Jean-Pierre Vernant’s book‚ "The Origins of Greek Thought‚" is a critical reassessment of a dominant historical trope for Western antiquity: that Greek philosophy amazingly materialized out of thin air after the Dorian Invasion. As an alternative to this popular idea‚ Vernant rationalizes the revolution of Greek thought as it pertains to the development of the polis (city)‚ the development of philosophy‚ along with the idea that logic was developed by accompanying death of the monarchy and the birth
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contributions. Henri Matisse’s La Musique was painted in 1939 and measures 45 3/8 x 45 3/8 inches. He inscribed this beautiful painting in the lower right corner with his name and year it was finished. This painting harmoniously depicts two women seated on brightly patterned cushions on the patio playing music. He used color as the foundation for expressive‚ decorative‚ and balanced paintings. Today La Musique is located in Buffalo‚ NY at the Albright Art Gallery. Matisse born in 1869 was a French
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Table of Contents Achievements/ Inventions Writing The 12 month calendar The wheel The ox drawn plough The sail boat Irrigation The first written law code The invention of a way to measure time Ziggurats Sewers Music and musical instruments Religion and Gods Writing The ancient Sumerians believed in education. Record keeping was very important
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This paper is going to compare two statues: statue of Memi and Sabu and a seated statue of Gudea. Both figures have been purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and are displayed there. I will start with writing about the origin and the age of both figures‚ and then compare materials used to create them‚ as well as the style and function of both of them. The first piece‚ The Royal Acquaintances Memi and Sabu‚ originates from Egypt and it is a 4th Dynasty figure of a couple
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the regions of India and Southeastern Asia due to the different cultural and architectural influences of other civilizations over time. With every posture depicted of Buddah each contains a different hand gestures which are known as the Mudras. The seated Buddha from second century Gandhara or modern day Pakistan carved from gray schist and influenced by classic Greek culture. Together these mixture of culture and architecture is known as Greco- Roman art. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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10/3 - Maya after midterm * Leopold Batnes – Teotihuacan * William Sanders - Teotihuacan mapping project * S. Sugiyama and R. Cabrera * Street of the Dead - 15 ½ degrees east of north * Grid oriented – Canalized at the Rio San Juan * Pyramid of the sun – one of the largest mounds in north America * Cave below the pyramid of the sun (Cave of emergence) * Summer Solstice – June 21st it is directly on top of the pyramid * No shadow at noon *
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The Unseen Effects of Imperialism From the time of the Babylonians and Assyrians empires have risen and fallen‚ expanding territory and then losing it‚ eventually fading away to a memory; however‚ long after the death of its last ruler‚ empires continue to have influence‚ through the ideals they create‚ and those they reinforce. Today‚ many of these elements are crucial parts of modern society‚ so much so they are often taken for granted. The ability for a portion of a society to provide food for
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Introduction The story of coins is interwoven with the history of mankind. To trace its story‚ one has to look back to the remote past. When people settled in localities and the communities grew in size‚ the exchange of products became a necessity; then the mutual exchange of things took the shape of trade and the system of barter was evolved. In course of time‚ certain commodities got preference over others and a higher value was attached to them. They assumed the character of a medium of exchange
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of ancient Egypt built mudbrick homes in villages and in the country. They grew some of their own food and traded in the villages for the food and goods they could not produce. Most ancient Egyptians worked as field hands‚ farmers‚ craftsmen and scribes. A small group of people were nobles. Together‚ these different groups of people made up the population of ancient Egypt. A nobleman’s family and A farmer’s family: I read two stories about two different families. It was quite interesting to view
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you have read. For example‚ for Mesopotamia you have the following: 1. PowerPoint presentation on Moodle – visual evidence 2. Similar visual evidence in illustrations in textbook 3. Short excerpts in textbook – e.g. p. 12 by anonymous Sumerian scribe 4. Readings posted as homework assignments on Moodle The secondary sources‚ once again‚ are: 1. Lecture material 2. Textbook reading Go through the primary sources for each of these civilizations and see what material you have. Obviously‚
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