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Museums worldwide face the moral dilemma of what to showcase in their collections. Some governments and citizens have questioned the legitimacy of the entitlement to some ancient artifacts that were taken during circumstances like war. Countries have requested cultural repatriation of their artistic works. Cultural repatriation is the return of cultural relics that have been taken from their homeland. Items from around the world, such as Rome, Scotland, and Africa have faced this difficult…

From a young age I have wanted to work with children. I find working with children and encouraging them to improve very rewarding and enjoyable. I volunteer in a variety of activities supporting children and this has further stimulated my interest in the development of young people. I am studying Psychology Higher at Borders College and enjoying all aspects of the course. I am particularly fascinated by the development of speech and language. My work experience in a local Primary School has…

Idol Gods Of the Ancient World For this paper, I will be comparing and contrasting object pair 5. These objects are The Statue of Osiris, and The Statue of Hercules. Even though they are from Egypt and Rome respectively, I believe they hold much more in common. My hypothesis for why these two objects were paired together is based on their functions. Both Osiris and Hercules were gods admired by many people, and these representations of them in the form of a statue shows how people sincerely…

I believe that a group or an agency should consider these factors when building a monument. My main factors are it’s an artful way for someone to remember a person or a piece of history. It shows respect and honor to that person. Monuments as well give people different emotions and perceptions of people and history. It’s not easy but it could be done. Monuments gives people emotions that they wouldn't get by just reading about it or hearing it. For example the Vietnam monuments in…

This quote is said at the start and finish of the epic. Following the stories of Gilgamesh and Enkidu, the two character’s sagas move in arcs that perfectly contradiction and complement each other from one end of the book until the other, between the two versions of this quote. When this quote is mentioned at the end of the epic, Gilgamesh is speaking with Ur-shanabi, the boatman, after having spoken with Uta-napishti. The quote above is the last words spoken in the novel; ending there rather…

claims for it to be around 1420s to 1460s. Originally showcased in the Medici Plaza, Donatello’s bronze statue David showed a young boy standing in his glory. A closer inspection of the face points out certain details that to a bigger claim. The most noticeable feature when closely examining the statue is David’s smile. The smile contours of the smile are clear with he tips being emphasized in the bronze. The crinkles around each eye add to the smile, making it seem true in nature as well. The…

Queen Idia was a prominent figure in the Edo State of Nigeria who played an important role in Oba Esigie’s rise to power. Esigie had brass sculptures of her head made in order to recognize her military influence and achievements, and placed these heads in her alter after her death. In 1897, during the period in which Africa was under colonial rule by the British, British men “ransacked the Benin Empire” and forcefully took the heads away to display them as a representation of their imperial…

In considering those with a certain innocence and pureness, Willow from “Welcome to the Hellmouth” comes to the forefront. Thanks to Buffy, she escapes the fate of being turned into a vampire or killed in those first episodes. So, when the audience first sees Vamp Willow in “The Wish,” the character is based off the young Willow from the first two episodes. She is not the experienced Willow from the episode before and the transformation is startling. Carter argues that Willow is “a modern…

Artists of the Renaissance era were revered for their sacred mastery of art, which caused them to be as equally high in the social structure as those of royalty. The general public of the time viewed artists as nothing short of gifted geniuses in their respective craft. The masterminds of the period, lasting roughly from 14th - 16th century AD, climbed the social ladder through their recreation of Latin Literature and of the figurative arts.¹ Each initially had no reputation or fame to any…

turn around when she became a 16-year-old, sitting in her mother's living room doing some channel surfing Clara came across 1988 Calgary Olympics broadcast. There was a small documentary on speedskater Gaetan Boucher, the winner of two gold and a bronze at the '84 Sarajevo Games. She fell in love with the sport. One problem… at the time, she smoked a pack a day, she wasn't into really hard drugs, but Clara was doing a fair amount of soft drugs and partying a fair amount. Sometimes she would…