Mother Nature. A great majority of the surviving artifacts found have been works of art‚ many of which are sculptures. These sculptures reveal clues to how the day-to-day lives in Ancient Greece were determined by status in society and of gender. Sculptors captured the intransigent gender roles of Ancient Greece society‚ while also furnishing a propaganda tool through statuary that greatly influenced the evolution of male dominance and the enforcement of rigid gender roles of Ancient Greek culture
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games‚ such as the Panathenaic Amphorae (wine decanters)‚ are the exception. Most surviving pottery consists of drinking vessels such as amphorae‚ kraters (bowls for mixing wine and water)‚ hydria (water jars)‚ libation bowls‚ jugs and cups. Painted funeral urns have also been found. Miniatures were also produced in large numbers‚ mainly for use as offerings at temples. In the Hellenistic period a wider range of pottery was produced‚ but most of it is of little artistic importance. Metal vessels
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are still used today during all levels of government. Some modern day schools have debate clubs where teachers‚ much like the Sophists‚ teach pupils how to win a debate. However‚ there were doubts about Sophists as well. For example‚ Socrates‚ a sculptor with a love for philosophy‚ taught his pupils how to live by a code of ethics. Socrates believed that people could be happy if they lived moral lives‚ he taught this to his students by using the Socratic method. Socrates stated‚ “The unexamined life
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1 CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI: His spiritual roots by Aidan Hart It wasn’t easy to find Brancusi’s studio gallery at the Pompidou Centre in Paris‚ at least in 1985. No flashy signs. No banners. In fact I walked straight past it a few times thinking that it was a builders’ shed. But this shed it turned out to be. The door was locked‚ but after a ring on the bell the lone attendant opened up. Within was a paradise‚ a garden of Brancusi’s sculptures. And thanks to the studio’s obscurity I was alone
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culture and daily life. Live music (which was the only music they had) was played on various occasions including entertainment spectacles such as ‚gladiator flights‚ public events‚ military parades‚ or religious events such as weddings‚ sacrifices or funerals. They were also‚ music accompanied meals in homes that could afford it. Music was also associated with the elite of Rome‚ as well as the upper class. In Ancient Rome music was very important to the education of the elite. Although this was true with
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complex social organization permeating all fields of life and also influencing the interpretation of the universe and every social and political organization of the Egyptian people. Their concern of living after death is also shown in their culture by sculptors that carved stones like the statue of Menkaure with a Queen‚ from Valley Temple of Menkaure‚ with the purpose of enduring for eternity. The concept of immortality can also be
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The Olympic Games are a significant event not only in today’s society but also in the lives of the ancient Greeks‚ with its origins stretching way back to the classical time. The Ancient Olympic Games were primarily a part of a religious festival that honoured Zeus‚ the father of the Greek gods and goddesses. They were an athletic event that was held every 4 years and began in the early 700 BC. The Ancient Olympic Games were held at Olympia‚ which is in the south-west of Greece‚ and involved a series
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Greek Art No matter how accomplished they might be‚ the works of art we have discussed so far seem alien to us. The ancient cultures that produced them were so different from our own that we find few references in those works to our time. Greek architecture‚ sculpture‚ and painting‚ however‚ are immediately recognizable as the ancestors of Western civilization‚ despite their debts to earlier art. A Greek temple reminds us of countless government buildings‚ banks‚ and college campuses; a Greek statue
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INTRODUCTION Pablo Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter‚ draughtsman‚ and sculptor. Commonly known simply as Picasso‚ he is one of the most recognized figures in 20th-century art. He is best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907) and Guernica (1937)‚ his portrayal of the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.
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Rizal’s state funeral reenacted for 116th martyrdom anniversary December 30‚ 2012 2:44pm Before dawn on Sunday‚ a funeral procession made its way from the old Rizal home in Binondo‚ Manila‚ reenacting Rizal’s burial for the first time‚ 116 years after his martyrdom. Dressed in 1920s attire‚ members of the Order of the Knights of Rizal reenacted the transfer of the remains of Rizal from Binondo to the site of the Rizal Monument in commemoration of Rizal’s 116th death anniversary. Rizal was
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