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There is no suggestion that the ram was worshiped or praised. It is actually common to trade and give as an offering to temples. This advocates that they took something ordinary from their everyday life and created something beautiful and revered with some cultural importance just because they could. This is art for art's sake. They were able to create pieces that showed they were relaxed and comfortable and stable as a person.
This ram is decorated with valued implants that show its significance of successful nation. The precious gem stone Lapis Lazuli and gold cover this animal and it is clear that this sculpture was purely ascetics. When looking up close a rich and simmering silver belly catches the eye. It is smeared like paint over the …show more content…

This treasured gemstone highlights the outstanding features that can uniquely identify this sculpture as Iranian art. The unibrow is a single curved arch above the animal’s forehead and is a common telling of Iranian art. It is actually one of the two human features the ram is given. Another, perhaps even easier to recognize for being out of place is the added beard. This is an iconic symbol of Iraq style often protruded on animals. This blue beard similar to the Bull-headed lyre is placed distinctively behind the mouth, allowing it in full extent and view. The ram’s eyes are wide and big just as people were seen in the statures arguably the last and most subtitle human features given to this animal. Lapis Lazuli surrounds this gapping spaced out eyes as an Egyptian style …show more content…

This is not only a concert floor that would not be found under the grounds in the natural elements. These colors contrast to the royal and important colors of lapis Lazuli, gold, and silver. The floor support is a reddish earth tone brown and a cream white checkered floor. This box like piece acts as a floor and may be there for the animals stability, but it puts the ram simultaneously in his natural environment and the art world by having a clearly man made structure under him. The spots where the hoof stand is black while the rest of the floor is decorated. Why the bottom was halfheartedly painted white on all four sides? The dark brown is visible and it looks unfinished the way the white is smeared on. The lines are evenly in the middle of the piece, but is seems another coat could have been added to finish the

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Lapis Lazuli’s Pathos Rhetorical Analysis The short story “Lapis Lazuli”, was written by Tania Fordwalker. She created this short story in June 2023, about a month ago. Tania Fordwalker, the writer, is a well known writer from Disney. In the small story she creates a lot of emotions, pathos, as a result of the situations the protagonist has been through, and what they are currently experiencing.

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The Gayer-Anderson artifact is a very detailed ancient Egyptian sculpture of the goddess Bastet. This artifact has a height of 42cm and a width of 13cm and is made mostly out of bronze. The sculpture is a great example of a ancient Egyptian sculptures and is a clear representation of how important the goddess Bastet was to the people of that time. Many ancient Egyptians used sculptures like this to worship their gods in the best way they possibly could.

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The Venus of Willendorf Sculpture was made in 24,000- 22,000, Before the Common Era (BCE), the Paleolithic Period or Old Stone Age, which was the longest phase of human history. The Paleothic Period was made up of nomadic hunters and gathers that were sheltered in caves, used fire, and stones for tools. A fun fact about this discovery is that it is the earliest pieces of prehistoric sculpture that has ever been found. It was made by hand, made of limestone, has a height of 11cm and was found in Willendorf, Austria. When looking at this piece, you would probably see the female reproductive anatomy that has been a bit exaggerated.

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Through this work, he was trying to express to his people with Naram-Sin at the helm of the monarchy that there was no possible way that they could ever be defeated or taken over. This piece was used to convey the trust and hope that the people should’ve had in their ruler, this sculpture expressed the great supremacy of Naram-Sin and the discipline of the Akkadians beneath him. He was resilient enough to conquer these barbaric and chaotic people and this showed his fierceness to the Akkadians. With this defeat, it is believed that he subjected them to life as slaves and placed them beneath society just as they were displayed placed beneath him in the relief

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