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Giants’ Churches in Finland By Anthony Bangert AST 105 Professor Stephen Schimmrich Giants’ Churches in Finland Introduction: Somewhere in the Ostrobothnia region, located in Western Finland, are Neolithic stone structures known as “Giants’ Churches.” These structures can be dated as far back as 2500 B.C. to a time known as the Neolithic period, or the “technological…

some are so crazy that you wonder how that artist came up with that idea? I like to think that not all painters paint for the same reason, some paint for the money, some for the challenge, some to express their emotion. I 'd like to take a look at a Bronze Sculpture called the Cowboy by Buck McCain. I was able to go and see this sculpture in person a couple of years ago in Jackson Hole Wyoming and it was one of my favorites. The Cowboy is fairly simple, a man in a cowboy hat holding a saddle in…

This was the period in time were China started to become a more civilized and technologically advanced culture and people as a whole. This period in Chinese history came to be known as the Bronze Age of China due to the archaeological find that the people of the Shang and Zhou Dynasty began to learn how to work bronze and create art and fashion tools and other useful items from it such as weapons and tea kettles or sculptures. The Shang Dynasty is considered to be the time when China and it’s…

The Stela of Iykhernofret is an artefact that dates back to the Middle Kingdom. It contains an autobiography of an official named Iykhernofret, who lived during the reigns of Senwosret III and Amenemhet III in the end of the Twelfth Dynasty. The stela was found in Abydos, a city located on the western bank of the Nile in Upper Egypt’s eighth nome, relatively close to the Qena Bend. It is home to a necropolis – a vast burial site – in which the pharaohs from the Early Dynastic Period were buried.…

Shear Bronze Salon, a little salon in Waterboro Maine that has tanning, nails, and massages. My stakeholders would be people I trust. People who are doing good in life and have a good business background. My step dad is a big business man and I would definitely have him involved with my business. Another stakeholder would be a Suntan city. My community and people who have interest in having a salon so close to where they live. My best friend also, who would as well be my business partner. I…

God for them. Moses did as they requested of him. The Lord answered by instructing Moses to craft a bronze snake, place it on a pole, and for the people to look upon it for healing from the bite lesions. This represented an act of grace towards the people from God. However, it required them to have faith enough in God to look upon it for healing. In II Kings 18:4, is the next time the bronze serpent is mentioned. Judah’s King Hezekiah destroys the…

liquid state) of one material with other material is used. This mixing of materials in the molten liquid state is termed alloying ,that provides a property that is not similar to the original materials. Bronze is alloy of tin and copper, was the first alloy that is casted by human [11]. Bronze influence the society very much at that time, it was a new milestone in production of material with superior property. Since then, people of material science have been…

This semester we started off by reviewing the earliest development of human civilization, the culture of the Ancient Greeks during the Bronze and Archaic Ages, the development of the Athenian democracy, the history of the Roman Republic, the role of Christianity, the fall of the Roman Empire and lastly the shift to the Middle Ages in Western Europe. While reading each of the course readings and primary sources related to the topics listed above we notice how they all can related to the common…

Unknown Object Analysis: A Bronze Spiritual Vessel. Crafted from bronze and measuring approximately 30 by 20 by 18 inches, the object's larger form is a rectangular prism, tapering inward towards its base. Atop this is a triangular prism with an identical triangular prism knob at its peak. Comparing it to a day-to-day item, its overall shape is like that of an upright coffin, with broader dimensions at the "shoulder" region and narrowing towards both ends. Notably, intricate details decorate the…

In the world of Ancient Greek Art and Architecture, and more specifically the Bronze Age Aegean, tombs were an important staple. A tomb could let others know your status in the world, and in terms of art history they can reveal a plethora of information on any given society. Some tombs that stand out from the Bronze Age Aegean time period are the following: The Grave Circles at Mycenae, The Treasury of Atreus, and the Lefkandi Heroon. Thanks to the discovery of these ancient tombs we were able…