Pyramus and Thisbe (SUMMARY) Pyramus and Thisbe are madly in love and live in houses next to each other. Their parents‚ however‚ forbid their romance and build a wall between the houses. The lovers find a chink in the wall through which they speak and kiss one another. One night they decide to run away together‚ meeting at the Tomb of Ninus. Pyramus arrives first‚ and she sees a terrifying tiger with blood on its mouth. She runs away in fear‚ dropping her cloak. The tiger tears up the cloak and bloodies
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1920 in the tomb of Meketre in Thebes and appears to have been made around 1985 B.C.E. by an unknown. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ 2007). The second is an unnamed figurine commonly referred to as Statuette of A Standing Woman. This statuette‚ whose artist is unknown‚ is one of several figurines collectively called the Tanagra Figurines. They are named after the city where most of them were discovered. They were discovered in the late 1800’s through the early 1900’s and they date to the last quarter
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Running head: COMPARING AND CONTRASTING FEMALE FIGURES FROM ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA AND CENTRAL AMERICA Comparing and Contrasting Female Figures from Ancient Mesopotamia and Central America Jose Limardo March 31‚ 2007 The Female figurine from the Halaf period (6th millennium B.C.) shown here‚ (http://www.louvre.fr/media/repository/ressources/sources/illustration/atlas/image_65162_v2_m56577569830698503.jpg‚) is a full-round‚ painted terracotta sculpture measuring 8.2 cm (3.2 in.) tall by 5
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Through the study of the ancient world‚ art historians have examined an ample amount of women statuettes. One of the most eminent of these sculptures is known as the Venus of Willendorf‚ which depicts a tiny figurine of a woman in 25‚000 BC. From its discovery‚ its popularity escalated not only for its rarity‚ but also for the evidence to achieve a better understanding of our ancestors’ creativity and culture. However‚ despite its amiability‚ the Venus of Willendorf still brings about an abundance
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Anonymous‚ Aztec: Coatlicue late 15th century (stone) known as the goddess of the snake skirt stone monument‚ round‚ can be seen all around. motherly figure Anonymous: a Leaf from the Codex Borgia (pre 16th century) folded out like an accordion; about 26 ft long. abstract; broad color; meant to look flat. decorative quality through abstraction Anonymous: The Art of Featherworking illustrated in the Florentine Codex‚ 1570 western atmosphere influenced; aslo influenced by roman/greece
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wheat and peanut. Social & Political Organization: Catal Huyuk was a primary source of Western civilization‚ a nexus of trade and ideas for two thousand years‚ the first organized cosmopolitan city-state and arguably the source of the Great Mother Goddess religion. Religion & Values: Catal Hoyuk’s houses with their wall paintings‚ bulls’ heads and statues clearly indicate that the local people had obvious beliefs and acts of worship. Despite profuse religious motifs‚ there does not appear to be any
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Assignments Due Date: 09/17/12 I. Define/Identify: a. Arthur Evans- British archaeologist that unearthed Knossos at Greece b. Homer (not Simpson…)- poet; creator of Iliad c. Heinrich Schliemann- German archaeologist II. Cycladic Art- abstract human figurines that are mostly female made of clay‚ limestone‚ and sometimes marble 1. List three stylistic characteristics of the Bronze Age statuettes from the Cyclades stylized‚ abstract‚ flat III. Minoan Art 1. Define/Identify: a. labyrinth- “House of
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Today‚ women can be seen as someone who should be put on a pedestal or in a store front window‚ but what does this do to the women of the society? It has been said that Venus of Willendorf was suggested to show fertility and sign of being a Goddess‚ but what exactly does Barbie suggest showing the children who play with her? The experts have put together what they think the role the Paleolithic women held‚ according to Venus of Willendorf. According to Rice (1981)‚ the Paleolithic women “were
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Year 12 – Ancient History Minoan Research Task Minoan Bull-leaper Statue The Minoan Bull leaper is a bronze statue of a bull and leaper‚ the statue is currently housed in the British Museum. The statue is made from bronze‚ which is an alloy of copper and tin. It contains about 96% copper and 1.5% tin‚ with about 1% zinc. The statue measures 15.5cm in length‚ 11.4cm in height and 4.7cm in width. Although bull leaping certainly took place in Crete during the time that the statue was created
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soul would be swallowed by a monster. Anubis was the god of cemeteries and embalming. Figures of Anubis are almost always placed in tombs. His sacred animal was the jackal. Nephthys was sister to Isis and guardian of the dead. Often times her figurines would be found in tombs. She is shown as a woman with wings spread wide to signify her all-embracing
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