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    Fast forwarding to the year 1411‚ Donatello had actually sculpted a marble figure called St Mark placed in Orsanmichele Church but once again serving as a representation of Florence’s powerful craft. Then again in 1415 he created the marble statue of a seated St. John the Evangelist for a cathedral in Florence. Each depicting his Gothic style and a classical technique as

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    heads and statues clearly indicate that the local people had obvious beliefs and acts of worship. Despite profuse religious motifs‚ there does not appear to be any signs of offerings or sacrifices. There are no suggestions that any animals were sacrificed or any pits were made for the storing of sacrificial blood. Catal Huyuk has yielded among other splendors‚ a unique sequence of sanctuaries and shrines‚ decorated with wall paintings‚ reliefs in plaster‚ animal heads‚ and containing statues‚ which

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    he celebrated their marriage by issuing a scarab as well as ordering a special boat to be built along with a huge lake for her to go boating in private. Queen Tiye appears frequently on Amenhotep’s monuments‚ sometimes in the place of a goddess or seated next to him with royal characteristics. To show his love for Queen

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    back to Florence‚ Italy. Due to Francesca illness‚ she was unable to care for Michelangelo and he was later place within a family of stonecutters. This is where the quote “With my wet-nurse’s milk‚ I sucked in the hammer and chisels I use for my statues" derived from (“Biography.com” 1). Michelangelo’s mother passed away when he was at the age of six. Even at an early age Michelangelo was drawn to the arts.

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    The Lincoln Memorial‚ designed after the temples of ancient Greece‚ is America’s foremost memorial to the 16th president. It is an example of neoclassical architecture. The building is in the form of a Greek temple and contains a large seated sculpture of Abraham Lincoln. Setting on the National Mall‚ the monument stands as the nation’s tribute to one of their greatest leaders. It took from 1901 to 1914 for construction to begin. Everything in the monument has some sort of meaning to it. Lincoln

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    to Athena on the Athenian Acropolis (the Athena Promachos‚ the Lemnian Athena‚ and the colossal Athena Parthenos for the Parthenon) and the colossal seated Zeus for the Temple of Zeus at Olympia” (Britannica). His last major project‚ the statue of Zeus‚ is considered one of his greatest masterpieces‚ along with the Athena Parthenos. After completing the statue of Zeus‚ Phidias died less than a year later in 430 b.c. More than 2000 years later‚ architect Henry Bacon toured Europe and was inspired by the

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    a soft‚ angelic melody. This melody is peaceful‚ warm and serene‚ as if you are floating on clouds. The chapel is enclosed within glass and wooden doors. Outside the chapel‚ I noticed a desk with beautiful arrangements of Easter lily flowers‚ a statue of Mary on top of a red cloth and white table cloth. (Chapel entrance picture on last page of report). There was also a meeting room‚ and stairway leading up to the Priest’s office. The chapel architecture was outstanding done. The ceiling and walls

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    Blue monument‚ C. 3100-2700 BCE Combined words and picture Relief – figures or text raised above ground Etching or Intaglio – figures or text incised into ground Writing is catalyst for storage and dissemination of information Gudea Ruled polis of Lagash C. 2150 BCE Devotional status carved in Diorite Writing on lower garment contains his name and a list of his achievements Law Code of Hammurabi (Babylonian‚ C. 1800-1750 BCE) Diorite stele Cuneiform text Laws and punishments

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    Badhoevedorp‚ near Amsterdam‚ The Netherlands‚ Tyndale Christian School in South Australia and Tyndale Park Christian School in New Zealand. An American Christian publishing house‚ also called Tyndale House‚ was named after Tyndale. A life sized bronze statue of a seated William Tyndale at work on his translation by Lawrence Holofcener (2000) was placed in the Millennium Square‚ Bristol‚

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    legendarily known as the origin for the Greek goddess of love‚ Aphrodite. Watteau uses a head on angle to draw his audience’s attention to the main subjects of the painting.2 Three couples are absorbed in private interaction‚ positioned next to a statue of a naked goddess adorned with bright flowers. It was typical for a rococo painting to be faintly erotic‚ which demonstrates the rococo style’s movement away from the church and state assimilation of baroque art.3 The couples‚ presumably aristocratic

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