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Caleb Richey 11-23-15 Ancient Art 101 Professor Sandra Johnson Jade Cong: Bowers Museum The Jade Cong is a detailed piece of art that is composed of two different colors—a grey and a green sort of color (jade). The green section of this piece is circular with a square area on the sides of the “Cong”. In addition, this circular section of the piece represents the heavens while the square part represents the planet Earth. This is a solid piece of art that is about an inch thick and fully designed…

The Americas – Period 2 consist of North America and Latin America 600-600 CE. Many changes happened whether they were political, economic, or social. Changes over time for North America included trade expansion, tribal government, and agriculture. For South America changes were in the pyramids, Mayan astronomy, and village organization. North America's change in trade expansion and continuity in village life, nomadism, polytheism, and shamanism. Latin America's change in Pyramids, ceremonial…

The late Shang dynasty left many oracle bones from the process of divination. These bones show the needs and concerns of the ruler and can therefore be used to gain insights to the history, worldview, and social structure of the Shang dynasty. However, in using the oracle bone inscriptions as a method to study the late Shang dynasty, some limitations exist. The documents portray the history and worldview of the Shang dynasty by showing their religious beliefs. Many of the divination charges…

rank of god of medicine among the Greeks and the Egyptian. His exploit include feats in the domain of architecture and medicine. In architecture Imhotep is credited for the design of Djoser’s Step Pyramid at Saqqara, but more importantly he is credited for the foundation of medical science. A true man of science, Imhotep was credited by Manetho for the invention of the arts of building with stone.…

In every culture or group of people they have a type of government, religion, culture, society, and how they originated. Around the Nile River (Ancient Egypt) the type of Government they had was more of a monarchy. Being, that Pharaohs were like kings. They were at the very top of the hierarchy. They were in total control with the aid of advisors, priests, officials, and administrators who spoke for the state and welfare of the common people. Under the pharaohs were Viziers (head executives).…

Pyramids The pyramids are fascinating features of the ancient world they were built for Pharaohs tombs and the pharaohs died they would fill their tomb with everything that they thought they would need in the afterlife including gold, boats, gems, etc. There are many different pyramids in Egypt because there were many different rulers in the history of Egypt. The most famous pyramids are the pyramids of Giza. The pyramids of Giza are very popular (and are the only one of the seven…

It appears that the Pyramid Texts are indeed reflective of ancient Egyptian society at the time of the OK. Distribution and usage of funerary texts indicate how strongly the upper and lower classes were divided. (At this point in history, the middle class did not exist yet). The political and religious dominance of the pharaoh was firmly established and never questioned. The PT also reflected religious beliefs but altered to better the perception of kingship (Simpson 2003:247). To further…

Egypt, jewelry and crowns were a big part of the Egyptians culture, and were very important to all Egyptians. Many figures were found on jewelry and crowns, the most common ones being animals, plants, gods, and goddesses. There were three main styles of crowns, the Red Crown, the White Crown, and the Double Crown. Crowns were worn in order to display one’s power, status, and authority. Different people wore these crowns, like pharaohs and Ancient Egyptian gods. Unlike crowns, jewelry was worn…

The Statue of Memi and Sabu and the Statue of Gudea Professor Bealby AHIST1401 November 22, 2017 In the past, sculpture was a way of recording history, stones were material available for people to carve and express themselves in the form of art. This is evident from the two statues I will be discussing in this essay. The statue of Memi and Sabu which dated back to the ca. 2575–2465 B.C was found “From Egypt; Probably from Memphite Region, Giza, Western Cemetery”. (Metmesuem, 2017). The…

of the canon remained unchanged. Have you ever noticed that ancient Egyptian sculptures often look very similar even when made centuries apart? What was the 'Canon' of Egyptian sculpture? Why did they feel the need to come up with these norms and standards? Why did this 'Canon' last so long? The 'Canon' or rules of Egyptian sculpture and art is the basis of nearly all ancient Egyptian art. The rule (canon) in ancient Egyptian art was always that things should be represented from their most…