devoted learner. <br> <br>Walking into the Hall of the Buddhas‚ there was a sense of peace and guidance lingering inside me. The seated Bodhisattva‚ of the Northern Wei dynasty (386-534)‚ CA.480‚ from the Yungang‚ Cave xv‚ Shani Province‚ made of sandstone‚ guarded the entrance. At first‚ I thought it was a time to be disciplined‚ but the transcending smile from the statue was a delicate fixed gesture that offered a feeling of welcome. It was not a place to confess your wrongdoings; neither was it
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Book One 1. What is justice? 2. How does one preform it? Cephalous and Socrates discuss age‚ death‚ and wealth. • As you get older you begin to value conversations more than things. • According to Cephalous‚ the greatest advantage to wealth is “setting on thing against another”. There is no need to fraud against others. You can also give as mush to the Gods as you want o It doesn’t matter how much you inherit‚ but it matters how much you earn Their discussion about justice (speak the truth and pay
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Poseidon?)‚ from the sea off Cape Artemision‚ Greece‚ ca. 460–450 BCE. Bronze‚ 6’ 10” high. POLYKLEITOS‚ Doryphoros (Spear Bearer). Roman marble copy from Pompeii‚ Italy‚ after a bronze original of ca. 450–440 BCE‚ 6’ 11” high. Seated boxer‚ from Rome‚ Italy‚ ca. 100–50 BCE. Bronze‚ 4’ 2” high. Hermes and the infant Dionysus •By follower of Praxiteles (son or grandson possibly)•Contrapposto•New standard of adult and child interaction Nike alighting on a warship (Nike
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in religious feasts and festivals‚ pharaohs stressed their devotion to the gods. New Kingdom rulers paid particular attention to their relationship with the god Amen. This differed slightly form earlier periods because Egyptian made offerings to statues of their living ruler long before Ramesside time‚ but the cult of the living king did not signify divinity. Hatshepsut (18th Dynasty) was the first to depict her own divinity‚ as daughter of Amen‚ in her Divine Birth Inscription in her mortuary temple
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de Werve was commissioned by the Duke and Duchess of the town of Poligny to create this statue for the convent which was headed by a Francisean nun named Colette between 1415-1417. The statue which is made of painted limestone is believed to be a gift that was commissioned for the convent. The second sculpture is entitled‚ “Mother and Child; Mali” which was created in Mali by the Bomana peoples. The statue of Virgin and Child is a religious humane figure of the Virgin Mother Mary and Jesus as a
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THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL The Lincoln Memorial is a ceremonious monument located in Washington‚ D.C.‚ which was built in honor of the 16th president of the United States‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ and of "the virtues of tolerance‚ honesty‚ and constancy in the human spirit." The memorial‚ which was designed by Henry Bacon‚ was inspired by the Athenian Parthenon‚ and its structure was erected along the banks of River Potomac. The Lincoln Memorial is comprised of thirty six columns made of Colorado marble. Each
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element? raised central roof permitting light to filter into the interior Which of the following is the best explanation for the portrayal of Akhenaton’s body type? deliberate artistic reaction against the established canon How does the kneeling statue of Hatshepsut indicate her status as pharaoh? she is wearing the royal male nemes headdress The Palette of King Narmer established the convention for state policy represented in art‚ a policy proclaiming the pharaoh a divine ruler. Which of the
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be compared to the Seated Scribe by the way they are created and for the purposes of their creation. The Egyptian Sculpture of Khafre is one of three current pyramids to still have sustained their veneer. It is also duly noted because of the Great Sphinx behind the Khafre Valley temple. The sculpture has a feature called clerestory‚ a lot of tall narrow windows along the walls that lets in light that help make the polished floor shine even more. But mainly it has a huge statue of Khafre himself
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the Brooklyn Museum of Art to view the Egyptian gallery on the third floor. Out of all the beautiful statues I viewed I had to choose one so I chose “The Bust of The Goddess Sakhmet”. The statue was made out of Granodiorite. I could not find what exact tools were used to carve the statue but many historians believed that small‚ manually turned drill bits and chisels were used to carve the statue. Some archaeologists‚ diamond-mounted bronze engraving instruments were used. The archaeologist came to
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Ancient Egypt Egyptians in the ancient times had a very different culture than today’s society. In order to understand the culture of ancient Egypt‚ one must know about their religion‚ arts‚ and language. In the ancient times‚ the people of Egypt believed in many different things that would bewilder most people. Their artists were some of the best ever to live. And their language is still not completely comprehended. "The religious beliefs of the ancient Egyptians were the dominating influence
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