The Human Body in Chinese Art Chinese figures and western figures are very different from each other. I will be comparing the Chinese Standing Figure (fig 7-3) and the Greek Snake Goddess (fig 4-14)‚ and what the purpose of the figures are for‚ what it reflects‚ and how the body is represented. The Standing Figure was excavated from Sanxingdui‚ China in 1986. Art historians believe that this statue was made for decoration and to show off wealth‚ as it was buried along with other valuables such
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My Greek Goddess (Demeter) Demeter is a very important and famous goddess. Demeter is a goddess of the agricultural‚ fertility‚ sacred law and the harvest. Demeter symbols that represent her is cornucopia‚ wheat‚ torch‚ and bread. Her father was “Kronos Deposed Titan-King of the Gods‚ son of Ouranos the sky & Gaia the earth”. Her mother was “Rhea Former Titan-Queen of the Gods‚ daughter of Ouranos the sky & Gaia the earth.” Demeter was unmarried but she had one daughter named Persephone
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among the many Greek goddesses. Also written as the Aphrodite of Cnidus‚ the marble sculpture was created by an Attic sculptor known as Praxiteles during the 4th century BC. Arguably‚ it is believed to be the earliest major sculpture to show the goddess in the nude. Praxiteles also created another draped version of the marble Aphrodite of Knidos. It is said that the draped version was the first to be sold‚ while the nude version remained rejected at first. However‚ the naked version was bought by
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In Things Fall Apart‚ by Chinua Achebe‚ the beliefs of an afterlife and spirit world were strong factors in the daily events of an Ibo person’s life. These beliefs controlled their actions and thoughts all the time. The Ibo believed in not only personal spirits‚ but also in a supreme deity‚ the Creator of the world and the Ibo‚ as well as the minor gods and entities of the spirit world. To the Ibo‚ it was customary for one to approach a great and powerful man through his servants. Sacrifices were
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our daily lives. For Wiccans and some other Pagans‚ Ostara is the day when the Goddess and God join together in
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The Gods in the Iliad The gods take sides in the Iliad. The gods help their favorite mortals both directly and indirectly. Mortals fight gods and gods fight each other. The world of the Iliad is a world of cosmic conflict. On the side of the Greeks are: On the side of the Trojans are: Athena Aphrodite Hera Apollo Poseidon Artemis Hermes Leto Zeus
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devotion to the goddess Artemis and for its monumental temple dedicated to her. Greek Artemis was a goddess of virginity‚ women’s concerns‚ the hunt and the underworld (1). She was also the daughter of Zeus and Leto and the twin of Apollo. To her dedication‚ The Temple of Artemis was built‚ which is known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Iconic Temple of Artemis resides in the ancient city of Ephesus which is now Turkey‚ was a place made for the worshipers of the goddess. She presided
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The Entrancing life of Zeus the God of the Sky Have you ever wondered what it would be like as Zeus in the Ancient Greece. I mean he was the god above all other gods and goddess. He has had many triumphs‚ but has also had some failures along the may also. Zeus is one of the most powerful gods‚ he had a strange family life when he was a child‚ and has many symbols that are well known for him throughout his life. Zeus had a strange family life as a child. He was the
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walls) that had existed from the preceding pharaoh-governed Old Kingdom. They then inscribed those modified funerary spells on and inside the coffins‚ known as the Coffin Texts. And it is in the Coffin Texts where more extensive descriptions of the goddess Hathor were found. These descriptions help in explaining the reasons she was such an important deity among the nomarchs. With the shifting of power the intensity of desire among the nomarchs to live a worry-free eternal life did not change at all
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