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    At the Montclair Art Museum‚ located in the Rand Gallery of Native American Art‚ there is a tall statue made of Bronze and Jetulong wood‚ standing tall behind a glass case‚ called Pueblo Maiden. The figure is long and lean‚ and towers over many of the other artifacts in the gallery. The bronze color of the figure is constant throughout the sculpture. The head is small and round. The hairstyle is short and square shaped. It is similar to a women’s “bob” hairstyle with bangs that covers the figures

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    years after the end of World War 2. The 3 reasons why this monument is important to me is what the pillars mean‚ the gold stars about the soldiers‚ and the 24 bronze reliefs about the phases of the soldiers. The first reason why this monument is important to me is the pillars. The pillars mean so much to the nations because there is a bronze sculpted rope that connects the pillars‚ they symbolizes the nations bonding together. It is important to our country because it represents that our nations have

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    Japanese occupation during World War II and the Malayan Emergency‚ which lasted from 1948 until 1960. It is located in the Federal capital‚ Kuala Lumpur. The Malaysian Houses of Parliament is situated near the monument. It is the world’s tallest bronze freestanding sculpture grouping.[1] Every year on July 31 on Warriors’ Day‚ the Yang di-Pertuan Agong‚ the Prime Minister and heads of military and the police pay their respects to the fallen heroes by laying garlands at the monument. History

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    However‚ this time‚ the statue of David would be made of bronze. This David represented the civic virtue over brutality‚ and was the first free standing bronze statue of the Italian Renaissance. When creating this bronze statue‚ Donatello used a strategy that is known as the lost-wax method. The lost-wax method is a strategy of metal casting that is used to help mold and shape statues‚ through

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    To what extent did the Hyksos occupation of Egypt influence the development of early New Kingdom Egypt. Introduction: The Hyksos invaded and occupied Egypt from the 15th - 17th dynasties known as the second intermediate period‚ before their eventual defeat by the Egyptians which started the 18th dynasty. The Hyksos were highly important to the development of New Kingdom Egypt With several new technologies brought it by the Hyksos‚ e.g. smaller‚ quicker horse drawn chariots‚ composite bow etc

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    The material cause refers to the physical cause of an object. It occurs because of the parts‚ substance or materials and the explanation of the cause derives from its parts. For instance‚ the material cause of a statue is bronze or silver. In order to create a bronze statue‚ bronze is required. The formal cause refers to what gives the object its form or structure; its characteristics. For example‚ the statue cannot be labelled as a statue if it doesn’t have certain characteristics such as a head

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    Friction

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    Combinations Static Frictional Coefficient - μs Clean and Dry Surfaces Lubricated and Greasy Surfaces Aluminum Aluminum 1.05 - 1.35 0.3 Aluminum- bronze Steel 0.45 Aluminum Mild Steel 0.61 Brake material Cast iron 0.4 Brake material Cast iron (wet) 0.2 Brass Steel 0.35 0.19 Brass Cast Iron 0.31) Brick Wood 0.6 Bronze Steel 0.16 Bronze Cast Iron 0.221) Bronze - sintered Steel 0.13 Cadmium Cadmium 0.5 0.05 Cadmium Chromium 0.41 0.34 Cadmium Mild Steel 0.461) Cast Iron Cast Iron 1.1‚ 0.151) 0.071) Cast

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    Write story about a slave point of view going from west africa acros the atlantic to the america and include facts. Atlantic slave trade Reproduction of a handbill advertising a slave auction inCharleston‚ South Carolina‚ in 1769. Slavery The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade took place across theAtlantic Ocean from the 16th through to the 19th centuries. The vast majority of those enslaved that were transported to the New World‚ many on the triangular trade route and its Middle

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    bottom to top. Another monumental sculpture that the bronze door reminded me of was a piece in chapter 8 figure 8.5 of a Sarcophagus‚ this sarcophagus does tell a religious story as well‚ the story on the left is about Jonah and the sea monster and the right side about a baptism. The two pieces both have engravings on hard tough material that enables the viewer to see the details of the scene. Another art piece that can be compared to the bronze abbey church door is figure 7.10 of a sculpture relief

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    and Southeast Asia b) their societies mostly avoided oppressive authority‚ class inequalities ( forested region in present-day southern Nigeria – 3 political) c) Benin: centralized state ruled by a warrior king ‚EwuareP d) Igbo : dense population and trade‚ and rejected kingship and state building e)  Yoruba‚ Benin‚ and Igbo peoples traded among themselves and beyond 4. Agricultural village societies went through change in the centuries before 1500 a) population growth‚ emergence

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