to one another‚ being that they are both male sculptures‚ but they are different in cultures and points in time. Both figures analyzed are of young males. The Greek sculpture has young male features and Kouros in Greek means “youth” or “young man” but this was not necessarily the title of the sculpture‚ this is a modern designation for this type of statue. The anatomy of both figures makes the gender clear. The statue of a Kouros also depicts a young body‚ with a small waist and chest size. The Kouros
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Belonging to the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art ‚ this red-figure lekythos‚ dating from 460–450 B.C‚ features Apollo‚ the youthful god of music‚ prophecy‚ and healing. He is portrayed with his well-known feature‚ the kithara. The invention of the first lyre begins with Hermes‚ the son of Maia who had been secretly impregnated by Zeus‚ leaving the cave where he was born. He then spotted a tortoise and decided to make a musical instrument from its shell. Next Hermes starts craving for
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(Singapore) Art‚ culture‚ and society; these three elements are closely linked. These three elements affect one another in one way or another. There is often a conflict of interest between the artist‚ the audience‚ and the government body. The artist’s aim is to express art freely. The audience’s aim is to view art in forms that are not offensive to them. The government’s aim is to mitigate the conflict of interest between the two parties by implementing policies and restrictions to art pieces that
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of Namban Art during the Christian century in the history of Japanese Art. I will concentrate on three essential elements in order to discuss this topic. Firstly‚ what is Namban art exactly? Secondly‚ I will briefly look at the history of the Christian century. Finally‚ I will relate the rise and fall of Namban Art to the rise and fall of Christianity during this period. What is Namban Art. The word namban itself translates as "Southern Barbarians". The term relates to the type of art which was
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There were many contributions to western civilization from the Ancient Greeks. Many roots of the civilization we have today can be traced back to the Ancient Greeks. They made long lasting contributions in the areas of art‚ architecture‚ philosophy‚ math‚ drama‚ and science. If the intelligent thinkers of the Ancient Greeks such as‚ Socrates‚ Aristotle‚and Hippocrates never challenged the way Greeks lived many of the ideas we have today would have never been established. The Greeks made contributions
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Civilizations are a group of humans living together in an organized way and have made advances in arts‚ science and technology‚ law or government. China is one of the world’s oldest continuous civilizations; it is the only ancient civilization that has continued to this very day. The lifestyles that the ancient Chinese had is extremely different then the lifestyle that the Modern Western Civilization which includes North America and Europe currently has because of the different way that people
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IS IT ART? What is art? Every person has an individual response to an artwork which is determined through the collaboration between an individual and a specific artwork. If it contributes to your experience‚ as a consequence being symbolic of something‚ then it is probably art for you. It is therefore very problematic in order to supply a definition that comprises the whole world’s thoughts and feelings. Some believe that anything and everything in the world is art‚ while others believe that it
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needed to feel superior over someone‚ pegged black man as being dangerous animalistic creatures: telling other men of superiority that they were after their wives and their nice things when in reality all the black man wanted was to be treated like a human being and not animals. This is something that the black man still has to ask for today because with the centuries of negativity surrounding their skin color and the way the media depicts them
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two artistic styles that became prevalent throughout pre-Columbian civilizations can be credited to the time when the Olmec and Chavin peoples lived whom marked the beginning of artistic production in Mesoamerican and Andean artistic styles. These art styles were reproduced in settings that were clearly important in each of their cultures and are consistently seen in a variety of media and contexts where nature and religion served as the backbone of their cultural and artistic expression. Particularly
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which Japan borrowed ideas from the West and reformed in such a short time is called the ‘Meiji Restoration’. Japan for some time was considered too remote and poor to be subjected to Western Imperialism. However Emperor Meiji and his advisors made it clear that they were determined to adapt selected features of Western civilisation to become a powerful nation‚ while still keeping Japans individuality. The new aspects of society included social‚ political‚ economic‚ military and educational changes
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