the fake statue‚ called a kouros‚ which an art dealer tried to sell to the Getty Museum in California for 10 million dollars. Since most kouroi are recovered in fragments from archeological digs‚ this kouros was a rare find‚ because it was whole and almost perfectly preserved. After fourteen months of scientific analysis and careful investigation‚ to determine the authenticity of the kouros‚ the museum decided to purchase the statue. However‚ when some experts in the field viewed the kouros they felt
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but in the other hand‚ Byzantine only wanted to save their own culture for a while. For example‚ the Kritios bot and "Lamentation" are the most famous artworks in these two ages‚ which is showed the character of their stylistic clearly: Naturalism‚ Kouros and contrapposrto; containing figure who seems to spill out or penetrate the
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The Greeks believed that‚ when death occurs‚ the spirit leaves‚ then the body prepared for burial. The Kroisos Kouros is a free-standing archaic grave marker representing a male youth. In particular‚ Kroisos is a marble statue used to mark the resting place of a male warrior. The Kroisos suggests the idea of immortality as the statues represent the warrior. Grave markers are primarily dedicated to a person‚ depiction of living family members indicates the necessity‚ for a public display of the
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Life and Death: Burial of the Dead The only thing in life that is one-hundred percent certain is death. Humans go through life ignoring this ultimate fate until the day they are confronted. What a civilization does with their deceased tells a lot about their culture and beliefs in an afterlife. Whether a person is cremated or the body is preserved‚ whether they are buried in the ground or placed in a tomb‚ and how their final place is decorated all show their cultures values and beliefs and what
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Cameron Lyons Alesia Williams Eng La Com AP 16 August 2009 The Beauty of Snap Decisions Blink by Malcolm Gladwell Malcolm Gladwell embodies the entire subject of the book “Blink‚” in both the title of the book‚ and the phrase “thin-slicing‚” which is a person ability to accurately gauge what is important from a very narrow period of time. To put it simply‚ impulsive decisions can often be more reliable than well thought out decisions. Gladwell provided the reader with multiple examples throughout
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Greek 600-630 B.C. Archaic period Kouros 600-580bc * Kouros= Youth * Archaic period * From attica‚ Greece * marble Krosios (Kouros from Anavysos) 530bc * marble * High classical period Doryphorus or canon * Doryphorus = Spear bearer * Artist: Polykleitos * High classical period * Idealisim * Contrapostal= pose (relaxed) * Artist wrote
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IB Theory of Knowledge 12 6 December 2012 Intuition: A ‘Hybrid’ Way of Knowing Many have experienced a moment in which a decision was quickly made‚ based solely on these four simple words: It just felt right. There were never any supporting facts or even ample time spent to mull over the decision as any decision would normally require. The surprising result? The decision just happened to be spot on. Now‚ the odds of this occurring may seem quite low‚ even impossible. Call it
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The Ka statue of Ka-Aper comes from the deceased’s brick mastaba at Saqqara‚ Egypt some time between 2450-2350 BCE. The Koursos statue of Kroisos was created many years later‚ some time around 530 BCE‚ as a grave marker for the deceased hero in Anavysos‚ Greece which is not far from Athens. The two statues contrast drastically; however still manage to share subtle yet significant characteristics. Ka-Aper stands at an unimpressive 3’7"‚ while Kroisos was created to a life like
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Thin Slicing is a term used by psychologist and philosophers‚ but what does it mean? According to Malcolm Gladwell‚ “It’s the tendency that we have as human beings to reach very rapid‚ very profound and sophisticated conclusions based on very thin slices of experiences.” Blink is a book by Malcolm Gladwell explaining this theory of thin-slicing. In the book Gladwell tells us many different stories that have to do with thin-slicing. The book has examples of successful thin-slicing‚ examples showing
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Summary Page for: CHAPTER 5 ART OF ANCIENT GREECE Context: Cultural Belief System (religion) / History / Social / Political / Economic / Geographical Greek art influenced Western civilization to present / city states=democracy first evolved-also abstract reasoning‚ inquiry‚ philosophy‚ drama‚ poetry‚ & history / rugged mountainous terrain / Greeks felt themselves superior & called all other people "barbarians"/ After Persian army was repulsed Athenians established a democratic government headed
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