sculpture of the Marble Statue of an Old Woman caught my attention instantly. This Roman copy of a Greek work depicted an elder woman that is less popular to be portrayed compared to depictions of youths. This is most likely because artists wanted to capture an eternal youthfulness of portraits. According to the description tag‚ the sculpture was actually a Roman (14-68 AD) copy of a Greek sculpture‚ dated to around the second century BCE. Marble Statue of an Old Woman‚ was a pentelic marble sculpture.
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Standing over fifty-eight feet high is the Marble Column from the Temple of Artemis at Sardis‚ known as one of the seven wonders of the world. The marble column that stands tall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is different from the rest found at the site of the temple because the capital is slightly smaller than the rest. This indicates that it did not belong to the outer colonnade. The columns at the Temple of Artemis are found to be ionic orders‚ being one of the three different types of orders
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The Parthenon Marbles‚ known in Britain as the Elgin Marbles‚ were originally located on the islands of Greece. Whilst in Athens‚ in 1805‚ Lord Elgin stole the Parthenon Marbles and took them back to England‚ renaming them the Elgin Marbles. In recent times‚ Greece has reiterated that the marbles were taken illegally and that they ought to be returned to their rightful home‚ creating high tensions between
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Elisa LastrucciArt History 1A 10/19/14 The Pantheon Marbles custody case The Pantheon Marbles are a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures‚ inscriptions and architectural members. This collection was originally part of the Parthenon temple and other buildings around it on the Acropolis of Athens‚ Greece. They are a masterpiece for ancient Greek art and a treasure for the world. Those statues as always been part of the Pantheon complex until the Turkish conquered Greece and gained
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I was living in Marble Falls‚ Texas where the biggest changes were as trivial as a new restaurant opening. Prior to my move to the city of Austin‚ the world around me ran on a constant loop. To most people this sort of lifestyle seems miserable‚ but I wouldn’t trade that time for the world. Living in a small town as well as the city presented me with
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Gray Livingston Vicino AP Lit 10 March 2015 Robert Graves On July 24th‚ 1895‚ in Wimbledon‚ near London‚ England‚ a young boy was born to Alfred Percival Graves and Amalie von Ranke. This boy grew up as a normal English citizen‚ with eight brothers and sisters‚ and one day he went off to fight in a War unlike any he had ever seen‚ and he would never be the same. Robert Ranke Graves was that boy’s name‚ and he grows up to be one of the famed Modernists. These Modernists were also called the “Lost
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Marble Statue of a youthful Hercules The piece of artwork I have chosen to best represent Bloomberg’s ban on oversized sugary drinks is the “Marble statue of a youthful Hercules”‚ which is on display in Gallery 162 in the Metropolitan Museum. The “Marble statue of a youthful Hercules” is a Roman stone sculpture that dates from around 69-96 A.D. during the Early imperial‚ Flavian period. “Restorations made during the early 17th century: head and neck‚ right arm below the shoulder‚ left arm
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Rosario Garcia Graves Disease Graves’ disease an immunological disorder that affects about 3 % of the population & almost 10 million people just in the United States. It is a condition where your immune system makes an antibody called TSI or thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin this causes the thyroid gland to generate too much thyroid hormone. There are many factors that play a role when someone gets Grave’ disease. There are some people that are just predisposed to Graves’ disease because of their
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Not Marble‚ Nor The Gilded Monument - William Shakespeare ABOUT THE AUTHOR- William Shakespeare (baptized 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright‚ widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England’s national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works‚ including some collaborations‚ consist of about 38plays‚ 154 sonnets‚ two long narrative poems‚ and several other poems. His plays
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The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen (1836) AR out in the ocean‚ where the water is as blue as the prettiest cornflower‚ and as clear as crystal‚ it is very‚ very deep; so deep‚ indeed‚ that no cable could fathom it: many church steeples‚ piled one upon another‚ would not reach from the ground beneath to the surface of the water above. There dwell the Sea King and his subjects. We must not imagine that there is nothing at the bottom of the sea but bare yellow sand. No‚ indeed; the
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