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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sculptor work on the statue of David and the painting of the ceiling of the Sistine chapel. The statue of David is a male nude statue standing 17ft tall and is made of marble. It was made between 1501 and 1504. The statue represents the biblical hero King David. The real statue stands in Accademia Gallery‚ Florence today where it attracts a lot of tourists. One interesting thing about the David statue was that Michael Angelo was not the first artist to attempt to make the statue. Donatello another
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Florentine government at the time of their creation. Although the actual date of the sculpting of Donatello’s David is unknown‚ a rough estimate claims for it to be around 1420s to 1460s. Originally showcased in the Medici Palazzo‚ Donatello’s bronze statue David‚ seen in Figure 1‚ shows a young boy standing in his glory. A closer inspection of the face points out certain details that suggest a larger claim. David’s smile‚ as shown in Figure 2‚ is the most striking feature of his face because it seems
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Aristotle (384 BC March 7‚ 322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and a student of Plato‚ considered first scientist in Western world. He was a philosopher of common sense. He tried to define essences and his aim is to explicate the world as well as cosmos surrounding us. According to Introduction of Metaphysics‚ Aristotle’s world-view is teleological that there is kind of purpose in cosmos: " What is important is that the world seems to have a purpose‚ a meaning and even a design. It
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THE SEVEN WONDERS [pic] PYRAMIDS OF GIZA [pic] HANGING GARDENS [pic] TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS [pic] STATUE OF ZEUS [pic] COLOSSUS [pic] LIGHTHOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA [pic] THE MAUSOLEUM AT HALICARNASSUS [pic] The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was the tomb of king Mausolus. Halicarnassus (Modern Bodrum‚ Turkey) was the capital of a small Mediterranean kingdom. In 377 B.C.‚ Hecatomnus of Mylasa‚ the ruler of this land‚ died and left control of the kingdom to his son‚ Mausolus. Mausolus’
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The Ancient World was a place where great discoveries were made. A World where great things and extraordinary minds existed. Every group of civilizations had something different they believed in. These heroes of ancient cultures deserve to be acknowledged. These were the people who developed the basic building blocks of architecture‚ furniture and interiors that we use today. They worked hard and strived for perfection. I have decided to look at the Pantheon‚ Parthenon and Temple of Horus as buildings
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being the very one with which he brought down the giant. In Bernini’s statue‚ David has on some manner of clothing. It is not much more than a piece of cloth thrown over his private parts‚ but it still gives him some modesty‚ which is in keeping with the Baroque period. Something that makes Donatello’s David stand apart is the fact that he actually made TWO statues of David. The first was in 1408‚ and is made of marble. This marble representation is rather boring and traditional‚ and shows none of
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Painting and Sculpting weren’t the only things Michelangelo was good at‚ he had many great talents. When Florence was in danger of attack‚ he super intended fortification. He also wrote lots of sonnets in strength of their beauty recall his work of marble. Many of the were written in old age for Vittoria Colonna‚ a lady who was very smart and pretty. In his later years of life‚ he designed the dome in St. Peter’s basilica in Rome. Which was named the best architectural achievement of the Italian
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differences between them. Hermes with the young Dionysus by Praxiteles vs. David by Michelangelo Hermes with the young Dionysus was made by Praxiteles around 340 B.C.E. This marble statue represents Hermes‚ which was the messenger of the Greek Gods‚ holding the young Dionysus (Gombrich). This freestanding Greek statue was made during the Golden Age of the Classical Style‚ and it features the key characteristics of this period (realism‚ harmony‚ and proportion). Hermes appears nude leaning against
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The dominance of Christianity flourished in the Middle Ages and the human body was considered less important than the spirit. The emphasis on chastity and celibacy created an atmosphere where there was little interest to study the human body‚ so nude figures were rare in the Middle Ages. During this period‚ “the human body was seen only as a temporary vessel for the soul and the body was seen as sinful and the cause of temptation.” The limited Middle Age sculptures of nude bodies do not reflect
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