After looking at the vast antique collection found in the Sir John Soanes’s Museum‚ London‚ I was able to identify with 2 objects that I felt had the most interest to me. Found in the Colonnade and Dome room‚ I will compare and contrast the statue of Apollo Belvedere‚ a Greek god originally made from bronze and discovered in Rome in the late 15th century. The second is a statue of the Ephesian Diana‚ an Egyptian sculpture derived of marble. There are a number of statues replicating the pagan goddess
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engineering at MIT. After Pei decided to return to architecture‚ he earned degrees from both MIT and Harvard. In 1956‚ after he had taught at Harvard for three years‚ he established I.M. Pei & Partners‚ an architectural firm that has been known as Pei Cobb Freed & Partners since 1989. This firm is famous for its successful and rational solutions to a variety of design problems. They are responsible for many of the largest pubic and private construction projects in the second half of this century. Some
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Journal 1‚ Humanities‚ Museum/Fine Art Gallery Visit The Saint Louis Art Museum’s architecture is beautiful. There are many roman influences to the outside of the building including round arches‚ tall stone columns and roman statues of persons in robes and sandals. The building itself is very inviting and enjoyable to view just from the outside. When entering inside‚ one will notice the gorgeous marble floors‚ the lofty ceilings and the roman style pillars‚ wall trim‚ steps and hallways. The dominant
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on. The amount of history that you pick up is immense. Its the oft remembered comment “once seen is better than ten times heard” or read. I shall never forget the battlefields of Gettysburg. You will see plays‚ art‚ churches‚ monuments‚ museums (the British museum where the Rosetta stone is housed or the Louvre where the Mona Lisa is) and famous of Stone Henge. You could in all likelihood meet different people from all parts
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For over 150 years the marbles of Greece have been placed in the British museum‚ they are recognized as the Elgin Marbles. The Elgin Marbles continue to be the main point of an ongoing debate that will basically determine the historical influence of an important culture. Some of the sculptures that were removed were the marble figures‚ metopes (sculptures in high relief) and friezes. To this day the Greek government has correctly requested the return of the Elgin Marbles a few times while the British
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For example‚ the feud between the Turkish government and the American museum is similar to this same feud. Although it can be seen how German is stubborn to protect its new property‚ other hand United States returned the coins to the Turkish government. Also‚ another point of view can be seen from what happened with the artifact
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“Who Owns the Elgin Marbles?” – The Précis “Who Owns the Elgin Marbles?” this question continues to linger in some minds today‚ and just so happens to be reviewed in the respectfully titled article written by John Henry Merryman in 1986. In this article‚ Merryman‚ in the most unbiased way possible‚ assesses both Britain’s and Greece’s side of the argument pertaining to the ownership of the Elgin Marbles and whether they should be returned to Greece after being removed from the Parthenon by Lord
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The Caryatids on the Erechtheion of the Acropolis The Erechtheion‚ a temple dedicated to Athena Polias on the Athenian Acropolis‚ is a building that is mysterious in numerous ways. Even though the Erechtheion was one of the most significant of Athena’s shrines‚ relatively little is known about it. Especially when compared to the information available regarding the largest structure on the Acropolis‚ the Parthenon‚ the Erechtheion is to some extent a mystery. Its unique architectural structure is
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Chinese Contemporary Art and Social Change 中国当代艺术与社会变革 The Chinese contemporary art history is only 30 years‚ but it has gone through almost all the genres of western art history.Like the Chinese economy‚ it changes and grows so fast‚ especially during 2003 to 2008‚ that it attracted the global attention.The latest 5 years‚ the whole environment of Chinese contemporary art has been changing‚ the new trend has emerged.This article will explain the change of Chinese contemporary art in the
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Before our visit to the Beirut National Museum‚ I kept in mind the fact that the artifact I would choose was probably going to belong to the Roman period –I’m fascinated by their sculptures- and that I was going to search the whole museum‚ piece by piece‚ until I find a relic that would truly catch my eye. However‚ when we arrived at the museum‚ I saw a remarkably huge marble sarcophagus and its picture stayed in my head during the whole tour. I kept on thinking about what mesmerized me about it
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