architecture used in the Ancient Greece. The Doric columns were the simplest‚ having the capitol which is the top or crown‚ they are circular with a square on top‚ but they do not contain a base. The Doric was very simple yet powerful architecture. The Parthenon is a good example of simple Doric architecture. On the other hand‚ Ionic shafts were a lot taller than the ones the Doric had. They were slender and they also contained flutes that were carved into the top all the way to the bottom of the column
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Greek Mythology is made up of several myths‚ legends‚ and many gods and goddesses‚ each attached to a story or myth about how earth itself came to be. Greek gods and goddesses have their own responsibilities and jobs to maintain the earth and keep peace on it. For example‚ Hades‚ the God and Ruler of the Underworld‚ which is often referred to as Hades‚ is also associated with the ideas of death and life after death. Hades is important to the pantheon of Greek Mythology because he not only is the
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The Palace of Versailles and Contemporary Art: Takashi Murakami The Palace of Versailles located approximately twelve miles outside Paris‚ France and is viewed as a place to showcase modern art. Much of the art that the palace has put on exhibitions over the years has brought a lot of controversy including the most recent one by Japanese artist Takashi Murakimi. Looking back at the 400 years of history at the Palace of Versailles it was once a home for the French royal family‚ a center for
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01.15.2014 B.C.E. = C.E. B.C = A.D. Form - the visual aspects of art and architecture‚ line‚ shape‚ color‚ light‚ texture‚ space‚ math‚ volume‚ and composition. Style – the combination of form and composition that makes a work distinctive. Content – includes subject matter or meaning and a work of art. School of artists – a group of artist usually working at the same time and sharing similar style influences and ideas Iconography – identify and studying and subject matter and conventional
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One of the greatest cultural achievements of Ancient Egypt was undoubtedly in their architecture associated with religion. <br> <br>"Temples‚ tombs and pyramids all have witnessed this earth for thousands of years. What better than to say that these architectural achievements show us that Egypt’s greatest virtue lay in its architecture" <br>(Fumeaux:11‚ 1964) <br> <br>When one travels to Egypt‚ what does he/she see pyramid after temple after tomb‚ each standing the test of time. One stands out
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Introduction Historians have oft referred to the twentieth century as the most violent in human history. Indeed‚ it was a period of much turbulence that included two cataclysmic wars of a scope that had never been seen before. In addition to violence‚ it was also a century that bore new ideas about Western society‚ including its philosophy‚ politics‚ and arts. This period of modernism‚ which began in the late nineteenth century‚ entailed great innovation while challenging the ideas and norms that
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Civilization is a complex way of life that came about as people began to develop urban settlements. The earliest civilizations developed after 3000 BCE‚ when the rise of agriculture allowed people to have surplus food and economic stability. Agricultural populations advanced beyond village life‚ and many people no longer had to practice farming at all. Civilizations first appeared in Mesopotamia‚ in what is now Iraq‚ then in Egypt. Civilizations thrived in the Indus Valley by 2500 BCE‚ in China
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“Until the middle of the twentieth century‚ historians often referred to the earliest places where writing and cities developed as the ‘cradles of civilization‚’ proposing a model of development for all humanity patterned on that of an individual person” (McKay et al.‚ 2015‚ pg. 34). Civilizations were often thought of as places where writings had occurred since the writings “allowed more permanent expression of thoughts‚ ideas‚ and feelings” (McKay et al.‚ 2015‚ pg. 34). With the different civilizations
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CULTURE: The system of shared beliefs‚ values‚ customs‚ behaviors‚ and artifacts that the members of society use to cope with their world and with one another‚ and that are transmitted from generation to generation through learning Culture is the sum of total of the learned behavior of a group of people that are generally considered to be the tradition of that people and are transmitted from generation to generation. LAYERS OF CULTURE People even within the same culture carry several layers of
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New York City has been called "the greatest city in the world" numerous times by its own people and visitors to the city. New York is civilization’s greatest world within a city. It gives the overpowering impression of being a magnet and mirror for all of humanity and all that humanity does. For a city so young‚ New York is home to number of architectural classics. Two of these masterpieces of architecture are the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museum. Both continue the metaphor of
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