This piece from the Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ titled‚ Gypsum Alabaster‚ is a relief panel from roughly around c. 883-859 BCE. The panel was made in Ancient Mesopotamia during the reign of the Assyrians and was originally on the walls of the Plance of Nimrod almond side of many other relief carvings. The work was carved out from a light-colored stone so the figure protrudes from the work. However‚ the carving is shallow so the figure only sticks out of the rock slightly. There are several lines
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one is for examining the characteristics of studied alabaster and the weathering process acting on alabaster used in Luxor and Karnak temples. The second division in this work is to examine and evaluate four co-polymer resins selected as stone surface consolidating for the weathered alabaster. Various alabaster samples have been collected from Wadi Sannur quarry and Wadi Assiuty quarry. Archaeological samples were taken from the statues and alabaster monuments in Luxor and Karnak temples. These samples
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But what made this Assyrian relief stand out? It was a small detail‚ a lioness to be exact. The hunt depicted did not take place in the wild but in a controlled environment‚ ensuring the king would be victorious. The king is in his chariot with his attendants. He is throwing a spear into a lion‚ which already has several fatal wounds on its body. All around the chariot are the bodies of dead lions littering the ground‚ most overkilled with far more arrows and spears necessary to kill the beasts
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or sexuality to be present. This idea can present itself in many forms‚ and in both Jerzy Kosinski’s book Being There and Angela Carter’s book The Bloody Chamber this is illustrated. In both books the concept of love and sexuality can be seen in both dark and light contexts‚ with highly varying situations. In Being There and The Bloody Chamber the presence of genuine love‚ a lack of genuine love‚ and sexuality are all explored. In Being There the main character Chance seems to be incapable of love
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‘The role of women in the gothic genre is as victims always subjected to male authority’‚ compare and contrast to which this interpretation is relevant to your three chosen texts. By Kristina Addis Within My Last Duchess‚ The Bloody Chamber and Dracula‚ there is evidence to suggest that women within the gothic genre as portrayed as victims of male authority‚ as well as evidence to disprove this argument‚ instead suggesting that it is the women within the Gothic genre which makes themselves
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The bloody chamber is a very interesting story to read. At the beginning of the text it seems as if the story is about a young woman who is nervous about her new adventures in becoming a young bride. She tells of how at first she feels guilty leaving her childhood and her mother‚ but is anticipating her new life as a marquise. When the narrator was first explaining how her husband came across it reminded me of a stern man. However the way he courted her and acted when he took her virginity gave the
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------------------------------------------------- Anechoic chamber An anechoic chamber (an-echoic meaning non-echoing or echo-free) is a room designed to stop reflections of either sound or electromagnetic waves. They are also insulated from exterior sources of noise. The combination of both aspects means they simulate a quiet open-space of infinite dimension‚ which is useful when exterior influences would otherwise give false results. Anechoic chambers were originally used in the context of acoustics (sound
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TITLE | SUMMARY | KEY QUOTES | The Bloody Chamber | A young girl travels on a train to her husband- the Marquis. While at his French castle‚ she learns that he takes enjoyment in her embarrassment. She is a pianist- a blind piano tuner hears her playing and falls in love with her. The Marquis tells her that he is leaving on business‚ forbidding her to enter one particular room. She enters the perverse room‚ encountering all the dead bodies of his previous wives. The girl realises that the Marquis
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Privy Chamber Attention to my fellow Englanders in support of King Henry VIII‚ I am the night of the Shire for Surrey‚ and although I may not take vote in today’s agendas‚ I can still inform you on important matter. As a dear friend of the King‚ I‚ nor should any of our other Englanders wish struggle‚ persuasion‚ and corruption on to our king. Which is why I am here telling you about this chamber in which we meet and discuss public and private matters with the King and help him make decisions‚
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The safe structure is an arrangement of cells‚ tissues*‚ and organs that chip in to shield the body against ambushes by "remote" interlopers. These are basically life forms (germs) minute‚ sullying realizing natural substances‚ for instance‚ microorganisms‚ contaminations‚ parasites‚ and developments. Since the human body gives an immaculate space to various microorganisms‚ they endeavor to break in. It is the safe structure’s business to keep them out or‚ missing the mark that‚ to hunt out and obliterate
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