Bluest Eye‚ the character Claudia struggles with the beauty standard that harms her sense of self-esteem. Claudia tries to make sense of why the beauty standard does not include black girls. The beauty standard determines that blonde-haired blue-eyed white girls are the image of beauty and therefore they are worthy of not only attention‚ but are considered valuable to American culture of the 1940s. Thus‚ learning she has no value or beauty as a black girl‚ Claudia destroys her white doll in an
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Greek Sculpture Greek Sculpture evolved and transformed throughout the ancient civilization through nearly nine hundred years and three major historical periods. Over the lengthy time that the Greeks prospered‚ many artists and sculptors worked to perfect the arts that they labored on. They started from the ground up and their art continuously developed from the feet‚ eventually up to the head where the sculpture was perfected. Each period‚ from the Geometric to the Hellenistic had significant
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2013 History of Sculpture The history of sculpting has existed since the prehistoric age‚ the earliest artists used of materials such as ivory and clay. Many people think of the Egyptians or the Greeks as the original creators of sculpture. It is commonly known that the ancient Egyptians formed a number of sculptures developed for purely aesthetic reasons. The early Egyptians created monuments of Sphinxes and Pharaohs‚ some of which are still currently in existence. Sculpture has frequently been
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Assignment #1‚ Option 2: Sculpture of the Renaissance A time of extraordinary beauty in the field of art was the period known as High Renaissance. There was a growing trend towards realism‚ and artists of the time aspired to achieve beauty‚ harmony and naturalism in their work. These qualities began to revolve around a movement called humanism‚ which was a philosophical school of thought that attached more importance to humans and less to God. In this respect‚ sculpture became so incredibly lifelike
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The article “Through the Mirror of Beauty Culture”‚ by Carla Rice‚ describes the struggle women experience to fit in the ideal picture of “beauty” that society constructed. The main argument is to change our way of defining beauty. To support the argument‚ most of the cultures view beauty as women being used as objects and sex symbols. I agree with the author’s opinion about rethinking beauty. The image of beauty changes by society and most importantly by media‚ because they are deciding what should
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Ice sculpture is a form of sculpture that uses ice as the raw material. Sculptures from ice can be abstract or realistic and can be functional or purely decorative. Ice sculptures are generally associated with special or extravagant events because of their limited lifetime. The lifetime of a sculpture is determined primarily by the temperature of its environment and thus‚ a sculpture can last from mere minutes to possibly months. There are several ice festivals held around the world‚ hosting competitions
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Female and Male Athletes’ Perception of Coaching Careers Gender equity in the coaching profession has yet to be achieved. This is despite federal legalization enacted over 35 years ago. After decades of discrimination against women in educational arenas‚ Congress enacted Title IX in 1972‚ which declares that “no person in the United States shall‚ on the basis of sex‚ be excluded from participation in‚ be denied the benefits of‚ or be subject to discrimination under any education program
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of Classical Sculpture." Oracle ThinkQuest. La Cholla High School Library‚ n.d. Web. 20 Oct 2012. <http://library.thinkquest.org/23492/data/history.htm>. . "All About Ancient Roman Sculpture: Materials‚ Styles And Artists ." Essortment. Demand Media‚ n.d. Web. 21 Nov 2012. <http://www.essortment.com/ancient-roman-sculpture-materials-styles-artists-51709.html>. . "Art." Ancient Greece. University Pree‚ n.d. Web. 21 Nov 2012. <http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Sculpture/>. Roman
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[pic] BONIFACIO MONUMENT Filipino sculptors came to be known in the middle of the 19th century. Classical Philippine sculpture reached its peak in the works of Guillermo Tolentino (1890-1976). His best known masterpiece is the Bonifacio Monument‚ which is a group sculpture composed of numerous figures massed around a central obelisk. The principal figure is Andres Bonifacio‚ leader of the revolution against Spain in 1896. Behind him stands Emilio Jacinto‚ the brains of the Katipunan. The Bonifacio
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1. Parthenon Sculpture The Parthenon‚ or the Temple of Athena Perthenos‚ sits at the top of the Acropolis in Greece‚ dating 447-438 BCE‚ and can be viewed as an ideal Greek temple in the Doric design. Designed by Iktinos and Kallikrates‚ the proportions of the temple are considered perfect‚ and the Parthenon was decorated more extravagantly than any other Greek temple (Gardner‚ 70)‚ adorned with sculpture and friezes along both pediments‚ and all 92 Doric metopes‚ presenting many classic elements
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