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    Chahk Monument Figure

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    Monumental Figure is an open form sculpture made out of a solid piece of limestone. It is from Maya culture and it was found in Mexico. The Chakh was originally from the Puuc hills of Yucatan and it was probably part of a royal court building. Where it looked straight at everybody who entered the building. It has been dated back to the 9th century. Its dimensions are H. 214 x W. 50.8 x 61cm. It is classified as a stone sculpture and it was purchased in 1966 by Harris Brisbane Dick fund. The sculpture

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    into the past we see a wide variety of artwork‚ one in particular is a female figure found within the MIA Museum. This sculpture is made entirely of marble and originated in the Cyclade Islands that are part of Greece. It is exactly 41.3 cm high‚ four cm wide at the top‚ and 10.8 cm wide near the bottom. It has various defined body parts such as the head‚ nose‚ neck‚ chest‚ arms‚ waist‚ legs‚ and feet. The female figure has very clear visual lines across the entire body. These lines help define the

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    There has been an abundance literature on the subject of the representation of female athletes in the media‚ from television coverage and newspapers to magazines and websites. From ancient Greece where it was not allowed for women to partake in or even watch the Olympic Games and the power and independence of the Amazonian tribal warrior woman‚ to present day and the struggles with underrepresentation and misrepresentation of female athletes in sport media (George‚ Hartley‚ Paris‚ 2001; Creedon‚

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    governance. (Lowe Morna‚ 2004: 25) It is a statement of the obvious to note that women have been discriminated against in the political arena for centuries‚ enjoying little to no representation and playing no role in the governing of their countries. To effectively give credence to the arguments for women’s representation and to be able to evaluate the effectiveness of various ideologies‚ electoral systems and the use of quotas in offering women political equity‚ we must first understand how they

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    The Role and Representation of Women: How they are Expressed Through Fashion Fashion‚ style and trends have always been a hugely important part of women’s lives‚ being a major creative outlet for women throughout the ages. But these trends are much more than just picking out something to wear each day from a cupboard of clothes: fashion is a way of expressing the role of women in society and how important and independent they are‚ and although style changes appear to be rapid and trivial‚ there

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    Figure Of Speech Examples

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    Figure of Speech Examples A figure of speech is a word or phrase that has a meaning something different than its literal meaning. It can be ametaphor or simile that is designed to further explain a concept. Or‚ it can be a different way of pronouncing a word or phrase such as with alliteration to give further meaning or a different sound. Examples of Figures of Speech Using Alliteration Alliteration is the repetition of beginning sounds. Examples are: Sally sells seashells. Walter wondered where

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    Reliquary guardian figure (bieri)‚ Fang‚ Gabon Essay Chapter 34 This stylized human figure has the body of an infant and the muscularity of an adult‚ a combination of traits suggesting the cycle of life. The sculptor designed them to sit on the edge of cylindrical bark boxes of ancestral bones‚ ensuring that no harm would befall the ancestral spirits. It’s made out of wood and dates back to late 19th century. This figure is symmetrical that greatly emphasize the head‚ and they feature a rhythmic

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    Throughout history female figures have played an important role as subject matter. The female figure is very subjective‚ as peered through the different lenses of varying cultures. The status and functions of women in these cultures are the primary factors that influence how they are portrayed in art of a certain culture. However‚ the female figure itself through its natural and inherent iconography represents fertility and the importance of women in society. This natural iconography creates certain

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    offspring: Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra‚ Agamemnon ’s wife. In recounting this "momentous rape" with "large consequences for the future‚" (Perrine 147) Yeats uses rhetorical figures in each of the sonnet ’s three stanzas. The figures in the first stanza create tension and portray the event. All definitions for the rhetorical figures mentioned in this essay are derived from Lanham ’s A Handlist of Rhetorical Terms. Yeats opens with an example of brachylogia‚ brevity of speech. His elliptical fragment

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    different representations of the Fairies are Peterpan (Tinkerbell)‚ Fairly Odd Parents‚ Cinderella (Kecia Lewis) play and Shrek 2 fairy godmother. All these four representations are similar and different to one another‚ they are all the same because they all have a will power and can change something with their power‚ different on how they are seen differently and they all use their power in a unique way. To begin‚ fairies are the controllers of fate. Fairies could come from humans because humans have

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