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    Greeks and the British are still battling over ownership of marbles sculptures from 2‚400 years ago. Parthenon Marbles was the name given to marble sculptures by the Greeks‚ who believe these sculptures belong to them because they were originally located in the Temple of Athena Parthenos in Athens. Elgin Marbles was the name given to marble sculptures by the British. The British believe they are the rightful owners of the marbles sculptures because British ambassador Thomas Bruce‚ who was the seventh earl

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    Greek Art And Sculptures My Thesis Statement The Greeks were the first civilization to make accurate sculptures because they were so focused on detail and technique. W hat D id Gr eek S culpt ures Repre sent ? Greek sculptures represented many different things such as battles‚mythology‚ and the ruler of Ancient Greek. Some examples of rulers of Ancient Greek are Polycrates‚Periander‚Evagoras‚etc. What Material Did They Use To Build Sculptures. They built the sculptures out of entirely

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    in the areas of theater‚ sculpture‚ poetry‚ painting and architecture‚ among others. ROMAN PORTRAIT SCULPTURE Roman Sculpture mainly includes portraiture‚ historical relief‚ funerary reliefs‚ sarcophagi‚ and copies of ancient Greek works. The Romans gave a lot of importance and value to the family lineage and ancestry and therefore‚ made portrait sculptures for their ancestors to keep their lineage alive and to show case

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    The Lady on a Bench sculpture‚ by George Segal‚ is a remarkable piece of art. She is life-sized‚ made of bronze‚ and artfully covered in spatters of startling white plaster. She sits beneath a tall‚ green tree along the long brick walkway. She is alone on the black‚ metal bench‚ her legs crossed as she rests her long fingered hand on her knee. Her face is tranquil and undisturbed with a small smile frozen on her lips and high cheekbones displaying her ethereal beauty. As if she is taking a nap‚

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    preschoolers (children ages 3-5 years old). The activity needs to meet all the developmental PILES and be supported by theory. Lay out the activity below and analyze the activity by answering the questions below: 1. Name of activate Dinosaur Sculptures 2. Materials needed: Cardboard‚ scraps‚ thin Child-side scissors Container Fine-art poster Stegosaurus from winter fine-art poster set Paper plate Photo card #27 from winter kit Play dough (green) or ingredients and tools to make green play dough:

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    In accordance with my Puerto Rican heritage‚ I chose the “Ballajá” sculpture created by Victor Ochoa and created in 1992. It currently resides near the Ballajá Barracks in San Juan‚ which is a military barracks that was built from 1854 to 1864 and used extensively during the Spanish-American War and World War II. The barracks is architectural art in itself‚ following the neoclassical style – along with other several famous buildings in Puerto Rico (San Juan Municipal Theater‚ Puerto Rico Academy

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    Comparison of Three Sculptures Sara Aleman ART/101 David makes part of a very important character of the bible. It is the name of a small boy named David who defeated a giant named Goliath with a tiny stone. This bible story has inspired many artists among the years to make representations of David. Donatello‚ Michelangelo and Bernini make part of the inspired artists. These famous artists created sculptures to represent the brave David. These sculptures represent the same character but with

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    the whole city is perfectly aligned to mimic how the planets were thought to lie in the solar system at the time. At the top of most Ziggurats‚ there were sanctuaries that were dedicated to the protective gods and/or goddesses of that particular city. The buildings were normally magnificent in size and the stairways leading up to the sanctuaries normally consisted of a very long series of steps. Experts feel that this symbolism represents how various peoples wished to unite the heavens and

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    renaissance as well as the drastically different interpretations of the character‚ may it be the physique‚ the action‚ the age or any other detail. The one point I want to focus on is that in each of these statues‚ the artists have succeeded perfectly on giving David the perfect

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    In this essay I will compare and contrast two ancient head sculptures. The first is a female head (Inanna) from Uruk‚ (modern Warka) Iraq. The artist is not very sure about the head that belongs to Inanna. The marble head dates back to c.a. 3200-3000 BCE‚ and is comprised of marble. The second image is the head of an Akkadian ruler‚ from Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik)‚ Iraq‚ c.a. 2250-2200 BC‚ and is constructed of copper. Both the sculptures contain very distinctive artistic features and were constructed

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