Marble Statue of the Diadoumenos Waqas Yaqoob Professor Vitali 12/8/2010 Art History 1 Marble statue of the Diadoumenos is a Roman statue by Polykleitos from the Flavian period‚ A.D. 69-96. Polykleitos was a Greek sculptor in bronze of the fifth and the early fourth century BC. Next to Phidias‚ Myron and Kresilas‚ he is considered the most important sculptor of Classical antiquity. He was of the school of Argos‚ a contemporary of Phidias and‚ in the opinion of the Greeks‚ his equal.
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MC12110 REACTION PAPER Tracing back to its roots‚ mind museum was offiacially opened to public some time on 2012‚ many people somehow loved it because it was the very first science museum of its scale and scope in the Philippines. it offered alot of knowledge giving facts to its every visitor. based also on its offiacial site‚ "the Mind Museum would like to help give the next generation of Filipinos this currency of mind. While The Mind Museum is not a substitute for schools‚ we would like to help
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The creation of great works of art in this period is tightly connected with the context and environment of seventeenth century France: the political system‚ the development of the culture and the language. Not only did they manage to flourish the cultural world‚ but they also accomplished the creation of lasting pieces of art which still have an impact on the contemporary audience and which influenced the next generations of artists. I believe that these forms of art are still able to make their audiences
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In the folk museum A darkness in the rooms - sinister connotations Betrays the absence of voices‚ - personification Departing from steps And veranda rails – Hyphen marks a break to the extended metaphor of Autumn On to a street that leads around Autumn Which stands at the door Dressed in yellow and brown. Personification/metaphor I look at words – connotes disconnection‚ diction “look” not “read” That describe machinery‚ clothes‚ transport‚ - accumulation‚ shows little interest
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lots of mild action violence‚ though battles on the museum floor usually have a humorous edge. Story Summary Greatness has eluded Larry Daley. Attempts to make a name for himself have left this down-and-out dreamer and divorced dad in need of a job and desperate to earn his 10-year-old son’s respect. Larry feels a sense of urgency now that his ex-wife is set to remarry‚ so he grudgingly accepts a menial night-watchman position at New York’s Museum of Natural History. Cutbacks have forced the curator
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In native american museums gorgeous Indian traditional outfits‚ instrument‚ and food are being showcased‚ but the gorgeous tribes do not exist anymore. Their cultures were taken endlessly by the people who built the museums. In the story “Museum Indians” and the poem “evolution”‚ Susan Power and Sherman Alexie wrote about the tragedy of Native American culture and the sorrowness inside the remaining Indians by using negative connotation and figurative language . The story Museum Indians was written
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Fourth Floor The Nazi Assult 1. The first exhibit that I experienced was a film on Hitlers’ rise to power. It showed how he played on the fears of the people by using propaganda to promote himself to becoming Chancellor of Germany. Ever though he lost the election‚ Hindenburg on January 30‚ 1933 appointed Hitler Chancellor. 2. The next thing that caught my interest was a film on anti-Semitism. This film showed the roots for people’s natural fear of the Jews from the times of Christianity
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Anthropology Dr. Jean Marcus November 16‚ 2012 Cobb Museum Paper The Cobb Institute Museum at Mississippi State University displays items from the Old World and the New World. When I visited the museum I noticed a wide variety of artifacts. The Old world side contained pieces from many Old World countries‚ while the New World side featured a lot of pieces that are from local areas. Since there was such a vast number of artifacts at the Cobb Museum‚ I have decided to focus on the clay vessels and
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Pennsylvania Museum‚ originally found in Orvieto‚ Italy‚ was most likely used as a funerary vessel to be placed on a tomb. In Greek culture it was common to illustrate significant events on vessels‚ including the death of Achilles. Achilles‚ considered immortal‚ was known as the best fighter of his time and his death was a shock to everyone. This vessel was determined to have been made between 540 and 530 BC during the Archaic Greek Period by Exekias. The process of making these pieces of art is rather
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Count: 1283 Salvador Dali Museum The Salvador Dali museum was founded by Dali’s leading collectors‚ Reynolds and Eleanor Morse. They were not only friends of Dali but also private collectors of his work. The couple stored the collection in their home for a long period of time‚ the even agreed to loan two hundred pieces to a “New York Dali retrospective” before finally deciding to give the collection a permanent home. Dali encouraged the couple to build a museum in New York‚ although they thought
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