temple looks very similar to temples I used to visit in China‚ except for the fact that Zhengjue Temple is smaller in size. It has one big hall mainly used to place the statues of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and one small room used to shelve the Sutras. Several cushions are put on the ground of the hall and in front of the Buddha Statues. They are mainly used for meditation and making worship. During my visit‚ I mainly talked to Rev Chi-Miu Sik‚ who arranged the weekly meditation events and took care of
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unnatural features from the two eras. Kouros is a statue of a man with stylized hair and blank eyes. During this time period‚ hair did not look natural and flowing‚ but stiff and dramatically detailed. Also‚ the eyes are blank and do not look as realistic as the eyes seen in later works of art. During the Classical era came around‚ art began to change and improve. First‚ the art of the Classical era showed some sense of anatomy. The Three-Seated Goddesses sculpture from the Classical era depicts
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a shallow niche‚ holding in its hands the tablets of the Ten Commandments‚ his long beard entwined in his powerful hands. He looks as if he was communicating with god. Two other statues‚ The Bound Slave and The Dying Slave (both structured in 1510-1513) demonstrate Michelangelo’s approach to carving. He left both statues unfinished either because he was satisfied with them as is‚ or because he no longer planned to use them. The project for the Julius Tomb required architectural planning‚ but Michelangelo’s
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temple holds great significance to the Opet festival. The Luxor Temple was dedicated to the Theban Triad of the cult of the Royal Ka‚ Amun‚ Mut‚ and Khonsu and was built during the New Kingdom‚ the focus of the annual Opet Festival‚ in which a cult statue of Amun was paraded down the Nile from nearby Karnak Temple (ipet-isut) to stay there for a while‚ with his consort Mut‚ in a celebration of fertility – whence its name. However‚ other studies at
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Buddhist Art and Iconography As Asian culture became popular‚ Buddhist art became very familiar to Americans. We can find statues of Buddha not only at Asian restaurants but also at bars‚ night clubs and even at furniture stores. Buddhist art is becoming less associated with religion; however statues of Buddha and other Buddhist motifs such as lotus flowers have significant religious meanings behind them. Although some of people who are interested in Buddhist art are non-Buddhist
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his left shoulder. This combination of intense expression and calm pose is intended to capture the short period between the decision to fight and the fight itself. The statues hands and head appear to be disproportionally large for his body‚ possibly because they were deemed more visually important for viewers who would see the statue high up
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ruler of Rome. They were in held in early September at the end of the military year. The games began with a religious ceremony that opened with what Ovid describes as “a golden procession of all the most important religious and civil authorites”. Statues of the Gods were paraded and sacrifices made before the praetor‚ or magistrate in charge‚ signalled the start of the entertainment. The last Ludi Romani was held in 549 by Totilla the Goth who captured Rome and reduced its population to 500. Later
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2. The Palette of King Narmer marks the transition from prehistory to the historical period in Ancient Egypt because it is the first Egyptian artwork to document the name of an Egyptian pharaoh. Hierarchical proportions are utilized: King Narmer is shown larger than the other figures to symbolize his authority. Narmer is shown slaying an unarmed enemy‚ further displaying his power. The artist has also used symbolism to show the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt. A man with a plant growing
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Chapter 1 Notes - Prehistoric Period o Paleolithic Period "Old Stone Age"  Old and primitive period  Around 50‚000BC  Artwork consisted of cave paintings  Brutal period  Average life expectancy was about 20 years o Neolithic Period "New Stone Age"  Begins around 9‚000BC  Neolithic Revolution Agriculture o Allows people luxury of staying in one place; stability and performance o Cornerstone of civilization Domestic Architecture
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suggest that deification was a later development (unlike the case of the Akkadian god-kings). Over the centuries there was a gradual accretion of stories about him‚ some probably derived from the real lives of other historical figures‚ in particular Gudea‚ the Second Dynasty ruler of Lagash (2144–2124
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