Puabi’s golden headdress‚ from Ur‚ Iraq and made around 2550-2450 B.C.E.‚ has political significance. The elaborate piece is comprised of a wreath‚ earrings‚ coiffed hair‚ necklaces‚ and body jewelry. Puabi was a queen in her own right and this object has political significance because it demonstrates the importance of hierarchy in early Mesopotamia. The decadence of the headdress shows that it was meant to display dominance. This object is art because people can appreciate it visually and aesthetically
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On the other side of Rembrandt’s works‚ basically he used the light to create a strong contrast between light and dark in his drawing‚ painting. The light and dark in his works often go alternate or the light just focus on one direction to catch people attention at the points that he wanted to express. In my opinion‚ the ways that Rembrandt showed the light and dark in his painting can express a quiet moments‚ and deeply inside people heart. Whenever I looked at his art works‚ it can bring me a
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Analyzing the Work of Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson’s “If you were coming in the fall” is a poem with a theme about love and longing. The speaker of the poem is a woman looking for ways to pass the time until she can be with the one she loves again. Dickinson writes‚ “If you were coming in the fall‚ I’d brush the summer by With half a smile and half a spurn‚ As housewives do a fly‚” which means that the speaker would handle a short absence from her lover in the same manner that a housewife would
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Grimm’s books‚ and fantasized about living in a miraculous world. Owing to their nice turn of phrases‚ I can imagine all the scenes in my mind‚ and picture life there of those far-off days. This week‚ an interesting narrative comes to my notice‚ "The Golden Bird"‚ one of the Bothers Grimm’s fairy tales. Like most children’s literature‚ authors wrote in a simple and understandable way. For me‚ it is a profound story‚ with religious overtones. As I read‚ I was confronted with a series of reflections on
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Introduction The Golden Age of Piracy is the subject of many Hollywood films. One of the most popular film series in recent years is the series Pirates of the Caribbean. But how accurately does the movie capture the Golden Age of Piracy that spanned from the 1650’s to the 1730’s? In order to answer this question‚ my team of researchers and I examined how accurately Jack Sparrow was portrayed‚ the myths and superstitions‚ the weapons‚ and the pirate code used in the movie Pirates of the Caribbean:
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world‚ There is no definite place or dimension for their gods to live in‚ but some vague imaginations‚ and their gods have never been visualized in actual life because they are just the fictional stories of primitive minds. The characteristics of “The Golden Chain” that make it a creation myth include the presence of a supreme being Olorun and a sky-world because most cultures believe that life
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Now Edward was convinced that nothing could stand between them and their future together. He was ready and willing to leave his aging and sickly wife and finally spend the “golden years” with Irene‚ leaving forty years old Brian to fend for himself. “Not yet‚ said Irene over and over‚ I need to give Brian a chance‚ let’s keep everything as is”. What Ed never understood about Irene is that with all her softness she was as strong as the weeping willow- always bending‚ never breaking. Nevertheless
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In Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ Zora Neale Hurston and Kate Chopin‚ the author of The Awakening talked about some controversial topics‚ like in The Awakening she talked a lot about the feminist movement and how women should be treating more equally‚ For example‚ when Edna had went through her rebellious stage‚ discovers herself and has an affair on her husband. In Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ Zora Neale Hurston‚ had written about prominent ideas that took place in the Harlem Renaissance‚ with racial
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“Go go power rangers” should be the theme song of The Avengers…. for the $220 million budget was a complete waste when the result are cheap Halloween like costumes‚ The Dark Knight on the other hand used it $250 million budget wisely. It’s hard to compare these two movies‚ for it’s a shame to compare such a great movie to such a waste of time (The Avengers). The Dark Knight follows Harvey Dent; Gotham’s new district attorney as he tries to take on the mob who is led by the Joker‚ Gotham has a hero
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Norman Rockwell’s “Golden Rule” depicts the major religions‚ races‚ and colors of the world in harmony together. The Golden Rule portrays various religious traditions in ways that underscore the pronounced multiculturalism in America. People from around the world of all backgrounds‚ race‚ economic stands‚ religion‚ and ages gather in what seems to be an act of worship‚ and very few of them look American. The faces are almost twenty-eight and they belong to different religions and are of different
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