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    The sculpture on the left was from Rome‚ whereas the sculpture on the right was from Greece. Starting from the right‚ Greece sculptures have equal similar traits to Egypt sculptures‚ it is thought that the Greeks has gotten inspiration from Egyptians and New East. Kouros represents a youthful‚ strong and immortal man. At that time‚ Greece’s social system was male dominant‚ also known as patriarchy. Therefore‚ it was not an issue that most Greek sculptures are naked. As Kouros shares similar traits

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    As magistrate for the trial of Augustus‚ I heard many interesting and compelling arguments that challenged my final decision. The case was brought to determine whether Augustus was guilty of murder in the first degree or of high treason against the Roman republic. I assessed the different arguments by looking through my detailed notes. In addition‚ I reflected upon and analyzed the points that were made by the witnesses and questions asked by the lawyers during the trial. In the end‚ the testimonies

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    Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus was one of few who went to the extremes of killing his own family members just to keep his new booming Empire up and running. Constantine ruled from 306 A.D. until 337 A.D. During Constantine the Great’s thirty-one years of ruling‚ he influenced the Roman Empire that affected the Roman people in a virtuous way. He strengthened Christianity in Rome and was a martyr in making Christianity a respected

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    Reason Case was accepted for investigation: On 8/24/17‚ Hennepin County Child Protection accepted a report of alleged sexual abuse predatory offender and threatened injury of Augustus Athey by his father Andre Athey. On 8-23-2017 reporter stated that Augustus Athey is the newborn child of Andre Athey a convicted sexual offender who lives in the home. Per reporter Andre Athey has other children some of which have already been assessed. The outcome of the Assessment: This worker met with Ms. Alexandria

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    The girl stood facing the portrait‚ her left index finger resting on her pursed lips. She tilted her head and let out a melodramatic sigh. It was a portrait of her great grandfather with a leopard cape wrapped around him as he held his head high and his carribean blue eyes stared off in the distance. At a first glance he would appear to be robust or regal‚ but she knew that it was all a ruse. Instead‚ Arthur Augustus Piemonte was nothing of the sorts and was in fact a fraud. It was this information

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    Francis Bacon - The Portraits Francis Bacon was born in Dublin‚ Ireland to English parents. When F. Bacon grow up and was more independent he then travelled to Berlin were he spent most of his time there. He then moved onto Paris‚ before returning to London and starting out as an interior designer. Bacon never attended art school; he only began his work in watercolours about 1926 – 27. An exhibition of works by Pablo Picasso inspired him to make his first drawings and paintings. The influence

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    Ryan Foley Humanities 101 Self Portrait Paper September 28‚ 2013 Born April 15‚ 1452 in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci‚ was born with no surname his full name being "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci"‚ meaning "Leonardo‚ son of (Mes)ser Piero from Vinci." Little is known of Leonardo’s early up bringing besides him spending his first five years of life in the household of his father‚ grandparents and uncle‚ Francesco‚ in the small town of Vinci. His father had married a sixteen-year-old girl

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    Formal Analysis of Rembrandt’s Self-Portrait‚ Aged 23 Self-Portrait‚ Aged 23 was painted by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) in 1629. The oil on wood work is on display in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. It was purchased in 1896 from Lt. Col. Sawyer through Bernard Berenson and has dimensions of 89.7 x 73.5 centimeters1. As the title implies‚ Rembrandt as a young man is the only figure in the portrait. He is set slightly off-center to the viewer’s left and his body is angled so

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    “The Roman Emperor Augustus is credited with instituting a corps or fire fighting watchmen in 24 BC”. (NAED) In this primitive form of fire fighting the men passed water by buckets from hand to hand to the flames to put them out. Since then fire fighting has changed and grown immensely and will continue to. The description though of what they do has stayed the same. Firefighters are the men and women who take control of‚ and put out fires. They respond to emergencies in which people’s lives‚ possessions

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    be a little outlandish in making sure that our deeds don’t go unnoticed. Augustus’ Res Gestae did just this as it was a particularly embellished autobiographical account of the many achievements and deeds that he achieved while he was emperor. The intent of the Res Gestae was to sway the opinions of its reader to align with the ways in which Augustus wanted himself to be remembered. The Res Gestae recorded all of Augustus’ many good deeds towards the empire‚ of which he wanted to be remembered by

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