Cited: Nzegwu‚ Nkiru. "Iyoba Idia: The Hidden Oba of Benin." JENDA: A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies‚ Issue 9 (2006) Web. 25 Nov. 2012. Stokstad‚ Marilyn‚ and Michael W. Cothren. “Art History”. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River‚ N.J: (Pearson Prentice Hall‚ 2011)‚ 402 to 422. Print. "The Metropolitan
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ancestors in the supernatural world were forever in control of man’s earthly well-being‚ and it was therefore it was needed that contributions of prayer and food regularly was made for them. Usually the bronze wares were aimed only for ritual intent that was peaceful‚ but there were some types of bronze axes were correlated with human
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APOXYOMENOS (seminar) Zadar‚2012. Apoxyomenos‚ an ancient bronze statue of an athlete scraping off oil and dust from his body after a competition‚ was found in 1996. by a Belgian tourist René Wouters‚ under the sea off the little island of Vele Orjulen close to Lošinj‚ a Croatian island. The statue was lying on
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out to find the common types of bank fraud that are frequently carried out in the banking system‚ the underlying causes‚ level of staff involvement‚ consequences and possible means of ameliorating the problem. A sample of 100 respondents taken in Benin City‚ capital of Edo State‚ Nigeria was studied by means of field survey tool of questionnaire and the response to rating scale questions were tested for significance using the "t-test". The analysis revealed that respondents did not view unofficial
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A close examination of the formal qualities of the brass altar head of the oba of Benin was quite exciting. The brass head was chosen for analysis due to its rich historic and cultural affluence civilization it depicts.Dating back to the 16th century‚it is amazing that a quality work of art as the altar head has been in existence since in the interior of west Africa ‚telling a story of civilization‚cultural heritage and finesse obtainable as at then‚ thus making me analyse it to discover other aspects
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The ancient empire‚ Benin‚ became civilized because of record keeping on trade‚ the developed complex institutions and the leadership specialized workers. The Benin empire rose to power back in the 13th century‚ to about 15th century. The empire quickly became successful due to the modern trade routes. “...they became very wealthy by trading conquered people to the Portuguese as slaves in exchange for such manufactured European products as firearms‚ textiles‚ glass‚ and beads” (Hackey). Records were
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When approaching gallery 166 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ I couldn’t help but notice the magnificent sculpture of the “Bronze statue of Camillus (acolyte).” As I began to study some background information on the early Imperial period of Roman culture‚ one would learn that there was an evident revival. The Romans were building at a fast pace and religious sacrifices were becoming more common. Throughout this Roman period‚ a Camillus (male) or Camilla (female) was the freeborn child of the religious
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a Sunday meal after church called Sunday Sunday Rice‚ this meal was chosen because Rice is the most common food in Nigeria and everyone love Rice. In my family we must eat Rice on a Sunday afternoon and it all started in my grandfather’s house in Benin City Nigeria and now we do it in my dad’s house. I will be teaching you how to prepare this delicious meal and why it is important to my family. This are the things needed for the meal‚ 600g/11b rice‚1 kg/21b meat or chicken‚2 chilies (liquidized)
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The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare is about a teenage boy named Daniel bar Jamin who live in the Galilee‚ which he met some friends he know from what he from. He grew a hatred for the Romans for the killing of his father as well as causing his family to be devastated. In to get back at them‚ He and his friends join a band that was led by Rosh. On top of a hill Daniel bar Jamin‚ who was looking down on the valley and having thoughts that were making him confused‚ saw people that he knew from
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experienced a transformation. Sculptors broke away from the previous representations of the human body and learned to use contrapposto‚ or counterpoise‚ to portray the people in a more natural way‚ revealing an individual’s character through the work. The Bronze Statuette of a Veiled and Masked Dance is a Hellenistic sculpture currently located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It was made between the third and second century B.C. in Alexandria‚ Egypt‚ and displays the skill of an unknown sculptor
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