TaThe TajMahal (/ˈtɑːdʒ məˈhɑːl/ often /ˈtɑːʒ/;[2] Hindi: ताजमहल‚ from Persian/Urdu: تاج محل "crown of palaces"‚ pronounced [ˈt̪aːdʒ mɛˈɦɛl]; also "the Taj"[3]) is a white marble mausoleum located in Agra‚ Uttar Pradesh‚ India. It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife‚ Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal is widely recognized as "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world’s heritage".[4] Taj Mahal is regarded by many as the
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To this day scholars offer a number of different interpretations of Euripides’ The Bacchae. This essay will argue the centrality of ‘sophia’ (wisdom) and its opposite ‘amathia’‚ similar to the interpretation offered by Arrowsmith and Dodds: that the central idea of The Bacchae is that wisdom – possession of humility‚ acceptance and self-knowledge‚ encompassed by the Greek word ‘sophia’ – is the greatest and most necessary quality humanity can possess in the face of godly power. In particular this
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Marble Statue of the Diadoumenos Waqas Yaqoob Professor Vitali 12/8/2010 Art History 1 Marble statue of the Diadoumenos is a Roman statue by Polykleitos from the Flavian period‚ A.D. 69-96. Polykleitos was a Greek sculptor in bronze of the fifth and the early fourth century BC. Next to Phidias‚ Myron and Kresilas‚ he is considered the most important sculptor of Classical antiquity. He was of the school of Argos‚ a contemporary of Phidias and‚ in the opinion of the Greeks‚ his equal.
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Dionysus Dionysus was the God of wine‚ theatre‚ vegetation and ecstasy in Ancient Greek mythology‚ represented by a leopard‚ a drinking cup‚ a fruit vine‚ and a thyrsos. According to Ancient Greek scripts‚ he was worshipped by Mycenean Greeks from 1500-1100 BC. Where he came from is uncertain‚ but his clans took many different forms. In some‚ he arrives from the east as a foreigner‚ and in others he arrives from the south. He is known as “the god that comes” and his foreignness is essential
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sarcophagus depicts a Greek mythological tale this sarcophagus was most likely for an upper class Roman citizen. The marble that makes up Roman sarcophagi originate from quarries. At these quarries‚ captured slaves and criminals were forced into the life of quarrymen. Upwards of a thousand workers at a time would be responsible for the extraction of marble. From these quarries the marble would be delivered to nearby workshops for trained sculptors and craftsmen to sculpt out the specific designs requested
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Ruonan Hao 1143752 MASACCIO (1401-1428?) Masaccio was the first great painter of the Italian Renaissance and opened up the modern era in painting. He was born in 1401 in a small town outside of Florence called Castel San Giovanni de Altura. He moved to Florence in around 1420 and by the age of 19 or 20 he was already a professional painter belonged to the guild. He introduced many new techniques and innovate the use of scientific perspective‚ which he painted from every angle. He also believed
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Culture: Ancient Egyptian- Old Kingdom Artist: Unknown Title: False Door Date: Roughly 2400 B.C.E. Media: Limestone Measurements: 61 x 45 3/5 x 4 1/2 in. (154.9 x 115.8 x 11.4 cm) Accession #: 52.22 This relief sculpture serves more of a religious-function that any aesthetic one. Aside from have some minor damage done‚ it is nearly perfectly balanced. On the bottom of the piece are four men; two on each side that mirror each other. They all hold what seem to be spears in one hand and a scepter in
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open ceiling above it so it can catch rain water. This room leads me out to the Inner Peristyle. Rows of columns surround this beautiful garden. The columns are modeled after those in the House of the Colored Capitals in Pompeii. In the corners are marble fountains that are re-creations from the Villa dei Papri. And a narrow pool is in the center and is lined with replicas of bronze statues that resemble women that would have once been found at the Villa dei Papiri. As I walk around the colonnade
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buildings and other assorted structures‚ although they were built around 2000 years ago‚ are still standing and even in use. At the start of Roman history‚ they imported their marble from another great ancient city; Greece. However‚ they did eventually find quarries in northern Italy that held an abundance of white marble. This marble helped them become the great architectural city that we see even in present times. Later on‚ in the first century AD‚ the Romans began to use concrete in greater use.
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About 600 BCE‚ inspired by the theory and practice of earlier Egyptian stone masons and builders‚ the Greeks set about replacing the wooden structures of their public buildings with stone structures - a process known as ’PETRIFICATION’. Limestone and marble was employed for columns and walls‚ while terracotta was used for roof tiles and ornaments. Decoration was done in metal‚ like bronze. Like painters and sculptors‚ Greek architects enjoyed none of the enhanced status accorded to their successors.
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