____________________________________________________________ ____________ Choose one of the following pairs of sculptures to compare and analyze‚ or you may choose the paintings as your topic. Use the outline below that is appropriate to your choice. Cover all the points in the outline in a way that seems clearest for the work you are discussing. Your paper should be about four typed pages in length. Make sure that your name‚ section‚ and instructor’s name are on the first page of your
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religion did not end with their physical deaths. This brings us to our final exhibit‚ ladies and gentlemen welcome to the sarcophaguses of ancient Rome and Egypt. To your left we have the “Indian Triumph of Dionysus’ from ancient Rome and to the right we have the “Inner Coffin from Tutankhamun’s Sarcophagus”‚ which is from ancient
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ART 1/PREHISTORIC THROUGH GOTHIC ART Chapter 1: The Birth of Art 1-5 Nude Woman (The Venus of Willendorf)‚ 28‚000-25‚000 B.C. 1-6 Woman Holding a Bison Horn‚ from Laussel 25‚000-20‚000 B.C. 1-7 Two Bison‚ 15‚000-10‚000 B.C. 1-9 Bison‚ detail of cave at Altamira‚ 12‚000-1‚000 B.C. 1-10 Spotted Horses and Negative Hand Prints‚ cave at Pech-Merle‚ 22‚000 B.C. 1-11 Hall of Bulls‚ Left wall‚ 15‚000-13‚000 B.C. 1-14 Stone Tower‚ Jericho‚ 8‚000-7‚000 B.C.
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Fresco: “The Good Shepherd” is an early Christian fresco from the Catacomb of Priscilla (a vast cemetery located underground that served as a tomb for a large amount of early saints and popes). It shows a male figure that is most commonly interpreted to be the Good Shepherd (a distinctive figure that originated around the third century CE from the pre-Christian literary composition known as the “ram-bearer”) with a clean-shaven face and wearing a brown saddle and a short white toga that reaches approximately
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2009 Hope Dionysos The chosen work is a statue of Dionysos leaning on a female figure. This is a Roman copy of the original 4th century B.C. Greek statue. The statue is entitled “Hope Dionysos” after its former owner‚ Thomas Philip Hope. It was a Gift of The Frederick W. Richmond Foundation. The original statue was made of bronze and it is not certain if the woman was included. It is believed that it may have been added to the Roman copy for support. The artist depicts Dionysos‚ god of wine
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Tutankhamun’s death. The tomb of King Tutankhamun was discovered by Howard Cater in 1922. It was the summer in 1922‚ Lord Carnarvon was disappointed about the lack of success that the team had worked on‚ he decided to let Howard Cater’s team finish the season and pull out. However the amazing dramatically news sent from Howard Cater to Lord Carnarvon‚ their team found the stairs (the entrance) of the tomb. These stairs leaded to the descending passage which the other end was The antechamber‚ they found
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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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was‚ according to some‚ a son of Zeus and Hera (though many say Hera conceived him without the assistance of Zeus). HERMES The God of Merchants‚ Shepherds and Messengers was a son of Zeus and the Pleiad Maia. HORAI‚ THE The three Goddesses of the Seasons (Dike‚ Eirene‚ and Eunomia) were daughters of Zeus and the Titaness
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Emily Wilson October 10th‚ 2014 Professor Cruz Art into History Greek and Roman Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art has many different exhibits with ancient portraits‚ sculptures‚ steles‚ freezes‚ paintings and many more. The Greek and Roman exhibit was very interesting. The way the Greeks and Romans portrayed their feelings and life experiences through art is very diverse. During my visit to Metropolitan‚ I had gone for a tour of this exhibit and was amazed by the works of art I was seeing. Just
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The Orphic Mysteries cannot be looked at through the eyes of a single generation of Greeks. One must use fragments from many different centuries and from many authors to get an approximation of what the Orphic Mysteries were about. The first part of the essay will outline the character of Orpheus. We know from different accounts of Orpheus that he descended into Hades in search of his wife. However‚ Orpheus’ chthonic connection is more than this single journey into Hades. He is looked at as a guide
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