Throughout centuries‚ different cultures have developed their own beliefs about life and death‚ and therefore there is a wide diversity of what cultures value the most. While Greeks value life and glory‚ Egyptians believed in immortality and the soul. The views of these cultures can be appreciated through their art; and their views about death‚ specifically‚ can be seen in sarcophagi and coffins. Both Egyptian and Greek art had different approaches to the building of their coffins‚ and these differences
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Chapter 7 Jewish ‚ Early Christian and Byzantine art Done by – Ieshangie Gamage 3558 Amanda Ranawaka 3534 Features Jews Christians Muslims religion Judaism Christianity Islam Religious Book Torah (Old testament of Bible) Bible (Old testament+ New Testament) Quran Religious leader Hebrew Prophet (monotheistic) Jesus Christ (monotheistic) Prophet Mohammed (monotheistic) Belief in God believe that god made a covenant with their ancestors
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Bacchus‚ also known as Dionysus‚ was the god of fertility and wine. After being noticed and well known‚ he was considered a big patron of the arts. He was the creator of wine and spread the art of viticulture‚ which is basically the study of grapes and their cultivation. Dionysus had a dual nature; on one side‚ he brought joy and divine ecstasy‚ on the other hand he would bring brutality and blinding furious rage. Thus he reflected on the dual nature of wine most of the time. Bacchus was the son
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One: The Gods‚ the Creation‚ and the Earliest Heroes Chosen Myth: Dionysus or Bacchus Situational Archetype: Battle between Good and Evil In the myth of Dionysus there isn’t exactly a conflict between two sides of people battling for good or evil‚ its more as a battle between the two sides of Dionysus’ inner self. Unlike most examples of good versus evil‚ there isn’t a triumphant side. Just the personality switches between Dionysus being the joy-god or the heartless‚ savage‚ brutal-god. The reason
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A feast‚ called silicernium‚ was then eaten in honor of the deceased. (Gessert‚ 224-225). This was the first of many ceremonies held in the presence of the sarcophagus to commemorate the dead. Just nine days after the initial funeral‚ a second ceremony was carried out at the tomb which consisted of “a funeral banquet (cena novendialis) and a libation poured on the body” (Gessert 225). After this‚ the mourning
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The discovery of King Tutankhamen’s tomb in the early twentieth century provided the world of archaeology with an enormous amount of information about Egyptian lifestyles. The items and artefacts that were found inside the tomb revealed the lifestyles of the Egyptian people at the time but they also exposed religious and cultural traditions that the Ancient Egyptians practised. The tomb unmasked an unknown period of Egyptian history and gave an insight to the reign of the famous King Tutankhamen
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She seeks help from Prometheus so that she can escape from Zeus. She has horns like an ox on her head. Agave – Agave‚ the mother of Pentheus‚ is a woman of Thebes who becomes possessed by the god Dionysus. She‚ like many of the Theban women‚ join the Bacchus under Dionysus’ influence. When Dionysus convincingly tricks Pentheus to dress like a woman and go to see the Bacchae‚ Agave attacks him. Without knowing it is Pentheus she kills him by ripping off his head. She brings the head back to Thebes
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Bible stories are in chronological order from top to bottom and the right side vice versa in chronological order from bottom to top. Another monumental sculpture that the bronze door reminded me of was a piece in chapter 8 figure 8.5 of a Sarcophagus‚ this sarcophagus does tell a religious story as well‚ the story on the left is about Jonah and the sea monster and the right side about a baptism. The two pieces both have engravings on hard tough material that enables the viewer to see the details of the
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As Bradbury’s story proceeds on‚ a Sarcophagus arrives and has hieroglyphics for each child telling of the children’s future lives. As Agatha’s tears were being wiped away‚ “the golden mask of the woman carved on the sarcophagus lid looked back at the children with just the merest smile which hinted the children’s joy‚ which accepted the overwhelming upsurge of a love the children
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Spiritual Sexuality and Women in Absence in Ancient Greek and Indic World Dr. Bimalkumar Subedi Introduction There are many confusions regarding the term ’ Spiritual Sexuality ’. In general‚ the term is understood as an especial form of physical sexuality itself where there thought to be some
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