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    Maori For Dummies

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    people of Aotearoa and first arrived here in waka hourua from their ancestral homeland of Hawaiki over a thousand years ago. Maori culture is very rich and varied and contains very traditional and contemporary art. The have traditional arts such as carving‚ weaving‚ kapa haka‚ whaikorero and moko are performed around the country. Maori people had very strong oratory skills‚ as there was no written language used. Performers following their tipuna try to replicate their techniques from hundreds of years

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    Art‚ Sculptures‚ Painted Vases‚ Bone and Ivory carving. Ancient History Topic – Sparta to the Battle of Leuctra Part A – Source Analysis Name of source – Pyrichios Date - After the 6th century Description – A carving of 4 men on a stone‚ appear to be that the men are dancing or stretching whilst being nude on the event of which the stone has carved to show its love of art. What Evidence does this source provide about the past? – This art work shows the culture of Ancient Sparta that entertainment

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    the republic to the empire period their art improves in portraying realistic people and celebrating individualism. During the Republic period of the Roman Empire the Roman ’s incorporated very realistic sculptures of people such as the carving of the Roman Patrician where you can see very detailed sculpting of the three men and each have individual features unlike the Greeks who would compress the best features into their sculptures. Romans would also carve in marble unlike the Greek

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    all of which are very common to find in this region of Africa. The empire was located near rivers and oasis towns were built so its economy was stable along with trading the items listed. The culture of Mali included involved art like jewelry and carvings‚ oral traditions‚ and the religion became Islamic due to numerous amount of trade. The Ghana Empire came to be between 830 and 1235 AD. A leader of the clans of Soninke by the name of Dinga Cisse founded the empire. The location of this caliphate

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    What is the difference between the two? What particular cultural group does it belong to? Who is depicted and what does he symbolize? The picture in the question is an example of a petroglyph. Petroglyph is a form of rock art that is made by carving into the stone‚ whereas a pictograph is painted onto the stone. Kokopelli is depicted in the petroglyph above. He is a fertility figure in the Anasazi tribe. He is a symbol of the agriculture god of Southwest culture. Anasazi means “ancient stranger”

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    were permitted inside. There were defining classes within Sumerian culture‚ this is shown through the clear distinction in the laws outlined in Source 2 and through the many famous stone carvings from the sumerians of their ancient gods‚ like source 5 which is a stone carving of all the gods. These stone carvings were placed in the Mesopotamian temples by the worshippers to stand in perpetual prayer to thank them for what they have done. In conclusion‚ from analysing and researching my primary sources

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    into adulthood. These masks were an essential and central part of the ceremony and it is believed that the “magic” of the ceremony resided in these masks. The specific and fine details of each mask may have varied in some degree dependent on the carving style and location‚ but they each portrayed the same essential image‚ an “ideal” feminine beauty. All of the Sowei masks were carved in secret and were done with great care and detail. Generally each mask displayed an elaborate and detailed hairstyle

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    Viking art is first and foremost a very confident art. The most distinguished styles of Oseberg‚ Borre‚ Jellinge‚ Mammen‚ Ringerike and Urnes each show distinctly what Vikings valued in their art. It focused heavily on animal ornament. This tradition lasted from the beginning to the end of Viking art. Excavations have revealed much more abstract art than naturalistic which leads us to believe that abstract art was in the main stream. However‚ it has been noted that abstract art has been found on

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    Humans shared their experience of sharing life with animals by their carvings and paintings and the artifacts that they left behind. They had a great appreciation for animals because they relied on them for companionship‚ food‚ clothing and

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    to Christians and strongly features in the book of Exodus in the Bible. The Bible is the largest selling book in the world. In pyramids and tombs there are coffins and ancient Egyptian language. Their language is still around and if you saw the carvings of ancient Egyptian symbols (writing) you would know that‚ that is Egyptian writing. Their language wasn’t written up in letters it was written up in symbols. The symbols were mostly drawn up in wiggly lines‚ an eye or birds. More meant bad things

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