Museum Artifact 737 likely represents a bichrome‚ wheel-made kylix fired during the Cypro-Geometric III period of the Cypriot Iron Age. The kylix‚ a drinking vessel shaped like a stemmed bowl or cup and possessing a height of 5.5 cm‚ resembles a chalice with a disk base of 3 cm connected to a bowl measuring 8 cm across its widest point. Marked with two sets of concentric circles on the interior of the bowl‚ the kylix draws strong influence from greek design during the Late Bronze Age. Joanna Smith
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Analysis of “La Carte Postale” by Rene Magritte This paper will discuss the painting “La Carte Postale” by Rene Magritte. It will compare and contract the primary relationships of focusing and scanning‚ position versus movement‚ organic versus geometric‚ high definition versus low definition and formal versus informal relationships as the basis for analysis. “La Carte Postale” is a formal painting with a strong sense of position. This paper will support this and suggest in detail that it is formal
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Other than explaining the postimpressionism of “At the Moulin Rouge‚” the composition of the painting is also analyzed in full detail. Postimpressionists used vivid colors and real-life subject matter‚ but they were more inclined to emphasize geometric forms‚ to distort form for expressive effect‚ and to use unnatural or arbitrary color. In Lautrec’s “At the Moulin Rouge” all of these features were used. Plenty of vivid colors were used‚ with the reds and oranges in the hair of the lady in the
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The Flowering of the Islamic Empire Islamic Empire was one of the most powerful empires in the world. Islam began on the Arabian Peninsula. By the middle of the 8th century‚ Arab conquests had created the Muslim Empire. Spain‚ North Africa‚ western and central Asia ruled by the religion of Islam. Over the next 500 years‚ Islamic civilization flowered over this area. This large land empire united under Islam in the 700s to 1200s. Many advances were made in Islamic Empire; such as mathematics‚ art
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"non-representational"‚ "geometric abstraction"‚ or "concrete art" . Abstract uses a visual language of shape‚ form‚ color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Abstraction indicates a departure from reality in depiction of imagery in art. II. Stone Age Abstract Paintings:As far as we can tell‚ abstract art first began some 70‚000 years ago with prehistoric engravings: namely‚ two pieces of rock engraved with abstract geometric patterns
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The following will pay close attention to Book 1 Part 3 Section 1 (Of knowledge) of Hume’s Treatise of Human Nature‚ paying close attention to Hume’s discussion of mathematic and geometric certainty. Furthermore‚ the following will ask four substantive questions: What does Hume say about knowledge? How does he say it? Why is the section important to the Treatise? And‚ lastly‚ is Hume’s theory on knowledge persuasive‚ or do his arguments crumble under greater scrutiny? In the section at hand‚ Hume
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labored on. They started from the ground up and their art continuously developed from the feet‚ eventually up to the head where the sculpture was perfected. Each period‚ from the Geometric to the Hellenistic had significant jumps in skill within the artists‚ although they can be grouped together by similarities. The Geometric‚ the Orientalizing and the Archaic periods have many similarities based on how primitive they were. The Early‚ High and Late Classical sculptures are largely formed from the Canon
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evident in the increasing attention given to the theories and tools related to origami in the past four decades (Fei and Sujan‚ 2013; Lang‚ 2004). This increased interest in challenging origami forms has eventually led to further investigation of the geometric features‚ topological properties‚ and structural capabilities of paper folding‚ which provide an invaluable medium for the inspiration of many architectural
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their local ecology‚ the resources available‚ and the time period within which their community was based. The road to agricultural way of life in the MIddle East is characterized by Four distinct stages. It was during the Kebaran period‚ and Geometric Kebaran in which hunter-gatherers began to utilize the plant and animal resources of the region. Architecture became a prominent feature of the Natufian period‚ as communities began to transition to village life from that of hunting-gathering. Though
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Funerary Vase (Krater) 1) A painted clay vessel showing an early style of Greek figurative art‚ also embodies some core Greek beliefs. 2) Grave Marker: a) A Krater is a wide-mouthed clay vessel for mixing wine and water. 3) Terracotta: a) The vessel is made from Terracotta (Terracotta‚ Terra cotta or Terra-cotta (Italian: "baked earth"‚ from the Latin terra cotta)‚ a type of earthenware‚ is a clay-based unglazed or glazed ceramic where the fired body is porous. Its uses include
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