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    art of benin

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    opinion of the Benin people as a “savage and brutal” (Loftus‚ 2008‚ The British Museum and the Benin ‘antiquities’‚ p.52)‚ race led them to question how an “entirely barbarous” (Read and Dalton‚ 1898‚ ‘Antiquities from the City of Benin...’‚ in Reading 2.6: ‘Works of art from Benin City’‚ Loftus and Wood‚ ‘The Art of Benin...’‚ p.84) civilisation could produce such “sophisticated works of art” (Loftus‚ 2008‚ The British Museum and the Benin ‘antiquities’‚ p.52). The British also questioned whether these

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    places

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    There are many interesting places in the world to visit. Many places are interesting because of their popularity‚ some are interesting because of the climate and some are interesting because they are always on the news. Chicago‚ St Petersburg and Armenia are three places in the world that have an interesting history. Chicago is part of Illinois which is one of states of the U.S.. Chicago is not English word. It’s the word form one of languages used by Indians. It means the strong smell. This

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    LEGAL REFORM IN THE PROTECTION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE IN ZAMBIA Zambia is an independent democratic state comprising of different ethnic groups which together represent a rich and diverse cultural heritage. This heritage gives Zambia a distinctive character from which it derives its unique personality. This valuable heritage must be preserved‚ nurtured and developed to foster a strong sense of national identity‚ pride and unity and to become a vitalising force in the development process. Our

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    Yde Girl

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     The Dutch peat cutters who had found her body first believing they had saw the devil‚ because of her red hair had had resulted in running away and returning a day after to cover her body with stacks of peat. Her body now in displayed in the Drents museum in Assen along with her modern reconstruction of her physical appearance. Due to various sources‚ Yde girls life have be told and theories have concluded of how she lived and the result and cause of her death at the age of sixteen. Throughout her

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    This will allow visitors to appreciate them as a whole piece of art. A new Acropolis Museum was built south of the Acropolis Hill. It is to maintain the Parthenon sculpture in the greatest natural way. The British have them in a museum in artificial light‚ which is destroying the accuracy of the artwork. It is said that the British are not able to provide a true copy of the purchase. Greece claims that they

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    clouds played their loud drums and collided with one another for a resounding kiss‚ which caused its mouths to drool‚ that fell hard on the Earth like a boxer smashing his opponent with all his might. Wilbercht Schmidt had just locked the Pergamon Museum in Berlin‚ at 10:05 PM‚ and was about to cross the road which was already wounded by the weight of cars‚ but now‚ due to the hard rain‚ its wounds were even more vulnerable. Wilbercht was as white as a sheet‚ due to the fact that someone had been

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    unfit to sail and plans were made to have her scrapped. Due to overwhelming public outrage she was recommissioned by Congress and repaired. After this‚ the Constitution remained active as a patrol and training ship until she was placed in port as a museum. The ship still sails on occasion and is maintained by the US Navy through federal funding. However the Constitution can most frequently be found in her home port of Boston as a tourist attraction and tribute to American independence. The

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    After looking at the vast antique collection found in the Sir John Soanes’s Museum‚ London‚ I was able to identify with 2 objects that I felt had the most interest to me. Found in the Colonnade and Dome room‚ I will compare and contrast the statue of Apollo Belvedere‚ a Greek god originally made from bronze and discovered in Rome in the late 15th century. The second is a statue of the Ephesian Diana‚ an Egyptian sculpture derived of marble. There are a number of statues replicating the pagan goddess

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    References: Crouching Boy. (2006). Western european art:sculpture. State Hermitage Museum. St. Petersburg‚ Russia Monument to Don Pedro of Toledo. (n.d.). Giovanni da nola Pietà (Michelangelo). (2007‚ July 26). Wikipedia‚ The Free Encyclopedia

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    Art Critique

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    Journal 1‚ Humanities‚ Museum/Fine Art Gallery Visit The Saint Louis Art Museum’s architecture is beautiful. There are many roman influences to the outside of the building including round arches‚ tall stone columns and roman statues of persons in robes and sandals. The building itself is very inviting and enjoyable to view just from the outside. When entering inside‚ one will notice the gorgeous marble floors‚ the lofty ceilings and the roman style pillars‚ wall trim‚ steps and hallways. The dominant

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