embrace himself. His body was never recovered‚ but a flower‚ which was named after him was. The left side of this painting shows the kneeling Narcissus‚ outlined by the craggy rocks of what could only be Cape Creus’s. On the right side of the painting‚ the scene has morphed into a more idyllic and classical scene‚ in which the kneeling Narcissus has become the statue of a hand‚ holding a cracked egg‚ from which emerges The Narcissus flower. This painting reminded me of the first chapter of Metamorphosis
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plaster FACADE - the front of a building‚ especially an imposing or decorative one POST AND LINTEL SYSTEM - a structure consisting of vertical beams (posts) supporting a horizontal beam (lintel). SERDAB - a chamber inside a mastaba containing a statue of the deceased. MASTABA - An ancient Egyptian tomb with a rectangular base‚ sloping sides‚ and a flat roof. Stone bench. ICONOGRAPHY - Symbolic representation‚ especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images. STRATIFIED - a
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The Bronze Age → Dark Ages Greece Mesopotamia - Tigris and Euphrates Egypt - Nile : flooding every year which makes the soil fertile In the 4th millenium‚ settled clusters of people 1. Predynastic 2. Old kingdom - known for grandiose architecture (pyramids) 3. First intermediate 4. Middle kingdom - brief‚ unspectacular 5. Second intermediate period - started around 1800 B.C.‚ Egypt is experiencing a decline‚ irregular floods‚ people losing trust in the government. Hyksos
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painting Donatello‚ David Museo Nazionale Del Bargello Donatello became renowned as the greatest sculptor of the Early Renaissance‚ his masterpieces being his Humanist and unusually erotic statue of David‚ one of the icons of the Florentine republic‚ and his great monument to Gattamelata‚ the first large equestrian bronze to be created since Roman times. High Renaissance art in Italy‚ 1475-1525 Italian Renaissance painting Michelangelo‚ (c. 1511) The Creation of Adam‚ from the Sistine Chapel
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the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City has a corner named‚ ‘Hatshepsut Room’‚ which is only devoted to Hatshepsut’s pieces. Much like other pharaohs‚ Hatshepsut got monuments built at the Temple of Karnak. Moreover‚ she reinstated the Precinct of Mut‚ which was Egypt’s ancient great goddess. It was previously destroyed by the rule of foreigners when Hyksos was in rule. Karnak’s Red Chapel was another project by Hatshepsut‚ also known as Chapelle Rouge. It was planned to be a barque shrine
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monster wanders. The lower half of the stele body depicts a large spherical niche‚ carved with 12 figures including a Buddha‚ Bodhisattvas‚ Pratyeka Buddha‚ Vira‚ and disciples‚ showing the scene of Gautama preaching the Dharma. In front of the throne placed two Prithvi lifting a lotus‚ Boshan incent burner decorated with honeysuckles‚ and two lion guardians. A lotus pagoda appears at the center of the niche‚ which enshrines four statues of seated Buddha. On the exterior flank two standing Buddha
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system of construction is essentially COLUMNAR and TRABEATED. 16. The Colossi of Memnon was erected by AMENOPHIS III. 17. The architect of the Great Serapeum at Alexandria is PTOLEMY III. 18. The funerary temple at Der-el-Bahari was built by HATSHEPSUT. 19. The forerunners of the caryatids of the Greeks is OSIRIS PILLARS. 20. Characteristic wall ornament of the Egyptians is HIEROGLYPHICS. 21. The favorite motifs of the Egyptians include the lotus‚ papyrus and PALM. 22. Structure whose sides
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Researching the statues of antiquity can be especially daunting; time and nature have a way of (quite literally) wearing away at things. Often art pieces are destroyed‚ pilfered‚ or their archaeological sites foolishly man-handled‚ not to mention the ravishes of the weather. There are gaps of missing information from one era to the next‚ and as much as we may wish for it‚ no Archaeologist has ever found a didactic panel sitting neatly next to an excavated work. We are lucky when studying the statue of Aphrodite
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that over hung the roads were statues of lion heads‚ beautiful trees and flowers in all sorts of colors. The main statue however was a huge tall Buddha in the middle of large pond filled with Koi Fish. There was a small tiled area that visitors could take pictures of the statue in its amazing and beautiful nature. The aura of the place was one of peace and tranquility. The small tiled visitor area was then extended by an overhanging wooden bridge leading to a large tiled courtyard with small trees
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every society. But‚ depending on the culture and beliefs of the civilization‚ the female role can be more or less significant. This paper will examine the lives of the common traditional Egyptian woman as well as some of the royal Egyptian women: Hatshepsut‚ Nefertiti‚ and Cleopatra. Furthermore‚ this paper is going to discuss the differences between the female commoner versus royal women. The Traditional Ancient Egyptian Woman The ancient Egyptian society women were not viewed how the rest of the
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