Wonders of the Ancient World There are Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. However‚ the list we have today was not established until the end of The Middle Ages. This list includes: the Great Pyramid‚ the Hanging Gardens of Babylon‚ the Statue of Zeus at Olympia‚ the Temple of Diana at Ephesus‚ the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus‚ the Colossus of Rhodes‚ and the Pharos of Alexandria. There have been several different lists over the years that have included different wonders. The Great Pyramid
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“Ozymandias” “Ozymandias‚” Shelley’s famous poem‚ reveals the impermanence of human achievement. The poem describes a crumbling statue‚ a “colossal wreck” in the form of a long-lost king. The reader of the poem is thrice-removed from Ozymandias‚ as the speaker relates a story he heard from a traveller who encountered the statue in the desert. A plate beneath the statue reads “Look on my works‚ ye Mighty‚ and despair!” Though Ozymandias presumably means that other mighty kings should despair at their
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Rights and Morality The statue looks like the final chapter in a Warner Brothers cartoon; Bugs Bunny has finally gotten the best of Elmer Fudd. Instead of destroying the gun with a finger down the barrel‚ resulting in a face full of soot for the violent hunter‚ it looks like the famous rabbit decided to gift wrap the weapon. The bullet would likely end up shooting towards the air‚ hitting a branch‚ and knocking out the violent man who aimed to murder with it. While the statue is no cartoon‚ it did
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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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Carlos Museum at Emory University‚ I was amazed by the many works I saw from ancient times. They ranged from ancient Greek/Roman statues‚ Indian carvings‚ Egyptian mummies‚ to even Central American relics which we haven’t learned about in class. The piece that stood out to me the most‚ and what I will focus on for the rest of this essay‚ is the Aphrodite (Venus) statue‚ which is a Roman copy of the Greek original from the 1st century CE. Upon arriving at the Carlos Museum‚ Aphrodite (Venus)
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As I was touring the Museum of Fine Arts this past Monday‚ I was drawn to the statue or sculpture of King Menkaura (Mycerinus) and his queen. For a moment‚ I was able to relate with Ben Stiller and how he felt in the movie Night at the Museum. I genuinely felt the textbook come alive and I was able to relate with the artwork since it was covered in class. (Figure 1-29) Although having encountered other artworks that were covered in class‚ for some reason this artwork resonated with me the most. However
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pieces out of all the amazing sculptures and paintings in this museum. I finally made the decision to write about two different pieces‚ from two different cultures‚ time periods‚ and even mediums. The first piece I chose was a sculpture titled “Marble Statue of a wounded Amazon.” The second piece is a painting by Joos Van Cleave titled “The Last Judgment.” I found it difficult to decide which piece of Greek art I wanted to focus on. I took over sixty pictures of Greek art at the museum‚ and probably
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Professor Niria Leyva-Guitierrez ARTH 1101EE December 8‚ 2009 Hope Dionysos The chosen work is a statue of Dionysos leaning on a female figure. This is a Roman copy of the original 4th century B.C. Greek statue. The statue is entitled “Hope Dionysos” after its former owner‚ Thomas Philip Hope. It was a Gift of The Frederick W. Richmond Foundation. The original statue was made of bronze and it is not certain if the woman was included. It is believed that it may have been added to the Roman
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What about the examples that are happening around us. For example‚ the Statue of Liberty has been through a chemical change. It was first a dull brown color‚ and now it is a green color. That happened due to a chemical change. During the Revolutionary War America and France became close friends since the people of France were seeking freedom. So‚ to honor that friendship France gave the U.S. a gift. It was a sculptor’s statue which was called Liberty Enlightening the World. Where the
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Leonardo never finished. In 1482‚ the Duke of Milan hired Leonardo to make a statue of a horse. The Duke wanted the horse to be 24 feet tall. Creating such a large statue would not be easy. It was to be the largest statue of a horse in the world. Leonardo spent years building a clay model of the statue. He showed the model in Milan‚ Italy‚ but it was not finished. He planned to use this model to create the final bronze statue. Unfortunately‚
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