during the Renaissance period and was also the first large-scale bronze nude statue of that time. David was a nude bronze statue that used the method of Contrapposto. Contrapposto was an art method that used one particular pose. This pose depicted the subject with their weight shifted to one leg‚ causing that leg to appear rigid with its knee locked‚ and their other foot flat on the ground with their hip thrust out a bit. By using bronze‚ the nudity‚ and the contrapposto pose‚ Donatello was able to
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Nigerian sports‚ though always exercised‚ was noted first in the 1950s. Nigeria had it’s first appearance in the Helsinki Olympic Games in 1952‚ and it’s first victory in 1954‚ when Emmanuel Ifeanjuna won a gold medal in the high jump at the Commonwealth games in Cardiff. In 1962‚ the Nationals Sports Council was set up‚ and in 1971‚ the National Sports Commission‚ and they had the following responsibilities (stated exactly as is): * To coordinate and integrate efforts to raise the standard
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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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Dahomeyan raiders: The Dahomeyan Kingdom is also been called Danxome‚ Dahome‚ and Fon which all serve as the description of Africa’s dominant ethnic and language group. The African ruler‚ Houegbadja‚ established the Royal Palaces of Abomey and founded the Dahomeyan Kingdom around 1600. Additionally‚ Houegbadja was known for conquering many neighboring cities and villages outside of the Abomey plateau (“Dahomey‚” 1). This vivious tradtion continued through the kingdom’s royal lineage. Houegbadja’s
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until a mixture of copper and tin was smelted together and the discovery of bronze was made. The Bronze age was an exciting time. Never before had early settlers been able to take two elements and form them together to make a stronger better alloy. With the discovery of bronze metallurgy was born. metallurgy is the study of metals and their production and purification. Bronze was used from around 3000 bc to 2000 bc “True bronze (a copper-tin alloy) did not appear until around 3000 BC.”only being passed
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Rough Draft: Military Might: The Key to the Qin’s Unification of China A military official dressed in earthen armor and wielding a bronze knife was a common sight during the early days of the Qin Empire. During the Warring States Period (221-207 BCE) in China‚ the state of Qin’s militaristic and authoritarian government was integral to the rise of the Qin Dynasty. Through military might‚ the Qin defeated and conquered six other city states and established itself as China’s first empire. By establishing
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This paper focuses on the metaphysical interpretation of kindred notions of Yoruba tribal arts. The region of West Africa that today includes the countries of Nigeria‚ Benin‚ and Togo is the land of the Yoruba people‚ whose art is an essential and integral element in their way of life (see image 1 for the Map of Yorubaland‚ showing major towns). The Yoruba are among the oldest and most influential of all African cultures and today make up one of Africa’s largest ethnic groups. More than 25 million
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tropical agricultural skills greatly interested outsiders because the Europeans wanted to profit from this knowledge. On the map it is shown that West Africa consists of the Niger Delta‚ which is made up of the Southern half of Mali‚ Niger‚ Nigeria‚ Benin‚ and Togo‚ and Senegambia‚ which is made up of Senegal‚ Gambia‚ Guinea‚ Sierra Leon‚ and the Ivory Coast. The Niger Delta and the Senegambia areas were prime tropical
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into three distinct classes. At the top of the list‚ he places the guardians who have gold souls and who are considered the elites; below the guardians rest the auxiliaries who have silver souls; and below everyone else‚ lay the moneymakers who have bronze souls. The classifications that Socrates offers are reliant on everyone in the city doing the job or position that they are best suited to do in order for the city‚ as a whole‚ to prosper. According to Socrates and his
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sometimes get killed their jobs were to get bronze from the framer and giving it to the royals so everyone could get paid the normal
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