...striding forward and hands clenched at the side. This noble figure of a youth is one of the earliest freestanding marble statues from Archaic Greek, Attic. This statue was made with Naxian marble in ca. 590–580 b.c. Around 600 BCE the first monumental figure sculptures appear in Greece and depict youths. Most of the sculptures are always standing in the nude, and were either votive or commemorative in nature were Kouros similar like called Kouroi, Doryphoros, Anavysos Kouros which are sculpted during Archaic period. The body has been used as a sign or symbol in art for centuries. The body was used to symbolize perfection in ancient Greece, and in Egypt, to give a precise image for the God of the After-life. Not to mention their colossal monuments which promote power and glory, and are used to intimidate. However contemporary artists use the body as a symbol which conveys a whole range of different kinds of layered meaning, although the simple symbol of power has not been lost over the centuries. The Greek artist distributed the weight of the figure as though in the act of walking. They are nude, carved in the round, and liberated from their original stone block. The geometric were been added in the chest muscels and some of the formulus which is used in knees and wrists. Ears placed much too far back and his long curly hair have lovely strings of beads. The room was brigthen enough for people to notice the statue as along with other statues surrounded by Kouros...
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...Throughout history, events have been taken and interpreted in a multitude of ways. These interpretations vary depending on who documents them and who consumes that information. Societies are able to make interpretations based on information given to them by historians, textbooks, news sources and the Internet to form views that become based on the past and the present. A countless number of these interpretations exist in society today whether they involve art, fashion or racial tension. These interpretations influence how society views both the present time and the historical past whether they be good or bad. One topic of interpretation that had been studied during class was the Chauvet cave paintings in southeastern France. These paintings...
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...Blake Fleischer 11/11/14 Dionysus and Satyrs: Greek mythology and application with theatre Dionysus was the Greek god of wine and patron, who happened to have companions known as Satyrs; a hybrid of a man and horse. The stories of these two “species” have inspired many ancient Greeks. There was an abundance of art, monuments, and worshipping of Dionysus and his satyrs in ancient Greece. It was also known that Greeks loved to write plays about Dionysus and satyrs. Greeks went so far as too dress up their entire casting crew as furry, half-horse creatures - even the chorus. The Athenians built an entire theatre in honor of Dionysus. It is known that the Greeks loved their and therefore worshipped Dionysus accordingly. The Greek satyr is a spirit of the wilderness and countryside. They are depicted as men with horse features such as nose, hair, legs, tails, and ears. They were companions of Dionysus, so they are almost always shown drinking wine, dancing, or playing Dionysus’ instruments like the flute and tambourine. Satyrs mated with mountain Nymphai; another species companion of Dionysus. The satyrs not only mated with nymphai, they also danced and sported with them. In Roman concepts of spirits, the similar “fauns” were men with goat-like features. In “Satyr-plays” that were performed in the festivals of Dionysus, the entire cast and chorus dress up as satyrs. They are characterized with drunkness, impudent sexuality, visual gags, pranks, and general merriment...
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...To What Extent Was There An Aniconic Period In Buddhism History, And Did Greek Influence The Creation Of Anthropomorphic Buddha Image The Greco-Buddhism theory proposed by Alfred Foucher suggested that Greece colonised India, the Greek Hellenistic culture was also imported into India and made some significant influences on Indian traditional culture. Due to the lack of an anthropomorphic Buddha image before Greek invasion in 323 B.C. and the first of anthropomorphic Buddha image being created during Indo-Greek period as an Apollo like Buddha hence he suggested that to a great extent the creation of anthropomorphic Buddha was very likely to be under the influence of Greek Hellenistic culture. However this argument comes with one condition that...
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...Starting with the beginning of art history, the Venus of Willendorf makes people think about how life was in the Paleolithic era and makes us want to learn more. Paleolithic beliefs and views of women were different compared to the views of the Greeks. Also the level of importance women had in the society of the Paleolithic’s was in great contrast from how the Greeks viewed women in society. Praxiteles’ Aphrodite of Knidos has a dramatic difference in how the Greeks perceived beauty, from the slimmer hips and the welcoming face compared to the Venus of Willendorf. They both show how the world’s standard of the female human body can be presented as sensual and erotic. It is also easy to see how each artist took their time on each piece by paying close attention to the detail. From the Venus of Willendorfs hair and body, and Aphrodite’s beautiful...
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...The Emperor Hadrian is not one of the more known portrait sculptures but it is certainly an artwork that represents a significance much deeper than what is portrayed. The Emperor Hadrian is a portrait sculpture that depicts the adventurous and fulfilling life of one of the most portrayed emperors in Roman history. Hadrian’s portraits have been found all throughout the Roman Empire, from the Asia Minor to Egypt and from the United Kingdom to Persia. Hadrian was known to have a complex character and that is depicted in the majority of his portrayals. As a result of his impeccable leadership and vast improvements to the Roman Empire, artists and sculptors gave Hadrian the most attention out of all Roman emperors. This specific portrait sculpture...
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... Thymus vulgaris(common thyme, English thyme, summer thyme, winter thyme, French thyme, or garden thyme) was used in many ancient cultures, from the Egyptians to the Greeks. It had many uses, such as embalming the dead or being burnt for incense. Thyme is an evergreen herb with culinary, medicinal and ornamental uses. Thyme is of the genus Thymus, most commonly Thymus Vulgaris. The ancient Egyptians used thyme for embalming the dead. It was believed that if the dead were touched with this herb before being turned over to the grave, it would help them have courage and bravery in the next life. Thyme also kept the bodies from being overtaken by fungi due to its antifungal properties from...
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...Greeks and Romans HUM 100 August 2nd, 2011 Greeks and Romans Greeks and Romans The Greeks and Romans are two civilizations that are constantly compared thought out history. People tend to compare their beliefs, views on life, politics, religion just to name a few. The Greeks and Romans were two very powerful entities throughout history. Rich in history, science and the arts. One constant comparison between the Greeks and Romans are their gods. Although they each have different names for their gods, they are quite similar. Greeks views on the individual or the individual and society were that they understood themselves to belong to a common Greek genos their first and foremost loyalty was to their city and country and didn’t see anything wrong with fighting with other Greek city states. The most famous of these was the Peloponnesian war. Which was a civil war between Sparta and Athens. Many variations of this great civil war have been told. From history books to movies, cartoons and children’s storybooks. Through these movies, cartoons and children’s story books gods and heroes have been highlighted and praised. Same way the Greeks praised their gods and heroes. This was called the Heroic Age. Some scholars believe that certain Greek heroes and gods were based on a real men and women living in that time. One hero that stands out would be Hercules. Throughout his complicated mythology perhaps Hercules really existed as a chieftain of the kingdom...
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...Art History Introduction The Conquests of Alexander the Great culminated to the establishment of Hellenistic Kingdoms in South-West Asia from 323 BC to 146 BC. This led to the spread of Hellenistic cultures to these regions. The Hellenistic civilization and culture encompasses a blend between the Ancient Greek culture, religion and art and the South-West Asia art, culture and religion. The Head of Bodhisattva contained in the Cantor Museum encompasses the head of a Buddhist being that easily attained Buddhahood, but forgoes his Nirvana with the aim of aiding those in the world to walk in the Buddhist path. This Head was created in the Gandhara Ancient kingdom located in South West Asia. This Head was created using the Gandhara or Greco-Buddhist art that was highly influenced by Hellenistic Art. The Head of Alexander the Great encompasses an art created during the Hellenistic Civilization that spread after the Conquests of Alexander the Great. The fact that both The Head of Alexander the Great and The Head of Bodhisattva were created under Hellenistic and Greco-Buddhist art, cultural, religious and artistic connections can be identified between them. Cultural Connections Both Heads were created during the Hellenistic civilization whose major characteristic was the Hellenistic culture. This culture was however influenced by the indigenous cultures of the conquests culminating into the Greco Buddhist culture. During the creation of both heads the main language utilized in Alexandria...
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...Art History 101 – Ancient to Medieval Handout 4 Greek Art: Geometric & Orientalizing (9th-7th BC), Archaic (7th-6th BC), Classical (5th c. BC), Late Classical (4th century BC) and Hellenistic Periods (3rd - 1st c. BC) ! Geometric 800 BC: Prosperity comes again to Greece after the fall of the Mycenaeans. Trade and important ceramic traditions look Eastward for sources. ! 1. Late Geometric belly-handled amphora by the Dypilon master, 8th c. BCE, fig.5.2, use of registers, primarily geometric designs, krater= used to mix wine and water, miander pattern, representations of humans very abstract, focus on living rather than dead. ! Archaic Statuary: Life size human sculpture, funerary, influenced by Egyptian technique. Kouros (youth) sculptures were used as grave markers. male body idealized, broad shoulders, narrow waste, and deeply carved joints (athletic ideal). Kore/Korai is the female version of the Kouros. Archaic smile, heavy cloth draped over them=peplos, curling/stylized hair, round face. Painted pure white, marble, symmetrical face, body not symmetrical, “Business in the front, party in the back” ! Architecture: Sculpture and architecture are integrated in the pediments of the first Greek temples Temple of Artemis at Corfu (600 BC): Doric order, limestone, story of Medusa being slayed by Perseus on the pediment of the temple, central figure on pediment= medusa, situated in the traditional Archaic pose: bent leg, bent arm...
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...White supremacy has, and still is, a conflict Americans citizens have to deal with every day. One philosopher by the name of Cornel West, witnessed these conflicts play out in American history. West himself has been spotted on television because he is a part of a prayer group who protests against racism and fascism. Most of his work focuses on liberation theology, philosophy, and issues involving racism. His work also focuses on genealogy, where he questions the origin of ideas from humans. West believes humans can not make up ideas spontaneously, if anything it has to do with history. This also correlates with how or why people act in the way that they do. Modern racism always existed in our society and always will be problematic, because...
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...seem like some big thing and that all people should look the way a model looks on a billboard or in a magazine. What kind of message is this? If you don't like the way your body looks, just try to make it look like that supermodel you saw! This is an awful way of portraying beauty to youth, so really, what exactly is beauty? There are many different views on what beauty is all over the world. Ancient Greeks introduced beauty as something that produces delightful reactions and sensations in the mind. In that time period, proportion and symmetry were beautiful to the human eye. The Ancient Greeks thought pale skin and golden colored hair were beautiful and showed prestige. Greek women would take the risk of lightening their skin with white lead, a toxic material that very well could have shortened their lifespans. To lighten their hair to this nice golden color, they would apply vinegar to their locks and spend time in the sun. To prevent tanning their skin while doing this process, brimmed hats were used to shield the skin from the sun’s rays (Beautiful with Brains). The Greeks were obsessed with the human physique, being an example of perfect symmetry. Aesthetics like these were what led to the modern opinions of what beauty really is (Aish.com). Over the years, beauty has become a deceiving false advertisement that corrupts the minds of young people, popularly young girls. Magazines, billboards, and television make weight loss and the results something to strive for. The...
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...movies around the 13th BC. I also can’t deny that Brat Pitt is another factor why I like that movie so much. I know the very basic details about the tragic story of Troy. I didn’t know that one of the famous goddess was also involved in this historical event. I only know about this piece of information while researching about all the goddesses in the Greek Mythology. Who was it that helped Paris in kidnapping Helen? In this short paper, I will talk about Aphrodite, goddess or beauty, love, and fertility. Frist of all, most of gods and goddesses had multiple incredible stories about how they were born. Aphrodite is no different. The most popular version of her birth is how she were form from the sea-foam after the genital of the sky-god Ouranos got castrated and fell into the ocean. "Out of the sea was rising lovely-crowned Kypris, foam-blossoms still upon her hair; and round her hovered smiling witchingly Himeros (Desire), and danced the Kharites (Graces) lovely-tressed"( Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 5. 72 ff (trans. Way) (Greek epic C4th A.D.), "STORIES OF APHRODITE 1 : Greek Mythology." STORIES OF APHRODITE 1: Greek Mythology. Web. 21 Mar. 2015. .) Another version is Aphrodite is the daughter of Zeus and Okeanis Titanis Dione. We all love the first version of her story much better because it sounded a lot more unbelievable and almost impossible. It is mythology after all, the more of an outrageous story, the better it is. Aphrodite is in the second eight group...
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...chemical reactions except for limited removal, transfer, or exchange of certain electrons. The history of the study of the atomic nature of matter illustrates the thinking process that goes on in the philosophers and scientist’s heads. The epistemological methods that scientists use provide us with the best known way of arriving at useful science and factual knowledge. Actually, the thought about electricity came before atoms. In about 600 B.C. Thales of Miletus discovered that a piece of amber, after rubbing it with fur attracts bits of hair and feathers and other light objects. He suggested that this mysterious force came from the amber. Thales, however, did not connect this force with any atomic particle. Not until around 460 B.C., did a Greek philosopher, Democritus, develop the idea of atoms. Democritus thought that it ended at some point, a smallest possible bit of matter. He called these basic matter particles, atoms. Unfortunately, the atomic ideas of Democritus had no lasting effects on other Greek philosophers, including Aristotle. In fact, Aristotle dismissed the atomic idea as worthless. People considered Aristotle's opinions very important and if Aristotle thought the atomic idea had no merit, then most other people thought the same also. (Primates have great mimicking ability.) For more than 2000 years nobody did anything to continue the explorations that the Greeks had started into the nature of matter. Not until the early 1800's did people begin again to question...
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...Abraham’s hair blew in the gentle breeze. Today was the day, he thought as he walked on the soft ground. Jews suffered for a big part of history, religion was a part of it. That event was called the Holocaust and it took place around World War II. A jew’s religion shows understanding and empathy for what took place during the Holocaust. For starters, most people don’t know a lot about jews and their religion. All Jewish religion is referred to as Judaism. An encyclopedia states that, “Jews believe in one god and the teachings of the Hebrew Bible” (“Judaism”). Some of their everyday language is spoken in Hebrew and some jews speak in other languages or live in different places. There are also some jews who are non-religious and who are called jews because of their ancestry. Also, they can study the Torah and the commandments. The Torah is the written law, it is also known as Pentateuch....
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