Introduction to World of Art 100-008 Assignment 1 February 25‚ 2014 Visit to the Brooklyn Museum of Art During my trip to the Brooklyn Museum of Art‚ I observed many masterpieces created by Ancient Egyptians. Among the works of art‚ the statuette titled “Cat with Kittens” grabbed my attention. I chose that particular piece to write about in this assignment. “Cat with Kittens” was made in the South of Egypt during the late Ptolemaic period‚ 664-30 B.C.E. Dynasty 26 was ruling the Egypt
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training orcas‚ the face of SeaWorld? I used to imagine the smiles that performing shows could create‚ perhaps hundreds of them all at once. Lately‚ I’ve been wondering the cost of those smiles. A long-running controversy has arisen over orcas in captivity. Since the 1960s‚ there have been over thirty incidents involving captive orca aggression towards humans. Four of these attacks resulted in human death. In wild orcas‚ there have only been a few cases of attacks‚ but there have been no recorded
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Gothic Art is concerned with the painting‚ sculpture‚ architecture‚ and music characteristic of the second of two great international eras that flourished in western and central Europe during the Middle Ages. Architecture was the most important and original art form during the Gothic period. The principal structural characteristics of Gothic architecture arose out of medieval masons’ efforts to solve the problems associated with supporting heavy masonry ceiling vaults over wide spans. The problem
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structure holds unique importance in that it is the only conserved testimony of a large building of Spanish Islamic architecture of the era of the Taifas‚ independent kingdoms. As a work of art‚ the Aljaferia Palace belongs to the style of Mudéjar Art. Mudéjar Art‚ a style which is native and unique to the history of Spain‚ was a meeting point between Christianity and Islam. The term Mudéjar refers to the Muslims who continued to practice their religion and their customs in the territories which became
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Sculpture: Khafre Enthroned to Kritios Boy Early Egyptian art from the Old Kingdom‚ ca. 2575-2134 BCE‚ demonstrates uniform structure. Egyptian artists and sculptors adhered to a system of strict rules known as canon to create this consistency. The Egyptian canon suggested perfection to be a rigid‚ ageless idealization of reality. Roughly 1‚500 years later‚ a progressive canon emerged in Greek art reflecting new ideals of perfection. Greek art beginning in the Early Classical Period‚ ca. 480- 450 BCE
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taken from the source‚ but the writing is completely your own. Any significant resemblance in phrasing in this with the source would constitute plagiarism; changing a few words here and there does not help. A few basic things for writing about art: use the past tense to describe actions that happened in the past. You would say: “Leonardo
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Over the past few years animal captivity has gotten more controversial with new reasons. Orca and dolphin captivity have been connected to the brutal attacks on trainers at animal amusement parks. Everyone has their side and their reasons for animal entertainment. Captivity can be for animals to keep them safe from hunters‚ environmental changes and used for food. Occupytheory.com says “Animals are being hunted down for a lot of reasons including their fur‚ ivory‚ some medical benefits (that aren’t
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Dolphin Captivity Dolphins in tanks or dogs in doghouses‚ is there a difference? Currently in the U.S. alone 62% of the population owns a household pet (AAPA). With household pets such as cats or dogs‚ an intellectual wild animal‚ is taken in and given a home‚ as well as food‚ medical‚ and personal things‚ like love‚ that may otherwise not be obtained in the “wild”. Dolphin captivity is essentially the same thing and is not solely based on using the animals for profit; there is much to learn about
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A problem that goes highly unnoticed is the horrifying treatment of orcas that are in captivity. Now I personally have an irrational fear of this species‚ but even this topic has pulled my heart strings and has me wanting to make a difference. The first story I heard that referred to orcas being held in captivity‚ was about a young orca named Tilikum. He was ripped from his family when he was only two years old when he was only 13 feet long. After his capture‚ he was kept in a cement holding tank
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captive? The most significant method I used was the axiological approach. My project required me to analyse the values of people in regards to animal rights and whether we should keep animals in captivity. Therefore‚ I had to weigh up the pros and cons of zoos‚ wildlife parks and circuses to see if animal captivity is immoral. Researching into the pros and cons of this issue also allowed me to question and analyse my own values regarding this diverse ethical subject. By looking at both sides of the argument
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