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    which had evolved from the pinga. History The image enshrined in the high altar of the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene‚ Manila. The statue was made by an anonymous Mexican sculptor‚ and the image arrived in Manila via galleon fromAcapulco‚ Mexico‚ sometime in the first decade of the 1600s. Folk tradition attributes the dark colour of the statue to a fire on the ship that charred the originally white skin. The surviving image has been enshrined in the Minor Basilica

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    nature of the statue. Despite it taking place later on in the play‚ it Evelyn’s feminism first occurred to me during the argument between her and Phillip. The audience could agree with me because during the scene in the living room‚ Phillip immediately takes control of the conversations and almost takes pleasure in being in charge. Jenny and Adam‚ both do not do anything to oppose Phillip of this‚ and lets him be the alpha male. As Phillip brings up the vandalism of the censored nude statue‚ Evelyn instantly

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    all time. He was an Italian sculptor‚ painter‚ architect‚ poet‚ and engineer of the High Renaissance. Michelangelo’s David was a masterpiece sculpture‚ created between 1501 – 1504 that is a marble statue‚ of a standing male nude. The 17 foot statue was placed in Galleria dell’Accademia‚ Florence. The statue represents a Biblical hero named David‚ after he made his decision to fight Goliath but before the battle has actually taken place. A moment between conscious choice and action. Gian Lorenzo Bernini

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    artifact that I picked from Metropolitan Museum of Art is called Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara of the Lion’s Roar. It is a large wood statue of an Avalokiteshvara‚ the basic idol of Buddhism‚ completed around the 12th century in China during the Ming Dynasty. The Buddha Statue is a representation of the philosophical belief system of Buddhism. Different Buddha Statues have different meanings. Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara symbolizes "the compassion in the world and the willingness to bear the pain of

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    On the topic of historical figures such as Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis‚ he asserts that people erected the statue as a part of a movement he calls “The Cult of the Lost Cause”. In addition to he claims that people used the monuments to hide the fact that the “Confederacy was on the wrong side of humanity”. Condemning the statues and historical figures in such a harsh tone might drive away the people that support them‚ but it draws in the people that are against them

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    The Allegory Of The Cave

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    is a bare wall. Behind the prisoners is a fire that emits the shadows of statues onto the bare wall. However‚ the prisoners see the shadows on the wall as real objects because they have been there since birth. They think the shadows are the true forms because that is the only truth they have seen. Then‚ one of the prisoners escapes‚ and discovers that the shadow is not the true form. That the shadows coming from the statues are only copies of the “more real” form and lastly‚ without the sun‚ there

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    eagle‚ a symbolic reference to the Borghese family. Bernini conceived and carved his statue of David in seven months‚ a remarkable achievement in itself. Looking deeper into the artwork: One fact of Bernini’s great genius should be pointed out. Almost all statues which preceded his stood self contained‚ insulated‚ apart from the spectator. . Bernini causes the viewer to become a part of his David statue. He who looks at this giant slayer senses Goliath standing behind and above his shoulder

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    Irony In Ozymandias

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    over society. For example‚ the traveler in the poem chronicles the “two vast and trunkless legs of stone/Standing in the desert" (2-3). A massive pair of crippled stone legs immediately comes to one’s mind‚ indicating that a once striking‚ impressive statue is now damaged and almost worthless without its remaining head and torso. These “trunkless” yet enormous legs epitomize Ozymandias’s grandiose ego and inflated

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    or merely play a role in interpreting law? Discuss Judges do both. Judges interpret the statue law and they make the common law. There are two types of law one would be the primary law‚ which is also known as the statue law and the secondary law‚ which is also known as the common law. For the primary law it is created by the legislature‚ which is the parliament as the parliament has the power to make the statue because the people elected them. So the judges interpret the primary law‚ which was created

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    The Statue of Liberty‚ who is also known as the Mother of Exiles‚ shows the sign the exiles of their countries are welcome is the United States‚ and they can be given a second chance at create a better life for them and their families (Lazarus). A question stands now about whether or not we should start restricting the people who come to the United States today. If we wished to restrict everyone coming to America from their countries that would break what the Statue of Liberty’s point of existence

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