Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra‚ India are a Buddhist monastery complex of twenty-nine rock-cut cave monuments containing paintings and sculpture considered to be masterpieces of both "Buddhist religious art"[1] and "universal pictorial art"[2] The caves are located just outside the village of Ajinṭhā in Aurangabad District in the Indian state of Maharashtra (N. lat. 20 deg. 30 ’ by E. long. 75 deg. 40 ’). Since 1983‚ the Ajanta Caves have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Excavation of the caves began
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------------------------------------------------- Religious art Religious art or sacred art is artistic imagery using religious inspiration and motifs and is often intended to uplift the mind to the spiritual.[1]Sacred art involves the ritual and cultic practices and practical and operative aspects of the path of the spiritual realization within the artist’s religious tradition. ------------------------------------------------- Christian art Christian sacred art is produced in an attempt to
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The Many Contributions There is no doubt that the Ancient Chinese were wise powerful and grew prosperous. Ancient China has played a significant part in many famous inventions that have had a major impact in our lives from day to day. How many of us have ever given a thought to those that have made our lives easier by their inventions? There are quite a few from the Ancient Chinese that I was not aware of and was amazed at how many of these we do use in our lives every day and never stop to think
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Chapter 1 ● Mesopotamia (TigrisEuphrates) ○ 80002000 BCE ■ Neolithic (New Stone Age) ■ Earliest Agriculture ○ City States (walled city and hinterland) sprung up around rivers ■ Citystates= characteristic of mesopotamia‚ Archaic and Classical Greece‚ Phoenicia‚ and early Italy ○ People living here= Sumerians ■ In Southern Mesopotamia by 5000 BCE ■ Responsible for making irrigation technology‚ cuneiform‚ religious concepts found in Mesopotamian culture ○ Lugal=Big Man (their leader‚
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Kofun Burial Mounds in Ancient Japan “The practice of building sepulchral mounds and burying treasures with the dead was transmitted to Japan from the Asian continent about the third century A.D.” (B. Ford‚ 1987‚ p.24) Locally these mega structures were called Kofun Burial Mounds‚ titled after the Ancient Japanese period in which they were built‚ the Kofun Period (300 – 800 C.E.) The sites of more than 10 000 keyhole tombs still remain in Japan‚ though direct access to these tombs is difficult
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Chapter 14 Overviews 14-1; Chi Rho Iota Page From the Book of Kells; Late 8th or early 9th century; Scotland. Four scribes and three illuminators worked on this‚ 185 calves were killed to make the vellum and colors from the paintings came from as far as Afghanistan 14-2; Eagle Brooch; 6th century; Spain Rendered the bird in flight with outspread wings and tail‚ profile head with curved beak and large round eye Displays a rich assortment of gems‚ red garnets interspersed with blue and green
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Beowulf‚ an epic poem takes place around 500 AD. Many of the characters in the poem‚ the Swedish and Danish royal family members‚ correspond to actual historical figures. Originally pagan warriors‚ the Anglo-Saxon‚ and Scandinavian invaders experienced a large-scale conversion to Christianity at the end of the sixth century. Though still an old pagan story‚ Beowulf came to be told by Christian poets. This poem has hidden historical values of the fifth‚ eighth‚ and twelfth centuries. Beowulf is
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Colorscope was a small company in the graphic arts business. During early 1900s‚ with the advent of desktop publishing the company faced severe price competition because of their main operations in print production. The assignment tries to cover the underlying cost fault with the organization. The product pricing did not include overheads associated with the product on the basis of man hours spent on various operational activities during the product life cycle (Job preparation‚ Scanning‚ Assembly
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Name: 1 GCSE HISTORY YOUR EXAM IS ON…….. Tuesday 14th June P.M. Paper 2 Health and Medicine. Health and Medicine c 1345 onwards. Study guides and useful websites. 1. You can buy a full colour CGP guide from us for £ 2.75 2. BBC Bitesize is useful but make sure you select the correct topics. 3. Twilight revision sessions every Wednesday or Thursday in M59 from the end of February until the exams in June. Special equipment. You need a decent black (fine tip) pen. Get a highlighter
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COEDUCATION In early civilizations‚ people were educated informally: primarily within the household. As time progressed‚ education became more structured and formal. Women often had very few rights when education started to become a more important aspect of civilization. Efforts of the ancient Greek and Chinese societies focused primarily on the education of males. In ancient Rome‚ the availability of education was gradually extended to women‚ but they were taught separately from men. The early
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