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    Mwana Pwo Mask

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    The title of the first sculpture is a Mwana pwo mask (young woman). The Chokwe people made these at the end of the nineteenth century - early 20th century. The Chokwe people were from the great southern migration of the Lunda. They live in a huge territory‚ north east Angola and Kasai Occidental‚ Bandundu‚ katanga‚ in the Democratic Republic of Congo‚ and Zambia. Dimensions are H. 10 5/8 x W. 7 in. (27 x 17.8 cm). Most of Chokwe masks’ mediums are Wood‚ fiber‚ brass‚ pigment. Most of chokwe masks

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    Story telling advertising is the relationship among relevant stories told to meticulous brands or campaigns in advertising. Since story telling have been a resemblance feature to humans since the stone ages “Stone Carving “ ‚ it is now used in advertising to deliver a coinciding parallel that would engage and interact the audience with the advertised brand. It uses unique contents that allow a supplement of emotional acceptance and intellectual thinking to the viewers. Australia’s mining story telling

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    Kendric Ivan A. Moneva Grade V – St. Joseph A gemstone or gem (also called a precious or semi-precious stone‚ a fine gem‚ or jewel) is a piece of mineral‚ which‚ in cut and polished form‚ is used to make jewelry or other adornments. However certain rocks (such as lapis lazuli)‚ or organic materials that are not minerals (such as amber or jet)‚ are also used for jewelry‚ and are therefore often considered to be gemstones as well. Most gemstones are hard‚ but some soft minerals are used in jewelry

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    Art 100 Study guide

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    Journal entries Chapter 9-14 Art 100 Chapter 9 1. Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. 2. Instruments used include graphite pencils‚ pen and ink‚ inked brushes‚ wax color pencils‚ crayons‚ charcoal‚ chalk‚ pastels‚ various kinds of erasers‚ markers‚ styluses‚ and various metals. 3. An artist who practices or works in drawing may be called a draftsman or draughtsman. 4. A small amount of material is released onto

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    Religious holidays in Turkey There are two religious holidays or feasts‚ the first is Seker Bayrami (3 days) which comes immediately after 30 days of fasting in the Ramadan and the second is Kurban Bayrami (4 days) which follows 70 days after Seker Bayrami. In Turkish‚ Bayram is "feast" or "holiday"‚ seker is "sweets" and kurban is a "sacrifice". The dates of religious holidays come 10 days earlier each year because of the difference between the Lunar Year (354 days) and the Solar Year (365 days)

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    Machu Picchu is the beautiful stone carvings made in the Andes Mountains. Machu Picchu is such a wonderful place to travel because it has so much history behind it‚ also it is located in a beautiful setting‚ and its mysterious. Machu Picchu is an amazing place to travel because it has so much history behind it‚ how it got there‚ who discovered it‚ and much more. The carvings were built by the Inca ruler Manco II in 1535 when he fled the spanish conquest. These carvings stand 2‚430 meters above sea level

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    pumpkins grown today are for the purposes of carving during Halloween. C. Pumpkins are very difficult to find outside of the fall season. III. (Credibility Statement) Carved Pumpkins or Jack-O ’-Lanterns are the most popular of all Halloween emblems. D. Halloween has always been associated with wearing scary costumes and masks‚ sharing ghost stories‚ throwing spooky parties‚ giving people a good fright‚ trick-or-treating and pumpkin carving for as long as it has been around.

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    be tools that come with carving that you have no idea what to do with or each year your pumpkins keep getting worse.Though many people in America know how to carve a pumpkin there are people around the world that have never participated in the tradition of pumpkin carving and there are many of us that have been doing it wrong. The first step is getting the tools and making sure you have a place that you don’t mind getting pumpkin goop all over.If you buy a pumpkin carving kit with the tools and

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    roughly around c. 883-859 BCE. The panel was made in Ancient Mesopotamia during the reign of the Assyrians and was originally on the walls of the Plance of Nimrod almond side of many other relief carvings. The work was carved out from a light-colored stone so the figure protrudes from the work. However‚ the carving is shallow so the figure only sticks out of the rock slightly. There are several lines of subtle script going horizontal across the tablet. The figure is in the center of the piece‚ with no

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    Bharhut stupa from the 1st century BCE. It contains various stories carved on large columns and crossbars about the Buddha’s previous lives and Buddha’s life events. The carvings exhibit the early Buddhist art style known as aniconism‚ in which the Buddha is only depicted through symbols. This essay will analyze one of those carvings inscribed “Bhagavato sakamunino bodho.” Its composition shows an elaborate temple enshrining the bodhi tree of Sakyamuni1 with hybrid creatures and worshippers around;

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