statue of Diadoumenos has its thorax and pelvis

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    The Marble Champ

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    As I began reading the story The Marble Champ by Gary Soto‚ I realized that the main character‚ Lupe Medrano‚ often compares herself to others. As a result‚ she feels badly about her athletic abilities. She seems to think that she’s only good at something in which she can win. Right at the start of the story‚ Lupe’s accomplishments are impressive. But all Lupe seems to notice is that she cannot run as fast as the other girls in school. Another example of Lupe comparing herself to others

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    Marble Chips

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    Show questions one by one Image462.gif Which mixture will enable the fastest reaction to take place between solid calcium carbonate (marble chips) and dilute hydrochloric acid? [rr-13] YES concentrated acid‚ high temperature‚ small chips ? high temperature‚ small chips‚ dilute acid ? large chips‚ concentrated acid‚ low temperature ? low temperature‚ small chips‚ dilute acid Image50.gifImage51.gifImage52.gifSodium thiosulphate solution reacts with hydrochloric acid to form sodium chloride

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    The Arundel Marbles

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    Wilton House is one of the few institutions that possess some of the Arundel marbles‚ and numerous other sculptures. The Arundel marbles are from classical Rome. These possessions reinforce the idea that some objects are collected based on their rarity‚ rather than their intrinsic value. This provides the owner with a certain amount of social persuasion and power because people who visit the Wilton House and see the marbles will be provided with a unique experience. The experience cannot be obtained

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    Marble Slab

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    000 promotion budget to attract maximum attention from the community? 3) How should new store offering catering option so that it can generate additional revenue and be competitive over other MSC stores that also have catering option? Analysis Marble Slab Creamery is a strong healthy business that has more strength over weaknesses and more opportunities that could cover threats (Exhibit 1-SWOT Analysis). By selecting the optimum location‚ MSC could avoid direct competition which is strongly impact

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    430 B.C. by Polykleitos; known as Fragments of a marble statue of Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head). It is a statue of a naked young robust man adorning his head with a diadem. The stone sculpture stands at about seventy three inches high. It’s about a size of an average man. It is a magnificent statue carved out of marble and very well replicated by an unknown Roman artist. Dated from the Flavian period‚ A.D. 69-96‚ the Roman marble sculpture of the Diadoumenos was influenced by

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    History of Art

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    classical art of antiquity was recaptured . I started with a marble sculpture by Tullio Lombardo from 1490 which was the start of the High Renaissance. The artists that I chose are Tullio Lombardo‚ Michelangelo‚ Lorenzetto‚ Bandinelli‚ Cellini‚ and Domenico Poggini. I ended the timeline with a marble sculpture by Domenico Poggini from 1554‚ which was around the end of the High Renaissance. I choose marble sculptures from this period because marble has a surface‚ once carved‚ that adds realism to these

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    the Ancient Greek period art was not only mare naturalistic and humanistic but also became directly affected by the events going around. Both the Marble Statue of an Old Woman and the Marble Statue of Aphrodite are sculptures that were made during the Ancient Greek era‚ they each tell a story of what was going on during that point in time. The Marble Statue of Aphrodite is the eldest of the two sculptures‚ it was sculpted between the 2nd and 3rd century B .C. During this period Greece was at its

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    a more joyous and purposeful experience. Hawthorne also suggests that laying focus upon the known makes life become more fulfilling and inspiring for the individual; “to the strong passion of her life” (20). In The Marble Faun‚ Hawthorne portrays the known as life. However in The Marble Faun he focuses more upon how the youth of a character affects their personality and the people surrounding them. Donatello is portrayed as the most youthful character of the four artists; “‘with a real and commonplace

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