the movie The Last Conquistador‚ there is a controversy going on between John Houser‚ a sculpture who successfully attempted to create and mount the tallest bronze equestrian statue in the world‚ and people who funded the building of the statue and Native Americans living in Texas. The Native Americans don’t want the statue of a long-forgotten Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate‚ branded a terrorist and a genocidal architect by some‚ to be built. The Native Americans think that Juan de Oñate is anything
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supplies. Their beliefs destroyed their humanity‚ and before blaming their ancestors‚ the residents turned on each other. They held immense battles and cannibal feasts. When no one was left to charge for their ruin‚ the remaining people destroyed the statues that gave them empty promises. When the Europeans arrived in the 18th century‚ their eyes shuttered at the skin and bones of two survivors on barren land. To their surprise‚ there had been no natural disaster‚ only the infestation of selfish
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elements behind. Around the world‚ investigators have discovered millions of beautiful and significant pieces that symbolize some important events in the lives of a culture‚ of a people or a civilization. Such is the case of the discovery of two statues of great goddesses; Nike of Samothrace and Coatlicue‚ both have strong similarities as well as differences‚ they had different cultures and myths‚ and also had artistic and symbolic elements. Even though Nike of Samothrace and Coatlicue were both
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54461332 Assignment 01 Unique number: 859786 Ozymandias Question 1: Pharaoh Ozymandias was a cruel tyrant‚ who thought himself to be the most mighty person on earth; almost as mighty as a god. The statue is described as having “two vast and trunkless legs” (line 2) inspiring the reader to comprehend Ozymandias’ power; he was so mighty that no-one could even measure his “vast” power. The reader is led to understand that Ozymandias was an arrogant‚ cruel leader with the words: “frown” (line
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The phrase “history repeats itself” is perhaps one of the most used sayings when discussing recent events that are similar to past ones. If one was to thing about an image to describe this saying‚ nothing but the repetition of similar events come to mind. A prominent event was the recent slave trade discovered in Libya sharing resemblance to the more well-known Transatlantic Slave Trade from the 15th through the 19th century. Another less specific and more modern example of this are the numerous
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480 BCE. The statue is made of marble and is considerably smaller than a life-size human‚ standing at 1.17m. The torso of the sculpture was first found buried outside the Acropolis in 1866.The head was later found 23 years later. The bird droppings on the head indicate the statue at the time was kept outside rather than inside the Acropolis. With the Kritios Boy‚ the Greek artist has managed understand and show how the different parts of the body have their own role and shape. The statue supports its
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time. The essay compares and contrasts these two art periods with respect to the major works created by prominent artists of these periods. In this regard‚ the masterpiece David‚ created by Michelangelo‚ has been compared with the Antonio Canova’s statue Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss. Both of these works reflect the artistic progression of their ages. David represents the renaissance art by reflecting the political situation of that time‚ whereas Psyche Revised by Cupid’s Kiss‚ depicts the artist’s
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place under the grandson of Cardinal Allesandro Farnese and during these excavations‚ the Farnese unearthed one of the largest collections of ancient Greek art up to this point. In this collection they found the colossal statue of the Farnese Herakles‚ separated into pieces. The statue originally was found with only the upper parts of the body‚ beginning with the
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Three-dimensional art such as statues or sculptures can be created with any type of media‚ portray different styles within the artwork‚ and represent a small portion of the lives they are portraying. We can learn a little about a people and their life through the representative art of their time. This essay will compare and contrast two sets of statues‚ namely‚ Memi and Sabu from Egypt with Gudea from Mesopotamia. According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary (n.d.)‚ statue is defined as “a three-dimensional
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large limestone statues were usually made as dedications to the gods or as grave markers. They could be found at funeral monuments outside of the city walls. Among the earliest examples of the type‚ the kouros in the Metropolitan Museum reveals Egyptian influence in both its pose and proportions2. The statues of the Archaic period were not always made to depict specific individuals. Instead‚ they exemplified the ancient Greek ’s new view of beauty and perfection. They were always statues of young men
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