Figurine Essays

The use of names has gone back as far as we can remember in human history. People have given their kids names and have also named everything else that exists around them. From simply giving different shades of colors names to the naming of ships and bridges. This use of “names” is simply overlooked as it is simply the way things are for most people. In “If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things” by Jon McGregor, the idea of names actually takes a big role in this novel. The use of names in this novel

Introduction Maya art was expressed in a multitude of artistic facets, such as monumental architecture, modeling stucco, ceramics, paintings on walls or ceramics, carving on wood or engraving on bones, and modeled figurines. All of these artistic manifestations show the creativity and genius of ancient Maya art in representing individuals, animals, deities, rulers, dwarves, including scenes from everyday life. In most cases, the artistic representations of the ancient Maya portrayed aspects of nature

VENUS FIGURINE Venus was not only important as a goddess she was also important being portrayed as a figurine in the Greco-Roman world. According to Dixon, Venus figurine was a term for statuettes of humans sharing common attributes such as being depicted skinny or pregnant, mostly found from multiple sites across Western Europe from southern France to Siberia. This figurine was carved from soft stone, limestone or calcite or it was formed of clay as any figurine in Rome. The use of Venus figurines

The Tlatilco female figurine (1200-900 B.C.E.) is a ceramic sculpture created in Central Mexico at the site of Tlatilco. The 9.5 cm tall sculpture depicts a woman with two faces exhibiting an intricate hairstyle, a slim waist, and large thighs. The sculptor of the Tlatilco female figurine is unknown, but one can conclude that the artist was from the people of the Tlatilco culture. The people of the Tlatilco culture lived in the Valley of Mexico, where they created many small clay figures, but sculpted

The Cycladic Female Figurine, located at the Walter’s Museum of Art in Baltimore, is a small sculpture originating from the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea sometime between 2500 - 2400 B.C. The sculpture depicts the nude female figure covering her stomach with her arms, with little to no facial features. The nose and breasts are protruding out of the figure while the rest of the figure remains flat. The neck of the figure is long and slender, which connects to a half circle with a nose that extends

Tanagra figurines are small terracotta women figurines found in the cemetery of Tanagra in Boeotia in the late nineteenth century. These figurines were made in the late classical to the early Hellenistic period (late 400-100 BCE).during this period, figurines had already reached a certain popularity in different cultures and in Greece these Tanagra style figurines evolved from previously present figurine styles. They were usually small in size, reaching up to 30 cm. they were made of a kind

Project 1: African Figurine (photo lykostabletop003_JA) African figurines are interesting photographic elements, but almost all figurines give excellent photographic subjects. The background can be a sheet of paper or cardboard. I use a tabletop studio from Modahaus, with different polymer backdrops that are easy to clean and last for ages. The first image of the figurine was shot with the Lykos Bicolor light positioned to backlit the figurine. To find the adequate exposure for the shot I used

The carver of “The Venus Figurine of Hohle Fels” was depicting a woman in 40,000-35,000 BCE. The debate is over was this a cult object or just the earliest depiction of art. The carver clearly emphasizes the breast, the vagina, the hips and the thigh region. I would like to say this sculpture is emphasizing being a woman, and talking about the sexuality of a woman. Also possibly holding women accountable for reproduction. In

dynastic representation of rulers was absent (Filini). Ritual ideology of Teotihuacan is reflected in its material culture such as pyramids, frescoes, vessels, and figurines. In this paper, I argue the dancing figure (Figure 1) was likely a ritual object, which was used in a religious ceremony or for personal worship. I argue the figurine may also be part of a larger work, such as ceremony or ritual that is performed in group. I will provide visual evidence drawn from the formal elements of the figure

past. Laura’s escape from her prison is apparent by her collection of fragile, make-believe glass figurines. The central symbolism of the glass figurines, is Laura’s dangerously delicate, incredibly fanciful fragility of her imagination. Symbolic of escape is the glass collection, as well as, her father’s records and the apartment’s fire escape. Laura is able to lose herself in her glass figurine collection, escaping the realities of her own life and circumstances. Throughout this play the basic

Suicide is a subject that is incredibly hard to talk about. When people hear the word suicide they cower away from the conversation or don 't talk about it at all. This is the stigma surrounding suicide. People think that if suicide is talked about openly that the rates of suicide will increase. The rates are already up. “We are disheartened because every suicide is a tragedy, and the suicide rate in the US has been steadily increasing for years. The more the public understands about suicide prevention

affected, but took part in the genocide. Both documentaries ultimately display documentary filmmaking, styles and issues that occur while making a film. The Missing Picture is Rithy Panh’s latest work in which he uses voiceover narration and clay figurines as a substitution for the non-existing media footage to depict the personal experiences him and his family faced during the Cambodian genocide. He also uses other typical documentary devices such as archival

clay. Human figurines were in abundance in the Neolithic era suggesting that people began to pay more attention to humans and their value. As stated in the Art History book, “ the huge numbers of Neolithic figurines that would have been in circulations at any one place and time, have convinced experts that critical significance of these objects is that they mark the emergence of the human body as the core location of human identity.” The Neolithic era definitely emerged human figurines in greater

drawn to them do to the toy that was attached in the inside of the cup to the bottom of it. We began to look in each cup at the different figurines and stumbled upon a cup with a figurine that had fallen off. I lifted the figurine out of the cup ad my sister and I took it. Instead of stopping there, I came up with a plan to start breaking off more figurines. I successfully broke off two more, and my sister and I slipped them into our jacket pockets. My mom met us in the aisle and we walked out

In life, everyone has gotten the suspenseful feeling of being insecure or scared of something. In the novel, And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, the characters are invited to Soldier Island for various reasons by the same person identified as Mr. Owen or U.N. OWEN. Upon their arrival to Soldier Island, they are greeted by Mr. and Mrs. Rogers who have announced to them that their host, “Mr Owen” is delayed and won’t arrive until tomorrow. By the end of the night, one of the guests is dead

left. Her hands forever trapped as fists in an almost mocking symbol of prayer. Next to her, is a figuring whose head, unlike the other five figurines, lulls onto his shoulder. This creates intrigue as his face becomes obscured by the helmet covering it. The does not appear to be alarming at first

The Ceramic Figurine from Mexico is a full figure with a long torso, short legs, and large thighs while African female figurines has a large number of physical presence. People in Africa believed that Women had an apotropaic function, which means that they have the power to avert evil influences or bad luck. This could be a reason why the human figures looks like that. The Nigerian figurine called the Edan Ogboni from Yoruba was worn as a sign of high office or high power. This figurine has two bodies

Art has been used for decades to express viewpoints, religious beliefs, and ways of living. Some common theories relate around happiness, goddesses, afterlife, and religious viewpoints. Two pieces of art that will be compared and contrasted will be The Venus of Willendorf and Isis Nursing Horus. Many notable similarities and differences can be viewed with The Venus of Willendorf and Isis Nursing Horus. Although noted to be created in different time periods art has an interesting way of having intermingling

going to receive Holy Communion. Papa-Nnukwu’s shrine says Kambili that it looks the grotto at Saint Agnes church and mama’s figurines, which the missal breaks into pieces as it lands on the étagère. Ballet Figurines represents an important symbol in this novel Purple Hibiscus. Ballet Figurines are in small in size and places on an étagère at Jaja’s dining room. Figurines never move and never talk and easily breakable and symbolizes that Kambili, Jaja, and mother Beatrice’s silence. They resemble

gave all of the following information. The ceramic female figurines mentioned before were from Cucuteni in Romania in the fifth millennium B.C. Otzi, a tattooed man that was discovered frozen in the Italian Alps, was from the Copper Age Europe in 3500-3100 B.C. From Egypt, there was faience figurines which were from 2033-1710 B.C. along with a faience bowl from 1400-1300 B.C. In Japan, there was a culture called Jomon where a dogu figurine was found and dated back to 2000-1000 B.C. From the culture