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Plato’s novel The Republic is written from the perspective of his instructor Socrates. The narrator’s main goal is to discover what justice is and how it can be achieved perfectly. Socrates began by asking what justice is and then describes an ideal city, a kallipolis, that would be just. He proposed many different aspects of his city that would make it righteous while also making it luxurious. Nonetheless, while many of his ideas seemed practical and smart, all ideas have their faults. Socrates…

1. The title of the first work of art is called David and was created in bronze by Italian Renaissance sculptor Donatello. Sculpted around 1446-1460, at 5ft 2 inches, it is the first life-size, freestanding nude created in over a 1000 years. David is currently at the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence, Italy. The title of the second work of art is called David and was sculpted from an 18ft marble block by the artist and poet Michelangelo. The final product measures at 17ft without the…

Early figures were modeled in bronze or carved in stone and this was evolved itself from the traditional Egyptian art. “The first life-size marble sculptures from the traditional Egyptian format: the male body was depicted fully in the nude and it did not conform to the overall shape…

Throughout the depths of the world’s artistic history, there have been many constants and many outliers. In the past few millennia, one of the former has always been the discovery of sculptural severed heads. Whether they be cast in bronze, carved from marble or stone, or formed from rare precious metals and gems, much of the culture and events can be derived from these findings, many of which were a-‘head’ of their time. The first piece to be highlighted is, uncoincidentally, also the first…

It is thought that the strength of a marriage is forged over time, which is making stronger and stronger the ties that bind them. This is reflected in the traditional way wedding anniversaries are celebrated, assigning a different material for each year. It is said that the tradition began in medieval Germany, when as part of the celebrations of the twenty-fifth anniversary the wife received a silver crown as a congratulation for the long relationship, while for the fiftieth anniversary received…

knocked out. Both committed the same crime but didn’t receive the same punishment which makes it unfair. The unjustness continues in law 215 - if a surgeon has operated with a bronze lancet on the body of a free man and saves his life, he shall receive ten shekels of silver, but in law 218 it says if a surgeon has operated with a bronze lancet on a free man and has caused his death, the surgeon’s hands shall be cut off. This is unjust because the patient could have been beyond helping and the…

War was commonplace in ancient Greek culture. Though there were many friendly alliances and long periods of peace amongst neighboring cities and countries, City-sieges, civil wars, and large-scale battles were frequent. Many resources and lives were lost, but the rewards of victory outweighed that of what was squandered, making war a practical conclusion. This paper will explore the balance of combat with everyday Greek life, focusing on the compromise of war and its effects on civilian living…

the remark that Tell Fakhariyah has been conclusively connected with the Mitannian capital of Washukanni through the analysis of clay tablets; as Podany notes, the discovery of the site would radically change the way historians reconstruct the Late Bronze Age. Podany includes a discussion of the connection of the Ahhiyawa of Hittite records with Mycenaean Greece, though the description of the political interactions between the two is unfortunately lacking in appropriate detail. [3] Podany then…

The pantheon was first built by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa under the commission of emperor Augustus in 27 B.C. The word pantheon derives from the Greek words pan which means for al or very and theos for god. It was later burned down in the great fire in the year of 80 A.D and rebuilt again by emperor Domitian. Later, it was struck by lightning and burned again in the year in 110 A.D. in which was later rebuilt in 120 A.D. by Emperor Hadrian. The word pantheon come from a Greek word meaning “honor…

to be credited to the architecture. The Pantheon as it stands today allows us to look more in depth at the fascinating world of Roman architecture. It holds a lot of extraordinary details. An interesting detail of the building is the door made of bronze that is twenty feet in height. When you look at the Pantheon from the outside it may look like its shape is rectangular. The only part of the building with corners is the first, small room at the entrance and the rest of the building is round.…