Title: Plate depicting the story of Perseus and Andromeda (1524) Artist: Nicola da Urbino Collection: Italian Renaissance This plate illustrates the story of the valiant hero Perseus (a demigod) as he saves the princess Andromeda from a sea monster. The greek myth says that Andromeda’s mother had said that her daughter’s beauty was greater than that of Poseidon’s companions. An angry Poseidon‚ sent off a sea monster to their land. The plate shows Andromeda chained up to a tree‚ the sea monster at
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which had evolved from the pinga. History The image enshrined in the high altar of the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene‚ Manila. The statue was made by an anonymous Mexican sculptor‚ and the image arrived in Manila via galleon fromAcapulco‚ Mexico‚ sometime in the first decade of the 1600s. Folk tradition attributes the dark colour of the statue to a fire on the ship that charred the originally white skin. The surviving image has been enshrined in the Minor Basilica
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Gender roles within Australian contemporary Australian Society. ‘Women produce children; women are mothers and wives; women do the cooking‚ cleaning‚ sewing and washing; they take care of men and are subordinate to male authority; they are largely excluded from high-status occupations and from positions of power.’ (Haralambous and Holborn 1995‚ Sociology Themes and Perspectives‚ HarperCollins Publishers) These stereotypes have come from our past and have now become quite frequently used in today’s
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EGYPT’S STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES Strengths: 1- the Nile river and its fertile banks 2- isolated country difficult to invade 3- papyrus growing on the banks so possibility to write. And they do write and record everything. Writers are then called Scribes. 4- On the Mediterranean Sea‚ but also south in Africa: contact with two worlds so to speak. And also‚ an opening on the red sea called Erythrean Sea‚ so also commerce with Persia and India. 5- A happy people‚ full of optimism‚ meditating
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if I would stand out from the crowd as a new-comer. I did get stares‚ but everyone was very friendly. They wanted to get to know about me and my background. My experience was very overwhelming because I did not know what to do. There was so much kneeling‚ praying‚ standing up‚ and people doing the signs of the cross; I had no idea when to do these things.
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Painted in Spain between 1936 and 1937‚ this artwork retells the story of the tragic fate of Narcissus and Echo. To the left of a group of dancing women is Narcissus kneeling in‚ as well as looking down into‚ the pool of water that is too dark to reflect his own image. His face‚ the cause of his vanity‚ self-absorption and self-reflection‚ is unseen; instead the viewer sees only the top of his head and its distinctive
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Stylized Focus The focus of art changed around the year 3500 B.C. Around this time is when humans developed the first form of writing. The writing system changed the world and it changed the way people viewed the world. This is the first time humans can document history. This made a huge impact on artists and their artwork. The focus changed from humanism and stylization‚ to more idealized art. (Adams) Dating back to 3100 B.C.‚ the Palette of Narmer is one of the first ancient works of art.
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INTRODUCTION Ancient Egypt - a land of mysteries. No other civilization has so captured the imagination of scholars and laypeople alike. Mystery surrounds its origins‚ its religion and its monumental architecture: colossal temples‚ pyramids and the enormous Sphinx. The Egyptian pyramids are the most famous of all the ancient monuments‚ the only remaining wonder of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Egyptian civilization in northeastern Africa that dates from the 4th millennium bc. Its many
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Pharaoh Essay After watching the videos and reading about each pharaoh in the book‚ I thought about it and all of the pharaohs did something that I liked. It was tough trying to pick which ones stood out. I think that Amenhotep and Hatshepsut are at the top of my list. The next two that I would choose to be at the top are Akenhaten and Remses II. The last ones I would choose ate Tutankhamen‚ Tutmosis III‚ and Kamos. Overall I couldn’t tell you who I prefer the best. My selection was based
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successful because she provides the reader with different reasons and opinions as to way a person may act or the reason for their thinkings. For example‚ when discussing about the relationship between Ahmes‚ Hatshepsut‚ and Thutmose II; she say’s “It is quite possible that Ahmes asked Hatshepsut to feed information to Thutmose II‚ or to misdirect him and his allies.” she then writes a different perspective about their relationship stating
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