whose frown‚ And wrinkled lip‚ and sneer of cold command‚" The "Traveller from an antique land" tells the narrator about a half-sunken and perished statue of the mighty Ozymandias. The statue is a solitary structure in a desert with the torso missing mysteriously‚ and only portions of Ozymandias’ body remaining. 2. Describe the face of the statue. Use evidence from the poem to explain what kind of person you think Ozymandias was. "Half sunk‚ a shattered visage lies‚ whose frown‚ And
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Comparison of the Davids The statues of David by Michelangelo‚ Donatello‚ Bernini and Verrocchio were representations of a biblical hero the king David of Israel‚ who at a young age killed a warrior Goliath armed with only a stone and a swirl. The four statues are different from each other because they were from different periods and were made from different materials. Each statue is different because of the body posture and clothing choices. All the four statues were made in Italy and that is
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Confederate historical monuments require accurate context to embrace all sides and learn from history. The way we look at confederate statues is influenced by where we grew up and what we learned in history classes. Confederate statues hold tremendous historical value to some and cruel disrespect to others. Ifwe are going to satisfy both sides by remembering part of American history and also uncovering our nation’s past failures‚ context must play a part. Context is the solution to the current
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out the meaning behind in each different symbol and leave many writing about Olmec arts and their symbol means. The young male stone statue has many similarity in other Olmec sculptures and we can identify the meaning behind this sculpture by comparing with other art works and using credible book wroted by archeologists. Different parts of the young male stone statue (fig.1) might have symbolic importance‚ representing ‘priests’ or ‘mediators’‚ these being: human characteristics‚ headdress‚ pose‚
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reading more about the Winged Victory of Samothrace‚ I was able to learn about the Greek goddess after which the statue is created. Victory was a goddess that would appear after a great triumph‚ whether it be athletic or war based. Upon her arrival she would bear a wreath‚ trumpet‚ or fillet to the conquerors. In return‚ wine‚ or milk would be offered to the goddess as a libation. This statue is extremely complex‚ and in reading about it I learned a great deal about how difficult it would be to create
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Easter Island. The Easter Island heads‚ man made or created by something out of this world? Don’t know? Well I’m here to tell you. In this paper I’m going to talk about 3 things‚ Origins of Easter Island‚ The Mysteries of Easter Island‚ and The Stone Statues. Easter Island is located 2‚300 miles off the coast of Chile‚ it’s approximately 64 square miles. It is currently a territory of Chile‚ it is located in South America. The Island was discovered by a Dutch Admiral named‚ Jacob Roggeveen on Easter
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* Thesis * Location of monuments was important * Art and architecture from foreign nations to the United States * African Americans were treated as second class citizens * Hostility from white Americans II. Statue of Liberty * Gifted by the French * Multiple layers of inspiration * Rejection of reinstating French monarchy * Congratulations for the Union for winning the Civil War * Display freedom of African American
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first the Bronze statue of Artemis and a deer from Greece during the 1st century B.C- 1st Century A.D during the Late Hellenistic period‚ and second Demedji and Hennutsen from Egypt during 2465-2438 B.C. The Bronze statue of Artemis and a deer is located in the Northern end of Gallery 162‚ which contains Greek and Roman Art. The statue of Demedji and Hennutsen is located in the Southern end of Gallery 103‚ which contains Egyptian Art from the Old Kingdom Dynasties. The Bronze statue of Artemis and
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particular show evidence of priest‚ warriors‚ and anyone of great nobility to have consumed particular plants to achieve a worldly experience for ritual or religious purposes. The picture to the right is a statue discovered in the mid 1800’s on the side of Mt. Popocatépetl near Tlalmanalco‚ Mexico. The statue dates to around 1450AD and is said to have been worshipped by
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about Praxiteles for sure as the only definite dates in relation to him are found at the base of a portrait statue where he inscribed “Praxiteles the Athenian made it” or are written by Pliny the Elder in his monumental work‚ Naturalis Historia (Encyclopedia of World Biography). This work places him during the 104th Olympiad‚ or roughly 364-361 BCE (Pliny the Elder) while the base of the statue places him around roughly 330 BCE. Nevertheless‚ it is believed by some that Praxiteles was born around 375
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