When creating the Statuette of Nedjemu‚ the artist tries to represent the deceased in a manner appropriate for eternity. By using Old Kingdom funerary sculpture conventions‚ the artist achieves the goal of creating a sculpture suitable for placement in a tomb. The artist who created the Statuette of Nedjemu is unknown. The artist was from the Old Kingdom‚ Dynasty V‚ approximately 2500-2350 BC. Although entitled the Statuette of Nedjemu‚ the figure portrayed may not actually be Nedjemu. "This little
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Art Heritage of the Western World Section 009 Jeong Hoon Kim I have chosen two statues from different eras to make a comparison‚ Marble statue of Dionysos leaning on an Archaistic Female Figure from the Roman era and Bronze statue of Artemis and a deer from Greek or Roman‚ late Hellenistic or early Imperial periods. The reason why I have chosen these two objects are that both of them have one big figure and one small figure which makes eyes of viewers move around. They also depicted gods with
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uncovered thousands of stone‚ clay and metal goddesses or female figures. Hardly any of these figurines are male. These numerous goddess figurines from archaeological sites have usually been immediately dismissed as "mere" fertility figures by both male and female researchers. The tiny three-inch figure named the Venus of Villendorf
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The ‘’Stele of Karyben’’ has many typical aspects of Egyptian Art. The artist starts off by making the pharaoh‚ usually the most important and dominant figure in Egyptian Art‚ the focal point. The artist also uses hierarchial scale by making the seated pharaoh as tall or taller than all of the standing figures in the scene. The scene is also overflowing with symbols and hieroglyphics. These could possibly tell us more about the scene or the pharaoh himself. The scene is also well put together in
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Yosmery Perez Art History 11 3:00pm-5:50pm‚ Prof. Choi November 10‚ 2014 Ancient Greek Standing female figure wearing a strap and a necklace Period: Early–Middle Bronze Age Date: 3rd–2nd millennium B.C. Geography: Southwestern Arabia Culture: Greek Medium: Sandstone‚ quartzite Dimensions: H. 27 cm‚ W. 14.3 cm‚ D. 14.3 cm Classification: Stone-Sculpture Credit Line: Purchase‚ Fletcher‚ Louis V. Bell‚ and Rogers Funds‚ and The Tokyo Shimbun
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Akhenaton was the first pharaoh to introduce the concept of monotheism‚ the worshipping of only one god‚ as opposed to polytheism‚ the worshipping of many gods. The people of Egypt had usually depicted gods in either animal or human form in their paintings and sculptures in order to help give them a physical form that they could worship. However‚ under Akhenaton’s new ideas‚ the only god was Aton‚ which was represented with the form of a sun disk. Artwork also changed in sync with this change in
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Comparing Akhenaton and Laocoon and his Sons The statue of Akhenaton from the Temple of Aton created between ca. 1353-1335 BCE‚ whose artist remains anonymous‚ and the statue of Laocoon and his Sons from Rome‚ created in the early first century CE by Athandoros‚ Hagesandros‚ and Polydoros are two masterfully sculpted pieces of art that come from two different walks of life. During the time of creation‚ the artists of both compositions were experimenting with new ideas and techniques to portray
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After reading "Thinking as a Hobby"‚ it was apparent that the three statuettes were all very symbolic in their own unique way. The pure‚ effortless beauty that is portrayed by the nearly naked woman in a bath towel shows that beauty is so insanely important to the world in which we live. The second statuette talked about in this document is the leopard‚ which symbolizes nature. The way the leopard is positioned in the beginning of this piece of work symbolizes the way humans are always under the
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Riace Bronzes The Riace Warriors were discovered by Stefano Mariottini on August 16‚ 1972‚ on the bottom of the Ionic Sea near Riace Marina in Calabria in Italy. The statues have been dated to roughly 450BC. The statues’ eyes are inlaid with bone and glass‚ the lips and nipples are made from copper while the teeth are silver. Both statues at one point held spears and shields; however‚ those have not been recovered. Both statues stand firmly on the right foot‚ with the left foot forward
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In "Body-Image Pressure Increasingly Affects Boys" by Jamie Santa Cruz‚ the author argues that cultural ideals are becoming an equal opportunity anxiety-inducer‚ and eating disorders are increasingly common in men‚ but the symptoms in men and women don’t look the same. Statistically speaking‚ Santa Cruz states that 18 percent of boys are highly concerned about their weight and physique (1). Which causes young men to partake in activities that aren’t necessarily good for their body‚ such as becoming
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