experienced a transformation. Sculptors broke away from the previous representations of the human body and learned to use contrapposto‚ or counterpoise‚ to portray the people in a more natural way‚ revealing an individual’s character through the work. The Bronze Statuette of a Veiled and Masked Dance is a Hellenistic sculpture currently located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It was made between the third and second century B.C. in Alexandria‚ Egypt‚ and displays the skill of an unknown sculptor
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Six Billion and One Bronze!!!!!!!!!! 1. among 6 billion population in india we get only one bronze medal that indicates india is lacking in talent which was not true‚ talented people is not getting chance to participate in olympics they get eliminated either by internal politics or by not getting right guidance.In our country people mostly not encouraged there children to participate in sports or take there career as a sports this is also a reason..they know that if there child is not getting
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The long period of the Bronze Age in China‚ which began around 2000 B.C.‚ saw the growth and maturity of a civilization thought would last another two-thousand years. The era of the Shang and the Zhou dynasties is generally known as the Bronze Age of China. Bronze‚ used to fashion weapons‚ parts of chariots‚ and ritual vessels‚ played an important role in the material culture of the time. The earliest Chinese bronzes were created by a method known as piece-mold casting. The piece-mold method
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Read the following extract from reading 2.2 ‘Benin antiquities at the British Museum’ and look at Plates 3.1.14 British officers of the Benin punitive expedition with bronzes and ivories taken from the royal compound‚ Benin City‚ 1897 and 3.2.24 Display of Benin bronzes in the Sainsbury African Galleries‚ the British Museum‚ 2005 in the AA100 Illustration Book. How do the different contexts of display reflect different attitudes to the art of Benin? At the end of the 19th century‚ Africa was
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for example- the re-unification of the “weary Herakles” was anything but a positive development. This essay will cover the arguments for and against repatriation‚ look to establish a structure of principles and then use as an example the Benin “bronzes (actually brass) held not only in the British Museum but in museums worldwide‚ including the Pitt Rivers in Oxford. The key arguments for repatriation are that:- 1. Artefacts are enriched by being viewed in their place of origin 2. They
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MUSEUMS AND THEIR VOICES A CONTEMPORARY STUDY OF THE BENIN BRONZES WRITTEN BY Charlotta Dohlvik SUPERVISORS Staffan Lundén and Peter Davis Master’s Dissertation‚ May 2006 International Museum Studies‚ Museion‚ Göteborg University 1 ABSTRACT........................................................................................................................................................... 4 1. BACKGROUND ...........................................................................
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Egypt and China were two extremely well developed ancient civilizations. Although similar in many ways‚ they differed in the way they ran their monarchies‚ their use and development of bronze metallurgy‚ and their religious belief and worships. There are many possible reasons for these differences. Egypt and China had similar governments in which they were both monarchies‚ but the way they were run differed. Although Egypt and China had strong monarchy governments‚ Egypt developed one ruler‚ the
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one to two paragraphs describing this process. –Bronze Metallurgy In Egypt‚ the transfer from stone to bronze had a huge impact their culture. Bronze greatly strengthened Egypt’s military‚ which allowed them to defend themselves‚ and over through other neighboring cultures. The bronze allowed them to create new weapons and strengthen the ones they were already using. Another aspect of the growth of bronze metallurgy was the trade aspect. Bronze was the idea material for these weapons due to its
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These swords are made of bronze Date of creation of the Artifact: These Swords were found in Transylvania in 17th century BC Artifact Provenance: They were found in Homeric Troy Where artifact is located now: These unique Mycenaean swords are located in Romania. They are seven swords out of nine which were found in Transylvania. What attracted me in these swords is that they are so superior and unique and on top of that they have Minoan symbols on them. Again‚ these bronzes were said to have sunken
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also questioned whether these Benin bronzes were “‘relics’ of a lost African civilisation” (Coombes‚ 1994a‚ ‘Reinventing Africa...’‚ in Loftus‚ 2008‚ p.52) that has subsequently reverted back to a more primitive society. The present location of these artefacts is the result of the biased British perception of Benin society. The British intention was to be “benevolent educators” (Coombes‚ 1994a‚ ‘Reinventing Africa...’‚ in Loftus‚ 2008‚ p. 53) on the Benin bronzes‚ controversially claiming altruistic
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