kind man with a crippled leg who went by the name of Crane-man. Despite this obviously poor life Tree-ear lived‚ he had one day that he looked forward to that he called‚ “throwing day” a day when a very skilled potter named Min spun a beautiful clay vase to Tree-ear’s enjoyment. One throwing day Tree-ear was caught watching Min’s work when he thought that Min was not around‚ and accidently dent the uncooked piece of clay after dropping it from surprise. Min‚ who was very angry at this‚ punished Tree-ear
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this amphora depicts a battle from the Trojan War‚ a conflict between the Greek attackers and the citizens of the city of Troy that was the subject of Homer’s Iliad‚ one of the two great epics of Greek and Roman mythology. Shown on the front of the vase were Achilles‚ the son of the sea nymph Thetis‚ and a Greek warrior “in combat with Memnon [son of Eos‚ the Greek goddess of the dawn] an African prince fighting on the side of Troy” (Bromberg‚ Guide‚ page 64). They are fighting over the corpse of
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A. Cundari Syllabus HIS/112 Western Civilization From Prehistory to the Middle Ages Course Start Date: 08/06/2014 Course End Date: 09/03/2014 Campus/Learning Center: East El Paso Facilitator Information Alison Cundari alicundari@email.phoenix.edu (University of Phoenix) alicundari@aol.com (Personal) 915-626-9025 (MST)
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Still life is a type of painting. It’s a picture of objects that don’t move. The artist looks at objects‚ like vases‚ fruit‚ bottle’s flower’s and studies the way the light hits the objects‚ the shadow’s and the shape. Archie Forrest is a Scottish artist‚ who was born in 1950. Archie attended the Glasgow school of art in 1969 and left in 1973. He then spent 7 years teaching pupils as an art tutor. In 1985 he stopped teaching and completely devoted him time‚ to making art. Forrest’s work is very
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is so Sad really portray what is found in the typical‚ post 22nd World War British home? The sadness of it all? The tacky vase‚ the forgotten music‚ and the constant waiting - waiting for something to happen. Larkin really helps us to question just how much time we spend waiting for things to happen. The home waits for our return‚ the music and piano wait to be played. The vase waits for us to dust it. The pictures yearn to be appreciated‚ and the cutlery used. Do we connect with Larkin’s predicaments
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subject of two series of still life paintings. The earlier series executed in Paris in 1887 depicts the flowers lying on the ground‚ while the second set executed a year later in Arles shows bouquets of sunflowers in a vase. Its make me feel wornness and depressed of sunflowers in vase. Some of flower are fresh but make me feel depressed because he use the color and paint it for show these feel. Third‚ “Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear” is this self-portrait was painted shortly after Van Gogh returned
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References: Aaron J. Paul‚ (1997)‚ Fragments of Antiquity: Drawing upon Greek Vases‚ Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin‚ Vol. V‚ No. 2 pp. 4-10. Anthony M. Snodgrass‚ (2001)‚ The Dark Age of Greece‚ oxford press‚ p.102-152 John Beazley‚ (1956). Attic Black-Figure Vase Painters‚ Oxford University Press‚ Oxford. John K. Papadopoulos‚ James F. Vedder‚ Toby Schreiber‚ (1998)‚ Drawing Circles: Experimental Archaeology and the
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Art History I‚ Response Essay The piece I have chosen for this Response Essay is a Hydria Offering (Funerary Water Pitcher) attributed to the Mound Painter; it is dated c. 340-330 BC. This particular piece is located at the British Museum in London. The material is ceramic and is one of the best examples of a funerary pitcher that would be placed in a tomb. The vessel is symmetrical and has a sense of purpose‚ to commemorate the death of the occupant of the tomb with the presenting of gifts
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composed of quartz‚ soda‚ and a mineral containing copper which when fired covered the clay bowls and vases with a glass-like surface. Ancient Greek vases are highly valued for form and decoration. The graceful lines an perfect balance speak to our desire for beauty. The pottery was decorated with pictures of the daily lives of the people and stories of their gods‚ goddesses and heroes. On the red figure vases the background was painted black and the figures were left the natural red color of the clay. The
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A deep-sea salvage company claims to have discovered the deepest ancient shipwreck ever found- a 2‚300-year-old Greek trading vessel found nearly two miles under the surface of the Mediterranean. The discovery of the shipwreck between the classical trading centers of Rhodes and Alexandria adds to the collection of evidence that is challenging the long-held theory that ancient sailors lacked the navigational knowledge and skill to sail large distances across open water. It is believed that they were
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