Iconography

Bears and Coins:The Iconography of Protection in Late Roman Infant Burials, written by Nina Crummy analyzes the sites of a small group of infant burials found within Britain. These date to early c.e., during the Roman rule of the region. While the actual archaeological evidence found within these graves is interesting enough, it is in Crummy’s analysis of the items that is of greater significance. Using these uncovered items, Crummy creates two groups to examine, and her theories regarding how…

importance. The facial features are lifelike and serious, seemingly not emanating any sort of emotion. The work is not propaganda, to my knowledge, and if it were, the intended meaning would most certainly ambiguous. Though the lack of imperial iconography is somewhat of an oddity in prevalent Ancient Roman art, the work embodies all other aspects of their style and naturalistic…

The Mesoamerican region is the cradle of civilization of the Americas, it has given rise to some of the most successful empires in history, starting from 1200 BC until the Spanish conquest of the area in 1525 AD. Two of the very prominent reigning civilizations within the region during the Classic Period (200 - 800 AD) include the Mayan and Teotihuacan civilizations which was home to hundreds of thousands of inhabitants. Although they have many similarities between them since they existed at the…

Homers’ epic, the Iliad, is the earliest written account of Greek warfare composed circa 750 BC. In his epic, Homer describes a style of warfare that, at first glance, appears to be alien to hoplite warfare that was present in the 5th-century BC. However, there is literary evidence in the Iliad that might contest that. Additionally, recent archaeological discoveries reinforce the idea that hoplite warfare may not be as clear cut as convention suggests. While Homeric and hoplite warfare may not…

As Jiban continues on his journey to rescue Mahendra’s daughter who had lived surviving the poison, fulfilling Mahatma’s order, he ignores the women, thinking her to be dead, lying in the rich, beautiful forest that surrounds him and takes the child to his house in the village, where his young sister Nimi is still overcoming the loss of her infant child. Domestic motherhood, even under the distressed circumstances of deadly famine- destroying all economy and familial ties, is never threatened…

Gwen Harwood’s seemingly paradoxical examination of personal experiences and universal concepts possesses sufficient textual integrity that it has come to impact with a broad audience and been the subject of a number of critical perspectives. Harwood’s “Father and Child” and “The Violets” enhances my understanding of the inevitability of maturation as a result of a loss of innocence and the acceptance of mortality. Harwood’s representation of these profound ideas through the combination of…

Throughout the course of time, the Old Testament story of David has found its way into the many hands of sculptors across the world. In their way, these artists depicted the body of David, shaping and sculpting him into a symbolic figure of their time. The bible 's story of David and Goliath was a notable symbol of the light overcoming the darkness that influenced numerous years of commissioned art in the city of Florence Italy. The real question is why were there so many sculpture…

William Safire, in the column, “Emoticons”, questions why iconography is now replacing the communication of descriptive words in instant messaging as well as in real life. Safire supports his question by explaining how “desktop” has come to mean a computer’s opening screen displaying icons used to file (folder), and…

Shiva Nataraja. (fig. 2) (Good but why does your image show a Shiva Nataraja from the Metropolitan Museum of Art rather than the one in St. Petersburg?) ca. tenth century, Gilt Bronze. I propose that both artworks portray a long time of well-known iconography which are depicted in the hands and feet. Shiva and Parvati…

The actual chess pieces were found, and there was quite a number of each figure and some were varied slightly, indicating different sets. The material that was used to create them was walrus ivory and whale tooth. These were rare materials and there was a need of a lot skilled craftsmen in metal tools to create them, they were expensive to produce, therefore. The patron of this set must be wealthy and to have power, since the medieval period and those who had enough money for such pieces…