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16553 A Brief Synopsis of Part One of Art Through the Ages by Helen Gardner This paper will examine the chapters of Art Through the Ages by Helen Gardner, and seek to generalize the findings the author gives for art history. By understanding the major accomplishments of each civlization acquired here, we can see how this synopsis will show the high points of Gardner's approach to understanding ancient art. Also, examined will be the chapter by chapter analysis of what reasons these civilizations created their means of art.
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20193 Mystery of the Egyptian Pyramids It is difficult to imagine how stone weighing as much as one and a half tons gets stacked some 450 feet high without the use of modern machinery in order to build the pyramids of Egypt. Further, this leads to the question of why. Why do it? Did the ancient Egyptians embark on a feat simply to prove that it could be accomplished? This essay will investigate literature written on the topic that covers the reasons for building them and how they were built. Following this literature review, this essay will attempt to utilize all of the research to develop a more complete answer that cannot be limited to one particular theory.
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20230 The Seated Head of Gudea This paper examines a statue in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, a statue of Gudea, ruler of the ancient city-state of Lagash in Sumeria, a work from the period after the fall of the Akkadian Empire, so that during the next fifty years, local kings ruled independent city-states in southern Mesopotamia, pone of which was the city-state of Lagash.
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20496 Zhou Fang's "Court Ladies Wearing Flower Headdresses": Fashion as an Indicator of Social Status in Tang China This paper critiques a Chinese painting from the 8th century Tang dynansty. The painter is Zhou Feng, a master of the intimate portrait. His work was full of graphic representations of Imperial Court Life in general and Noble womwn in particular. The work is noteworthy in its faithful depiction of social rank in the posutues, clothes and make up of the woment
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