Museum of Art‚ I came across a very interesting sculpture. Failing to find anything to catch my attention in previous parts of the museum‚ I finally came across the Kongo Power Figure. This sculpture was located in the African art section of the museum. This sculpture caught my attention because it has hundreds of nails driven into its body. It also has a giant hole in its stomach. The nails caught my attention because it made me wonder if this sculpture is a depiction of an actual man being tortured
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powerful rulers during the middle kingdom. This small‚ black granite sculpture that caught my eye is of him. It was created during the time of the middle kingdom. It is not known for sure‚ but this artwork is believed to be from Hierakonpolis‚ Egypt. During this time period‚ sculptures of kings depicted a more real look. The Middle Kingdom lasted from c. 1975-1640 BCE. Art was very important to the Egyptian culture. The sculpture of King Senwosret III has certain characteristics that make it obvious
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Eyes in fine arts sometimes scare viewers because the eyes are so realistic that it gives off the illusion of following the viewer as they move. The bronze sculpture though looking upwards are still represented with a naturalistic feeling that displays movement and direction. When one thinks about having eyes on them there is no better metaphor than a camera‚ maybe even a surveillance camera perhaps. Surveillance
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begin with (“Rome: The Rise to Empire”). It was only after the contact with the Greeks and under their influence that they began to develop and admire the arts (“Rome: The Rise to Empire”). Such admiration and influence can commonly be seen in Roman sculptures. The statue of Augustus of Primaporta‚ for example‚ demonstrates several aspects of Greek influence. The statue‚ estimated to be created around 20 B.C. after Augustus’s victory over the Parthians‚ follows a similar Hellenistic style that the Greeks
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Also like Canova his subject is in the nude. Rodin ’s bronze sclupture is on our ground level. Also unlike Canova ’s Pereus Rodin ’s work interacts more with it ’s space and the viewer. In fact this sculpture was modeled in the round‚ Rodin said the following about it‚ "When I begin a figure‚ I first look at the front‚ the back‚ the two profiles of right and left‚ that is‚ their countours from four angles; then‚ with clay‚ I arrange the large mass as
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Blink Have you ever had to make a split second decision? Have you ever mad an impulse judgment without knowing all the facts? You probably have; its human nature. Whether its reading body language‚ processing facial expressions‚ or even having someone rub you the wrong way‚ your gut feeling or intuition about situations can be described in a different manner. In the book “Blink” By Malcolm Gladwell‚ Gladwell describes his theory on thin slicing‚ how it works and how we can utilize this unconscious
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King Tutankhamun (1343-1325 B.C.) King Tutankhamun lived over 3‚300 years ago during a period known as the New Kingdom. This period of time was called the New Kingdom because it was when the pharaohs united upper and lower Egypt into one kingdom with the capital being Memphis near current day Cairo. The reason I chose to write a research paper on King Tut is because he is one of the most well known pharaohs of ancient Egypt. Tutankhamun is most well known only by the discovery of his intact
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A.P. History Guided Reading 3 The Mediterranean and Middle East Terms: 1. 1. Iron Age– the period generally occurring after the Bronze Age‚ marked by the prevalent use of iron. 2. Mass deportation– the expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or country 3. Hebrew– West Semitic language of the Afro-asiatic language family. 4. Ten Commandments– Decalogue‚ are a set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship‚ which play a fundamental role in Judaism 5. “Children of
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at the age of nine or ten‚ he then married his half sister. They attemped to have two babies‚ Studies in 2011 show that one of them died at 5-6 months of pregnancy and the other at 8-9. King Tut became king after the early passing of his father Akhenaten. Nobody knows for sure how King Tut died‚ some say he was assisnated or his death was accidental. In 2005 there was a CT scan done on his body and it showed that he had a broken leg shorty before his death. In 2010 a DNA test showed he had malaria
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Interpretation What can be seen in the artwork? The sculpture shows us the biblical character‚ David‚ who slew Goliath. We can see David holding the sling which he will use to kill Goliath. Below David is his cuirass (medieval body armor that covers the chest and back) which was given to him by King Saul before the encounter with Goliath. Also present below him is a harp whose tip is shaped like that of an eagle‚ a symbolic reference to the Borghese family. Bernini conceived and carved his
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