budget class to three star and heritage provides a great holiday escape and honeymoon attraction. Every year more then three million national and international tourists visit mount Abu enjoying its scenic beauty‚ rich flora & fauna as well as the marble art of delwara Jain temples. Mount Abu is declared closed area since 1965. Although‚ complete area of 328 sq. km. of Abu Hills is declared protected but officially 112.98 sq. km. is under unnotified sanctuary area (Anon.‚ 2003). In shape‚ Mt. Abu
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presenting many classic elements of Greek sculpture‚ and standing tall as a symbol of Greek‚ but especially Athenian strength. One of the most important themes showcased in the Parthenon can be seen in Phidius ’ sculpture of Athena Parthenos‚ or the statue of the virgin Athena‚ which stood over 38 feet tall‚ made of gold and ivory‚ portrayed holding her shield‚ spear and helmet as well as the winged Nike in her outstretched hand‚ representing the victory over the Persians in 479 BCE. Athena stood triumphantly
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The Human Form In Art Michael Herren Art 1150.01N 19 November 2008 The Renaissance art produced in Europe in the historical period called the Renaissance. Broadly considered‚ the period covers the 200 years between 1400 and 1600‚ although specialists disagree on exact dates. The word renaissance means “rebirth”. The two principal components of Renaissance style are the following: a revival of the classical forms originally developed
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traditional Roman architecture designed with a portico held up by eight Corinthian columns almost 12m high. The monolithic columns shafts are made of Aswan grey granite contrasted with the white pentelic marble of the capitals.The porch is supported by these Corinthian columns and is made out of white marble which is also seen on the circular building to seemingly connect these structures together. The porch displays several relief structures to add to the architecture of the building and features several
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wanted to create a large statue of the Virgin Mary with her dead son resting in her arms that was intended to be used as a Pieta to grace his own future grave. What Michelangelo created was a five foot nine inch tall intricate masterpiece‚ created from a single block of marble. Even to this day‚ 500 years later‚ people still flock to see this beautiful statue. In 1501 Michelangelo returned to his home of Florence and was hired to create a huge male figure made of marble. This figure was intended
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Anthropologists can learn about different cultures and generations by visiting cemeteries worldwide. Tombstones can be observed‚ compared‚ and analyzed so we will have an idea how different cultures buried their dead. I visited the Live Oak Cemetery and the Greenville Cemetery in Greenville‚ MS. The Live Oak Cemetery is a predominately black cemetery and the Greenville Cemetery is a predominately white cemetery. Both cemeteries have a lot of history behind them by containing tombstones from the
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Medea Medea is a character existing outside of the typical Greek value and social systems that existed in the Greek Polis’s at the time of the play’s inception. She is strong willed‚ powerful‚ intelligent‚ cunning‚ volatile and independent. She possesses many traits and characteristics reserved and associated with Greek heroes in other plays common at the time. It could be possible to assume that a typical Greek audience of the time (likely predominantly male) would find this character absurd
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Running Head: Baroque Works of Art IP 5 Running Head: Baroque Works of Art 1 Baroque Works of Art The Baroque period of art was from the 1600’s to the 1700’s. This period in art history began with the Catholic Church launching an internal reformation to establish clear definitions of the church’s theologies‚ as well as their doctrines. A sector of the church’s reform was to educate the members
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respect by being the center for community functions. The Milan Cathedral has outer height of 215 ft and a maximum width of 302 ft allowing for a capacity of 40‚000. The huge building is made of brick and faced with famous Candoglia marble. The Candoglia‚ “pink” marble used to build the Milan Cathedral is still mined and exported throughout the world today. Both the gray and pink colors illuminate the structure. Facing the Milan Cathedral‚ the view is magnificant. Many spires atop it making them
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of Willendorf‚ is a 11.1 cm (4 3/8 inches) high statuette of a female figure‚ discovered at a Paleolithic site in 1908 at a Aurignacian loess deposit near the town of Willendorf in Austria. It is now in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna. The statue was carved from oolitic limestone‚ and was colored with red orche. It is dated 30‚000 and 25‚000 BC. Her great age and pronounced female forms quickly established the Venus of Willendorf as an icon of prehistoric art. She was soon included in introductory
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