It’s main function was to assert Augustus’s position as a god to people in smaller, less populated areas of Egypt so small temple like this were commissioned in multiple villages. In fact, almost identical temples can be found in museums across the world. Although the temple was not incredibly prominent when it was built and didn’t receive as many visitors as other temples at the time it is still a great example of Egyptian architecture and roman eclecticism. The temple is divided into two parts: a gate that is twenty six feet tall, and a main temple that is twenty two feet wide and forty four feet long. The temple itself is architecturally simple, the inside area consists of a small, open antechamber and a more private inner sanctum where offerings would take place.
The exhibition manly deals with the 18th, 19th, 20th dynasties of ancient Egypt; or simply called the New Kingdom. The exhibit deals with the mummification of King Tutankhamun and his incredible tomb. This embodies ancient Egyptian culture’s idea of immortality. The story of Isis and Osiris led Egyptians to the practice of mummification. The idea of mummification is that in order for one to come back to life after death, their body has to be preserved.
Akhenaten: King of Egypt was written by Cyril Aldred and published in 1988 and gives insight on Akhenaten’s seventeen year reign over Egypt. The book describes how Akhenaten was discovered in the private tombs of Amarna to the lasting impression he’s made in Egyptology. He is famous for breaking tradition and worshipping one god, Aten. Aldred talks about the Eighteenth Dynasty and the reigns of Tuthmosis IV and Amenophis III. He also talks about Akhenaten’s mother, Tiye, and gives more insight on the chief wife Nefertiti.
What is art? According to an exemplified definition, art is the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as a painting or a sculpture. Such art is commonly found in museums, where it is well kept and observed. Now, I would like to bring forth a possible decision, the decision about the permanent removal of a statue outside of the Philadelphia Art Museum. The Rocky statue isn’t a work of art, or “an expression or application of human creative skill”, but merely a movie prop.
It is commonly known as Venus since she is the Roman equivalent to the goddess (Venus de Milo). According to restoration experts, the sculpture was carved from two blocks of marble and is made up of several parts which were sculpted separately before being fixed with vertical pegs. Tragically, the statue's arms and original base have been lost since the work's arrival in Paris, in 1820. These experts also claim that this loss was partly due to errors of identification, since when the statue was originally reassembled, the accompanying fragments of the left hand and arm were not believed to belong to it due to their altogether 'rougher' appearance. Today, however, experts are confident that these additional pieces were part of the original statue, despite the variation in finish, since it was common practice at the time to devote less effort to less visible parts of a sculpture (Venus de Milo).
The mural explains about history in the Santa Barbara area. The mural is a brief overview of what has happened on this soil during the past 13,000 years, and the artistic style was the 1960’s style. There are 6 panel an you could only chose 3. So I chose to write about the Chumash, Spanish, an Modern Age. I am going to tell you facts an explain what I see in each panel.
However, when I was led on a tour throughout the museum and its exhibits I realized I didn’t have as much knowledge as I thought at all. I perceived, learned and understood the exhibits far more than expected. It was my tour guide who had the real knowledge. I was opened up to facts, art and the creator’s meaning that I never would have noticed or understood. Going back to Walker Percy and his Grand Canyon essay, the sightseer looks at the picture postcard and back at the canyon, itself, and Percy writes, “He feels he has not been cheated.
I went to The Metropolitan Museum of Art and wanted get deeper impression about ancient Greek art- Hellenistic art. On the page 131 of our textbook, there are two pictures, one is the marble statue of Aphrodite of Melos, and one is the marble statue of market woman. The Aphrodite of Melos is one of the most famous pieces in the world. In the Metropolitan museum, I saw another beautiful statue of Aphrodite; it is a copy of a Greek statue of the 3rd or 2nd century B.C. At first, I got a little confused about her gesture and facial expressions.
This sculpture does not look made by hard material like stone, it feels soft. I felt soft when I see first. We can see that this work of art made by wood from seeing some damaged parts. The people who create this sculpture created gigantic, not life-sized, and masterfully. When I entered to the Chinese art room, sculpture of the Seated Guanyin Bodhisattva gazing calmly and appearing contemplative across the room.
Falah M. Hassan Prof. Nicole Zaza English 1301 Sept 20, 2013 MY FIRST MOVE TO THE UNITED STATES My name is Falah Hassan. I was born in 1976, in Baghdad. I would like to talk about my interesting experience during my first move to the United States. My tale begins when I worked as Interpreter and Translator for the U.S. Army in 2004. In 2004, after the United States war with Iraq, there was an opportunity to work with American companies, as a civilian, to help the U.S. Military with public relations in Iraq.