The first object at the Museum of Fine Arts‚ Boston is the Seated Bodhisattva. It is a Bodhisattva‚ a future Buddha who remains on Earth to help others reach enlightenment‚ depicted in carved limestone. It is from the Eastern Wei‚ made around 530 C.E. The artist is unknown‚ and the piece was excavated from the White Horse Monastery in Loyang‚ Henan province‚ China. The second object is the Guanyin‚ Bodhisattva of Compassion. It is also a Bodhisattva‚ but instead depicted in wood‚ specifically paulownia
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Maia Rubin AH17 - Seated Buddha‚ dated 338‚ gilt bronze‚ h. 16” The Seated Buddha‚ dating back to the Three Kingdoms period‚ is the earliest known Buddha sculpture from China. Words are inscripted at the rear of the statue that indicate that it was created in the year 338. Today this seated Buddha is displayed at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco‚ California. Taking into account the size of the statue and the spread of Buddhism through Central Asia and Mongolia‚ this Buddha could have belonged
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Praise of the Scribe’s Profession: Egyptian Letter A scribe was typically a royal or temple official‚ one of the few literate‚ and so ranked higher than the illiterate masses. This document is a letter of advice from a high-level government official to his son‚ exhorting him to learn the skills of a scribe. This document gives us insight into the demanding and perilous existence of the majority of the ancient Egyptian population‚ as well as the attitude of Egyptian elites toward various types
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comparing the two sculptures of Khafre‚ image 3-11 ca. 2520-2494 BCE (1)‚ with the statue of Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)‚ image 5-40 ca. 450-440 BCE (2) you get a true sense of the evolution of art‚ from Pharaonic Egypt to Classical Athenian Greece two millennia later. This was not just a revolution in art but also philosophy‚ which transported itself into not only the types sculptures created but also the style used by their creators. For example‚ the statue of Khafre sits lifeless and majestic on
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providence and in a complex system of spirits and angels. Jesus sometimes encounters Pharisees in synagogues‚ but we do not know whether Pharisees were attached to a particular synagogue‚ as Rabbis are now. All four gospel writers present them (along with scribes‚ priests and Sadducees) in a very negative light‚ but their criticisms of Jesus are usually very moderate. They object‚ for instance‚ to Jesus’ picking grain on the Sabbath when he doesn’t need to‚ or healing a man with a long-term disability on
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Mariela Espinoza-Leon Propaganda and Political Undertones in the Seated Statue of Hatshepsut Karen Greenwalt AH 110 Fall 2013 Final Word Count: 2145 When one thinks of ancient Egypt‚ images of seated pharaohs like king Tutankhamun automatically come to mind‚ it seems strange to think of a female ruler as the male kings were the standard of the era‚ save for a few exceptions. One the exceptions to the standard male pharaohs‚ and the first of her kind‚ was Queen Hatshepsut- the first female
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The main focus of this paper will compare two Egyptian pieces Figure of a Man (c. 525 BCE) from the Milwaukee Art Museum and Khafre Enthroned (c. 2520-2494) from the textbook Gardner’s Art Through the Ages using visual elements. These visual elements of color‚ texture‚ composition‚ scale‚ and subject emphasize power and status. These sculptures are similar in color as both sculptures were made from hard‚ dark stones. Also‚ the sculptures were created with the same attention to sanding and polishing
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I have chosen the constellation Cassiopeia: The Seated Queen. I chose this constellation because it was an unknown constellation to me until I studied the first lesson of Astronomy. The name Cassiopeia: The Seated Queen sparked my interest‚ and so I decided to find more information about this fascinating constellation. Cassiopeia is located in the Northern sky and is easily recognizable by its distinctive "M" shape. It is made up of five stars‚ the four brightest of which are: Alpha Cassiopeia‚ Beta
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arise day in day out. I do not wish to make this entire problem known‚ because they give me an ill-feeling when I mention them. Nevertheless‚ for the sake of my manifesto‚ I am going to give an instance of a situation as an example. Comfortably seated lady and gentlemen‚ Imagine yourself being a teacher‚ you have just given an exercise which you were marking‚ or you are busily compiling your examination results. As you continue your task‚ one boy runs up to you and says “Sir‚ this boy has hit me
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Importance of Scribes in Ancient Egypt In ancient Egypt scribes were thought to be essential to the continuation of their culture. The king and the upper class prized scribes because their ability to read and write was thought to be the highest intellectual achievement that one could attain‚ thus heightening their social status.1 Developing literacy in any culture is a huge turning point and accomplishment in the development of a more complex society. In “In Praise of Learned Scribes”‚ written in
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