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    The statues of Aphrodite and the Yogini both feature feminine beauty‚ with full breasts and revealing body. Aphrodite is mostly covered while the Yogini is mainly nude‚ but both emanate an aura of superiority above the everyday civilian‚ and thus commands an air of respect. However‚ Aphrodite’s depiction is gentler‚ focusing on her physical features. Perhaps she once held objects in her hands‚ representative of something beyond bodily appearance‚ but that is unknown. The Yogini is more aggressive

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    Aphrodite Research Paper

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    Aphrodite: Goddess of Love     According to Greek mythology‚ Aphrodite was the goddess of love‚ beauty and eternal youth. In Homer’s The Odyssey Aphrodite is said to be the daughter of the god of the sky‚ Zeus and the Titan goddess Dione. There are many adaptations of Aphrodite including the roman version names Venus. Aphrodite was a very beautiful goddess‚ her father Zeus was unnerved about the gods fighting over her. Zeus married off Aphrodite to the god Hephaestus‚ condemning her to a loveless

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    period styles of art in Western civilization from prehistoric art to the early Renaissance art. This class taught me with a better viewer of the significant artistic period styles‚ and also how an artwork represent its specific style and culture. The Aphrodite of Knidos and The Birth of Venus stands out among all of these precious of artwork and caught my attention in first glance. Each of them spread their unique artist’s stylistic characteristics and culture context. Although‚ they shows different historical

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    Elgin Marbles

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    and put it in their own museum for visitors to see. This document has so much importance to the United State of America and it just would not be right for someone else to be showing it off. This is the issue that has risen with the Elgin Marbles. These marbles hold such a large part of Greek history and art but they are being seen by others in the British Museum. The Greeks have tried for decades to get these important items returned but the British Museum just does not want to let them go.

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    The Parthenon Marbles

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    symbol of a nation’s power—and who should own it is central to the debate of returning artifacts to their countries of origin. The argument predominantly revolves around the marbles removed from the Parthenon by the British Lord Elgin. While the Greek government does not recognize the British Museum as the owner of the Parthenon Marbles‚ it can be said that they did acquire them by the proper means of the time. Other countries have asked for previously removed artifacts‚ such as the Rosetta Stone and the

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    Marbles In Children

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    specific skills that will be learned and developed with marble painting is fine motor development/fine motor skills‚ small muscle movements and precision‚ hand-eye coordination‚ physical development such as large motor strength‚ coordination‚ and balance. Marble painting also address social-emotional skills by engaging in cooperative play‚ language development/will describe motions‚ fast‚ slow‚ roll‚ flip‚ and communicates ideas and thoughts. Marble painting also teaches science skills such as exploring

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    Aphrodite: Goddess of Love

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    Briana O’Brien Final Research Project ENG 230 Aphrodite: Goddess of love In Greek mythology‚ each god or goddess has a unique affinity. For example‚ Athena is the Goddess of war‚ Poseidon is the God of the sea‚ and Aphrodite is a famous goddess known for representing beauty‚ love‚ and fertility. Aphrodite is quite popular in our world as she is the symbol of the infinitely desirable female. Aphrodite is very mysterious; there is no definite reason of how she was conceived‚ although there

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    Projectile and Marble

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    Freshman Physics Name:_________________________________ Per:____ LAB: Marble Launcher Due Date:_________________ You have learned that the motion of any object moving through the air affected only by gravity is an example of projectile motion. Examples of projectile motion include a basketball thrown toward a hoop‚ a car driven off a cliff by a stunt person‚ and a marble launched from the CPO marble launcher. Toss a ball some distance and you can imagine in your mind the arc it follows

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    The Blue Marble

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    Personal Response The Blue Marble is a photograph of Earth that was taken December 7th‚ 1972 when the Apollo 17 crew were travelling toward the moon. The title of the beautiful photograph could symbolize many things but what I understood from it is that we see ourselves living on a small planet with many different aspects but in the end were always together if we put the effort in staying together. When observing The Blue Marble‚ I have realized many things such as the photograph gives me a better

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    The Elgin Marbles / Parthenon Sculptures I read two articles on the internet that provided some very interesting points in regards to the “Elgin Marble” which are better known as the “Parthenon Marbles.” Between 1801 – 1805‚ Thomas Bruce‚ Seventh Lord Elgin‚ procured the marble art and took them to Britain. Lord Elgin’s original intentions were to obtain some sketches and plaster casts made of the great sculptures and reliefs on the Parthenon and other nearby ruins. At the time Greece

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