Terracotta

A hydria was a pot used for carrying water, with a handle on each side and one handle on the back. This hydria is 19 inches tall with the flat shoulder typical of the 6th century BCE. The pot was sculpted from terracotta and then black figure painted. Black figure painting is a type of pottery painting that uses black as the primary color, and red and white to accent certain aspects of the scene. Gloss was applied to the desired areas before firing the pottery, and a lack of oxygen causes…

save his people from invasion. David wore no armor, all he had was his sling and his courage. Michelangelo made this piece of art because he was asked. He used a water method to block out the marble; then he free carved the marble using a small terracotta mode, his hands and the studies that he made. This piece of artwork tells us that he took a lot of time and effort to make this and that art work was his job. As I had the time to focus and study on Michelangelo, I found out so many…

to the concrete, the naked feel of any surface whether it is the walls, beams, columns is something very primal. The material used in The Mango house are mostly locally sources, the bricks from the local mills, recycled wood from old Bungalows, terracotta Mangalore tiles from the Konkan Belt and Shahabad stone for the floor. Concrete happened to be one of the materials, which were used for the basic construction, as the structural main frame, the entire concrete experience became the skeleton…

An Analysis of the Ancient Greek Polis The illustrious philosopher, Aristotle, provides a vantage point to the practicality of a polis in antiquity by defining it as a “... partnership finally composed of several villages…” that has “...attained virtually complete self-sufficiency and thus while it comes into existence for the sake of life, it exists for the good of life” (Camp). In a versatile attempt to foster a sense of community among citizens, the conception of the polis set into motion…

A Study of the Sarcophagus of the Spouses While the origins of the Etruscan people are unknown, they appear to historians to have been an indigenous people, possibly coming from Asia Minor. It is impossible to know the exact origins however, as no literature survived. The only written records that remain today are mainly funerary inscriptions. It is the purpose of this paper then, to examine a fundamental piece of funerary art to expand upon the history and culture of a people that inevitably…

Rome was a much more culturally tolerant empire than the Qin Dynasty, which was very culturally strict. In an edict of Augustus, written in 1 BCE, on the rights of the jewish people, he stated, “by the will of the people of the Romans, that the Jews shall use their own customs in accordance with their ancestral law, just as they used to use them in the time of Hyrcanus, the high priest of their highest god; and that their sacred offerings shall be inviolable and shall be sent to Jerusalem and…

well as analyze is, Head of a Male Deity (Deva), which it originates from Thailand, specifically in the Lamphun Province. This piece in particular was created during the Haripunjaya period, which makes it approximately from the 11th/12th century Terracotta. Although the description just beside the piece did not mention the composition, it is clear that the piece is made out of some form of clay-like structure. I am assuming this not only because I stared at the piece for quite some time but…

Hinduism is a very complicated, yet historical, making it a very interesting religion to learn about. Hinduism has five basic beliefs. The first is that truth is eternal. Hindus pursue knowledge and truth. According to the Vedas, an ancient Hindu text, truth is one, but it expresses it in a variety of ways. Another basic belief is that the Brahman is truth. Hindus believe in Brahman as the one true God, who has no limit, no form, and is eternal. The Vedas are the ultimate authority, another…

In the beginning of the Archaic Period (800-480 BCE), Greek sculptors took early inspiration from Egyptian and Near Eastern monumental art, but over time they developed their own independent artistic identity. Through many Greek sculptors we are able to examine the abandonment of the rigid and unnatural Egyptian pose, into the more realistic sculpture that portrays how a human body truly stands. Greek sculptors were particularly concerned with proportion, poise, and idealised perfection of the…

that Qin did. The Reason he made this wall was to stop raiding nomads from coming into the dynasty. He ordered many men to link the gap between the two other bits of the wall already made by other states. One of the other things he did was make the Terracotta Warriors and Horses. These were found inside the tomb of Qin shihangdi by his coffin. These statues represented Qin shihangdi’s army and served two purposes, as funeral decoration and to protect Qin Shihangdi in his afterlife. Both of these…