Event Paper On April 25‚ 2014 I the Nasher Museum of Art. The piece I decided to my paper on is a piece called “The Bronze Crowd” This piece was created in 1990-91. The piece of art is made out of bronze. The artist is Magdalena Abakanowicz who is from Poland. At a first glance you see that there is two rows. Each row has 18 tall figures. Each figure is standing upright. All the figures has their arms by their side. All the figures seem to be wearing the same thing kind of like a uniform. Each
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The Hagia Sophia is a Christian basilica located in Istanbul‚ Turkey (Zucker & Harris‚ n.d). The city of Istanbul was once called Constantinople and was the capital of the once powerful Roman Empire (Zucker & Harris‚ n.d). It was founded by Constantine I‚ the first roman emperor to embrace Christianity (Zucker & Harris‚ n.d). The Hagia Sophia was constructed in the 6th century A.D during a time of internal turmoil in Constantinople (Zucker & Harris‚ n.d). Justine I‚ the emperor at that time‚ decided
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A beautiful example of a building from the Byzantine section is the Hagia Sophia‚ otherwise known as the church of "Holy Wisdom." Between 532 and 537 A.D.‚ the emperor at the time‚ Justinian‚ who was an aspiring builder‚ had this masterpiece built‚ in what was once called Constantinople and is now Istanbul‚ in the country of Turkey. The building is a beautiful conglomeration of early Greek and Roman time periods blended with some Asian elements‚ as well. Within this building are two floors that are
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Constantinople‚ to center of the city‚ the palace‚ to the center of religion‚ Hagia Sophia. Fletcher explained that the architecture was a continuation of Roman Architecture‚ but it was much more‚ it was an advancement of the Roman’s architecture in function‚ complexity‚ and beauty. The Hagia Sophia is a perfect example of how the Byzantine Architecture was an advancement of function‚ complexity‚ and beauty. The Hagia Sophia assembled in 532 A.D. and finished in 537 A.D‚ it was an Eastern Orthodox cathedral
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representative of the Constantinopolitan style in the Renaissance period (Hagia Sophia‚ n.d.). Historically‚ the mosaic is reflective of shifts within the theological discourse in Constantinople. The creation‚ as well as the destruction of this mosaic‚ serve as important material evidence for understanding the larger iconoclastic history of the Hagia Sophia as a structure. The mosaic dates back to the 13 century and was added to the Hagia
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The Sacred and Profane‚ by Mircea Eliade‚ divides and distinguishes the world into two existential situations: the sacred and the profane. Eliade describes the sacred as‚ “always manifesting itself as a reality of a wholly different order from ‘natural’ realities” (10) and inversely describes profane as the “opposite” of the sacred. The sacred involves a level of creation and organization while the profane is in an essence chaotic and disorganized. Eliade also made it apparent that the division between
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available surfaces of Byzantine churches in an established of hierarchical order. They were all handmade. The art of mosaic flourish in the empire making it stand out. The majority of Byzantine mosaics were destroyed but some survived. Buildings like Hagia Sophia were embellished with mosaics during the Emperor Justinian. If the purpose of classical art was the glorification of man‚ the purpose of Byzantine art was the glorification of God‚ and of His Son‚ Jesus. Another Byzantine work of art was the
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the worship of the many Roman Gods was built by the emperor Hadrian in Rome from 118 to 125 CE. The Hagia Sophia was built by the emperor Justinian as a Christian church in Constantinople during the Byzantine Empire from 532 to 537 CE. The Hagia Sophia was designed by Anthemius of Tralles‚ a mathematician‚ and Isidorus of Miletus‚ a physicist. It’s important to note that the minarets on the Hagia Sophia were added later by the Turks to transform the church into a mosque after the Ottoman conquest in
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Architecture Ancient Egypt Architecture - is the architecture of ancient Egypt‚ one of the most influential civilizations throughout history‚ which developed a vast array of diverse structures and great architectural monuments along the Nile‚ among the largest and most famous of which are the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Great Sphinx of Giza. Egyptian Architectural Columns The Great Pyramid of Giza‚ which was probably completed c. 2580 BC‚ is the oldest and largest of the pyramids‚ and is the
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San Vitale Description of Building The Basilica of San Vitale has long been considered the sister to Hagia Sergios and Bakchos basilicas in Constantinople. But the plan and elevation differs from the Hagia Sergios and Backchos. Ambulatory and gallery zones were not vaulted. As a Result greater emphasis is given to the core‚ the center baldachins‚ and the chancel – “the parts of the building where the mosaic decoration‚ the richly veined marbled revetment of the piers‚ and the most elaborate capitals
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