I chose to write about the "Sarcophagus Depicting a Battle Between Soldiers and Amazons (Warrior Women)". A sarcophagus is a stone coffin usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions. Supposedly‚ This Roman cultured sarcophagus was dedicated for an important Roman soldier. It was built some time in between 140 A.D. to 170 A.D. and made out of marble. Sarcophagus were officially made by the Greeks‚ hence the pediment. Although this sarcophagus was built by the Romans they still added the triangular
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known for his beauty and grace and was chosen to lead a choir of boys at a celebration of the victory of Salamis. Twelve years later‚ his studies complete‚ he was ready to compete in the City Dionysia--a festival held every year at the Theatre of Dionysus in which new plays were presented. Sophocles‚ as depicted in a Roman portrait bust In his first competition‚ in 468 B.C‚ Sophocles took first prize. More than 120 plays were to follow. He would go on to win at least eighteen first prizes
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The Sexton Archaeology team and I utilised the Mortimer Wheel method of excavating the Abbey Museum Site. This Entailed • Dividing the site into 1m X 1m intervals using string and wooden stakes. Each pair would focus on each individual grid. The grids were categorised by A‚ B‚ C‚ D letters and a corresponding number around the perimeter. • One team member would define the Balks about approximately 10cm in width from the edge of the grid. • Subsequently‚ we began excavating the site using a trowel
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within the prologue of the play. For example‚ Dionysus discusses the treatment that his mother Semele received from her sisters‚ “ For my mother’s sisters have acted badly‚ something they‚
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Sadly‚ like the Women of Willendorf‚ there isn’t much known about it. Hence why this sarcophagus has a generic name such as “Etruscan Couple’s Coffin”. However‚ don’t let the lack of imagination put into the name fool you. This piece of art could take anyone’s breathe away. Unlike well known‚ Reclining Couple on Sarcophagus‚ where the two are laying side by side‚ in this one the couple is facing each other. Not only are they engaging into each other’s
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Title: Plate depicting the story of Perseus and Andromeda (1524) Artist: Nicola da Urbino Collection: Italian Renaissance This plate illustrates the story of the valiant hero Perseus (a demigod) as he saves the princess Andromeda from a sea monster. The greek myth says that Andromeda’s mother had said that her daughter’s beauty was greater than that of Poseidon’s companions. An angry Poseidon‚ sent off a sea monster to their land. The plate shows Andromeda chained up to a tree‚ the sea monster at
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Women have not been considered equal to men throughout history. The Etruscans were an ancient civilization that thrived in central Italy around the sixth century BCE. Little is known about the Etruscans‚ but what is known can be extracted through art-producing culture. Their artistic culture is related to but distinct from the civilization of ancient Greece. The ancient Greek civilization spanned from the tenth century to the end of antiquity. This civilization made enormous contributions to science
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Mesopotamia was the birthplace of the world’s earliest known cities. The Mesopotamians developed one of the earliest writing systems‚ along with mathematics and astronomy. Later on developments of this great civilization include the wheel and the sail. They also divided time units into sixty parts which led to the concept of our 60 second minute and 60 minute hour. So this great culture has done so much for humanity‚ so lets look closely at what they left behind and see which artifact best summarizes
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The Frogs tells the story of the god Dionysus‚ who‚ despairing of the state of Athens’ tragedians‚ travels to Hades (the underworld) to bring the playwright Euripides back from the dead. (Euripides had died the year before‚ in 406 BC). He brings along his slave Xanthias‚ who is smarter and braver than Dionysus. As the play opens. Xanthias and Dionysus argue over what kind of jokes Xanthias can use to open the play. For the first half of the play‚ Dionysus routinely makes critical errors‚ forcing
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discussing Nevelson’s work‚ Sky Cathedral (1982)‚ in conversation with seven others: the Stela of Mentuwoser (ca. 1955 B.C.)‚ the Grave Stele of a Little Girl (c. 450-440 B.C.)‚ the Imperial Procession from the Ara Pacis Augustae (13-9 B.C.)‚ the Triumph of Dionysos and the Seasons (ca. A.D. 260-270)‚ Duchamp’s Bicycle Wheel‚ 1913/1951‚ MoMA‚ Mondrian’s Composition (1921)‚ and Pollock’s One (Number 31‚ 1950). To set up these conversations‚ it is necessary to locate Nevelson’s significance.
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