Carving

The Statue of Liberty It has been told Statue of Liberty honors the American Declaration of Independence and was a gift from France. The statue was originally made for Suez Canal in Egypt. But that idea fell through, so French sculptor Frederic Bartholdi pitched his idea to America to build a lighthouse in the shape of a women. Bartholdi formed his own funding strategies without help from the French and American government. The monstrous statue is a women wearing a loose dress like an Egyptian…

a single, four-ton slab of diorite, a durable but incredibly difficult stone for carving(History.com 1). At its top is a two-and-a-half-foot relief carving of a standing Hammurabi receiving the law from the seated Shamash, the Babylonian god of justice. The rest of the seven-foot-five-inch monument is covered with columns of chiseled cuneiform script(History.com 1). At its top is a two-and-a-half-foot relief carving of a standing Hammurabi receiving the law from the seated Shamash, the…

While walking through the Ball State art exhibit, the African section sparked my interest. Just inside of the African exhibit, there was a look book with all of the pieces on display. As I flipped through this book, filled pages covered with beautiful pieces of art large and small representing an entire culture and its progression, one piece stood out from the others. The most prominent piece in this particular section featured in the book was the Standing Female Deity Figure. Because of my…

The Obelisk’s iconography takes on a geographic scope in its artistic elements as the interaction sphere of Chavin’s civilization sphere entailed the desert coast, humid tropical forests and highlnds, which were three key ecological zones of Peru. The monumental architecture reflected the unique interregional syntesis of Chavin as it is located on a crucial route from the Pacific Coast, through the high pass to the Amazon basin. The obelisk, additionally, was structured in a manner that it…

detail in these later reviewed art pieces is graphic sexual practices that further strengthen the link between witches and sexual depravity. All of the reviewed works included the mirror as an essential component of a witch’s arsenal, all of them being depicted as concave-shaped mirrors. The shape of mirror significant as convex-shaped mirrors are associated with rituals that summon and entrap demons (Zika, 2013, p. 16). These views are shared in other studies such as those conducted by Barr…

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fruit for years. Memories could never be made again since Hassan is gone forever. There are no more chances on going back because all of the opportunities are wasted. “I remember all the times we`d climb it, strandled its branches, leg swinging…the carving...” (264). This shows how the pomegranate tree was the place where all the unforgettable memories were made, where their friendship flourished and bear memories like how the tree grew and bear pomegranates. This also reveals how even though…

In elementary school, I participated in my school's Best Buddies program, where students spent one day a week hanging out with students with special needs. My time at Best Buddies quickly became my favorite part of each week. Throughout middle school, I continued my involvement in special education by spending time at Ready, Set, Ride!, a horse ranch with adaptive equipment designed to enable children with special needs to mount and ride horses. This program inspired my desire to be involved in…

Mission Santa Barbara art mainly consisted of its gardens, architecture, and statues. The works of art and statues in the church and museum display angels, saints and Bible stories. The small statues of St. Dominic and St. Francis are particularly fine figures whose faces display a feeling of emotional intensity which is usual of baroque art. The church is similar to those built in Mexico in the mid 1800's. It is principally neoclassical in style, consisting of the enriching devices and features…

Analysis of terminal long count dates from stone monuments in the Maya Lowlands has played a Significant role in characterizing the collapse of polities during the Terminal Classic period. The main focus in this article is based on addressing the idea that a directional abandonment of large political centers occured during the Maya collapse. In the article the authors focus on looking at the spatial and temporal pattern of abandonment of writing on carved monuments as a way of understanding the…