the Egyptian art. The characteristic features of the art of the Old Kingdom were derived almost exclusively from the works of the Bronze Age (4500-3000 B.C.). Made in that period‚ there were sculptures of animals that were the predecessors of the statues of Egyptian gods and goddesses in the shape of animals. There were terra-cotta figures of women--probably the slaves from the African tribes--which probably were to represent the Mother Goddesses. However the art of the Old Kingdom had much more to
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made of local stone. Stone was denser‚ white‚ a finer stone but also much heavier. Blocks of stone were cut at the quarry using wooden wedges‚ hammers and chisel pulleys. The parthenon’s main function was the house the statue of Athena that was create in 438 BC. The cella held the statue of Athena which meant it was an unusually
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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (often called simply‚ the Seven Wonders of the World) is a list of man-made structures built during the classical era. Scholars believe that ancient historians began compiling the list in the second century B.C. The final list of the Seven Wonders that we currently reference was defined in the Middle Ages. The Great Pyramid at Giza Cairo‚ Egypt Noted for being the only surviving member of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World‚ the Great Pyramid is the largest
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AN ASSIGNMENT ON BUILDING SCIENCE AND ARCHITECTURE (BLD 205) Topic: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF MODES OF CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE: BABYLONIANS GREEKS ASSYRIANS EGYPTIANS ROMANS USING RELEVANT SKETCHES AND ILLUSTRATIONS‚ EXPLAIN HOW PEOPLE ACROSS THE CONTINENT OF THE GLOBE USE BUILDING ENVELOPE TO ACHIEVE INTERNAL COMFORT. DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY. APRIL‚ 2012. CONSTRUCTION IN ANCIENT
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sees America’s promise slightly different it is all about change for the better. Many European immigrants came to America in hopes of a new life‚ a better life. Upon arrival to the United States a major symbol of hope is presented before them. the Statue of Liberty. The illustration shows immigrants passing
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temple looks very similar to temples I used to visit in China‚ except for the fact that Zhengjue Temple is smaller in size. It has one big hall mainly used to place the statues of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and one small room used to shelve the Sutras. Several cushions are put on the ground of the hall and in front of the Buddha Statues. They are mainly used for meditation and making worship. During my visit‚ I mainly talked to Rev Chi-Miu Sik‚ who arranged the weekly meditation events and took care of
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from Egypt. The statue takes on the form of a lion head (but really looks more like a monkey) and the body of a human. The container is made of glazed ceramics and well-crafted with details of the lion’s mane. The lion has really humanistic eyes‚ nose‚ lips‚ and ears. In contrast to the previous object‚ this statue looks less noble in my opinion. As a statue of leonine feature it does not display the sort of intimidation a European leonine statue would display (in my opinion). This
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but also by their age. Bronze statue of Eros sleeping Greek or Roman‚ Hellenistic or Augustan period‚ 3rd century B.C. – early 1st century A.D. This bronze statue is one of the few bronze statues to have survived from antiquity (The Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ 2000) and consists of a sleeping child (Eros‚ god of love) lying on what seems to be a large stone. The young child appears to be exhausted while his facial expression represents innocence. This statue is a lifelike depiction of a relaxed
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MFA Response Essay The piece of contemporary art I chose from the Museum of Fine Arts was The Artist in His Loft by George Segal. The Artist in His Loft is a sculpture composed of plaster‚ wood‚ porcelain‚ metal and some glass. The sculpture depicts a man‚ cast out of plaster‚ peering into a wall mounted mirror in a bathroom while shaving his face under a few cabinets and next to a white porcelain sink. The man in the piece looks like he has been frozen just as he is going through his morning routine
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background black. The artist reserved the red clay for the figures themselves” (Kleiner page 101). But figured pottery was not the only invention of the Greeks in this time period. The Archaic era was also known for “producing the first life sized stone statues [that appeared] in Greece” (Kleiner page 41)‚ the early precursors of the other piece of art‚ the marble funerary relief of a young
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