dimensional sculptures‚ however‚ when comparing the two it appears that the seated figures look as if they are relief sculptures. The Laocoon statue depicts the tragic death of Laocoon and his two sons when they were punished by the gods for warning the Trojans to not admit the Greek’s wooden horse into their city. As the seated statues found at Temple Abu Simbel‚ have the qualities of a relief sculpture which consist of only being able to view the sculpture from the front and they almost look as if
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Joanna Background I met Joanna‚ in her early 30s‚ in a workshop. She revealed to our group that she had bipolar disorder and that‚ in her recent past‚ she has had a mental/emotional breakdown. However‚ she was both hopeful and grateful for the help she had found through the psychiatric medicine and the spiritual counsel of her reverend. Months later‚ at a psychic fair‚ she came to see me. She told me that she had been having episodes of amnesia and that she could not remember anything about
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and contrast in several ways. Their historical importance as symbols‚ their sculptural mediums‚ styles and dimensions‚ and their functions make them historically relevant. The Reduced Replica of Athena Parthenos - at the MFA in Boston is a marble statue which depicts a graceful‚ robed female icon. The statue has lost both arms‚ and is dressed in a chiton Athena ‚ also referred to as Minerva‚ the Maiden‚ or Parthenos was the Favorite daughter of Zeus. Legend states that she was not generated
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Summary Page for: CHAPTER 5 ART OF ANCIENT GREECE Context: Cultural Belief System (religion) / History / Social / Political / Economic / Geographical Greek art influenced Western civilization to present / city states=democracy first evolved-also abstract reasoning‚ inquiry‚ philosophy‚ drama‚ poetry‚ & history / rugged mountainous terrain / Greeks felt themselves superior & called all other people "barbarians"/ After Persian army was repulsed Athenians established a democratic government headed
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scenes. His statues are made with the idealistic form for a religious figure. This includes the perfect posture‚ features‚ and folding in wardrobe‚ which we may see as unnatural. “Relief” is a Latin term for raise. This style raises the art while its background is left behind‚ forming a 3-D sculpture. The narrative relief-style of the Gates of Paradise show influence of classical sculpture in the figure’s movement and background. Even the architecture within the background buildings of the panels demonstrates
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The book Desert Solitaire‚ gives an excellent depiction of pioneer culture in Utah in the 19th century. In the first half of the book‚ the author‚ Edward Abbey focuses on dwellings of the pioneers; in the second half‚ he focuses on the recreational activities of the pioneers. In the first half of the book‚ Abbey discusses the temporary and permanent dwellings of the Utah pioneers. The first temporary dwellings he talks about are the grass huts made by the fur trappers (61-64). It took one fur trapper
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are lighting torches out of happiness‚ men are dancing and singing‚ and everyone seems to be having a thoroughly good time. The shield does not simply show people smiling‚ but rather‚ “ here young men and the most desired young girls were dancing‚ linked touching each other’s wrists‚ the girls in linen‚ in soft gowns… the girls wore garlands‚ and the men had daggers golden-hilted‚ hung on silver lanyards.” The intimacy of young men and women dancing while holding each other‚ and the way that they
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Throughout centuries‚ different cultures have developed their own beliefs about life and death‚ and therefore there is a wide diversity of what cultures value the most. While Greeks value life and glory‚ Egyptians believed in immortality and the soul. The views of these cultures can be appreciated through their art; and their views about death‚ specifically‚ can be seen in sarcophagi and coffins. Both Egyptian and Greek art had different approaches to the building of their coffins‚ and these differences
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background of stone therapy: The stones originated from Native Americans but they did not use them in massage. Stone therapy has been around for a long time but has been modernised through the years and now we use naturally shaped basalt pebbles and marble pebbles that have been cut to shape to deliver hot and cold temperatures. Four types of stones: Basalt stones: Hot stone‚ made from volcanic rock used all
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The Parthenon in Nashville‚ Tennessee is a full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens‚ Greece. The Parthenon was dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena‚ the goddess of war and wisdom‚ by the people of Greece. The replica was made to represent the Athens of the South which is Nashville because at the time it was one of the few places in the south with significant growth of culture and education. While the completion of the original was in 432 B.C.‚ Nashville’s replica was completed in 1897
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