Eagle-Headed Apkallu Guardian Figure Analysis

Ancient Greek art is something to be admired; the accuracy of the figures, compared to Egyptian art is commendable. The art works show great depths of emotion and detail. The “Grave stele of a little girl” is a beautiful relief of what appears to be a small child holding two birds. The forearm resembles a young child’s arm because it seems that the “baby fat” is still present, but it is strange that the face has less-childish features. The figure is in strict profile, which possibly suggests a Greek sculptor, in addition to the intricate detail and the contrapposto. Egyptian sculptors did not have

A formal analysis, contextualizing, and compare and contrast of the Egyptian sculpture of Isis nurturing Horus and the Byzantine icon, The Virgin of Vladimir

The statue is pure white and is lying on its side clutching a shield. I hope to analysis this sculpture to gain a deeper insight on the culture that it came from and why they may have

Fig. 1 Statue of Yuny and Renenutet, ca. 1290–1270 BCE.; Fig. 2 Akhenaten and his Family,18

The Standing Male Figure stands in an enclosed glass case in the Los Angeles Art Museum. Not a very descriptive name for an artifact with very minimalistic information about it. The display only described it as the Standing Male Figure from 700-600 BCE made of limestone and found in the small island country of Cyprus. Cyprus at the time was ruled by the Assyrian Empire until its fall in 609 BCE. The piece is estimated to be during the Greek Geometric Period and the Greek Archaic Period, but can be compared to some Greek art during the Greek Archaic Period, like the Kouros. The Standing Male Figure of the 7th to 8th Century could be the Cypriot take on Archaic Greek Art.

In Fred Kleiner’s Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, he has listed some of the oldest and most ancient works of art discovered from different archeological site, which were later transferred to various museums. As we delve deeper into the chapters, we discover how art forms evolve across different time lines – from the art of the Paleolithic period to the arts of the near-East and Egypt. The works of art across the different timelines also indicate the kind of culture people have, because such culture can be seen in how they present their arts. Therefore, there is a clear development that is happening back then, because of the evolution of the arts and the presentation of the artists based on their culture. Taking everything into consideration, this project aims to discuss how arts develop throughout the different timelines – the Paleolithic period and the Ancient near-East and Egypt – and how such art forms present the cultural context of the artists.

The Assyrian Winged Protective Deity is a very imposing figure. It measures around seven and a half feet tall (Relief of a Winged Genius). This shows the figure's importance, even if the viewer did not know it protected the king from harm. Originally, it

The pair of crowned eagles uses the same nest for a long time, until two new eagles inherit it. Their nest is made of sticks and twigs and lined with fresh branches. The eagles add new branches to the nest each year, and over time the nest can grow up to 7 feet across and 9 feet deep. It typically rests in about a 100 foot-tall tree. The female crowned eagle lays one or two eggs, which are white and speckled with a red-brown color. She incubates the eggs for about the next 50 days while her mate brings her food every 3 or 4 days. Sometimes they switch roles, the male incubating and the female hunting. When the chick (or chicks) hatches, it is covered in down feathers. the sad part is If there are two chicks, the stronger kills the weaker

This art includes Mantiklos Apollo, it is one of the masterwork of that time. Mantiklos dedicated the bronze statuette to Apollo and it probably represents the god. The treatment of the body reveals the interest seventh-century BCE Greek artists had in representing human anatomy. Furthermore, there is Orientalizing amphora, it is two handed storage jar. It painted vases, animals such as bear, lions

I have chosen as the subject of my essay to contrast and compare two female statuettes from ancient cultures. The first is an ancient Egyptian statuette named The Offering Bearer which was discovered about 1920 in the tomb of Meketre in Thebes and appears to have been made around 1985 B.C.E. by an unknown. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007). The second is an unnamed figurine commonly referred to as Statuette of A Standing Woman. This statuette, whose artist is unknown, is one of several figurines collectively called the Tanagra

All figures were carved in twisted perspective, displaying a frontal torso with a right-facing profile head and body. This type of perspective allows the viewer to capture “the depiction of the arms as they complete an action.” King Ashurnasirpal II appears on right of the panel. He can be identified from his fez-type head dress, a symbol of power and prestige. He is depicted with his long hair and square beard, which are both highly stylized. He is wearing a long garment, which exposes his muscular forearms and also his sandaled feet are visible. This portray the toughness of life in Assyria, denoting back to his powerful control. Furthermore, the king stands very stiff and upright, suggesting his rigidness. He is holding a bow in his left hand and two upward-pointing arrows – symbolizing defense and protection from harm – in his right hand that is raised upward. His supreme status was conveyed through the rich decorative details that appear on his shoulder. Taking a closer look, one can see the bull and lion battle. Once again, the symbolic imagery evidently offers the viewer clues to its meaning. The bull and lion represents the Assyrians fierce nature and asserts the king’s fighting skills and brutality. The importance of the king is made evident by his activities and position within the scultpte

(P1) Grecian sculptures developed immensely from the “Severe” style in the period of transition to the Classical period, eventually into the Hellenistic period. With experimentation of drapery and body poses, the sculptures of the men and women, barbarians and gods became overwhelmingly lifelike and exaggerated with emotion and musculature. Examples explored in this essay include the Transition/ “Severe” styled Kritios Boy and the Riace Warriors, the High Classical Caryatids from Erechtheion and Doryphoros, the Fourth Century sculptures of Hermes and Dionysos and Apoxyomenos, and the Hellenistic sculpture Laocoon. (P2)

The British Museum in London holds many ancient pieces of art. There are so many galleries and exhibits inside the museum that several pieces do not get the attention they deserve. One such piece resides in the Assyrian exhibit inside the museum. It is a collection of three alabaster panels that act as registers of a narrative story. The expertly carved reliefs illustrate the great lion hunt performed by an Assyrian king in an arena. So much emotion is portrayed in the brutal imagery of the lion hunt. These great alabaster slabs once resided in an Assyrian palace in present day Nineveh. The reliefs were excavated in the 1840’s by Hormuzd Rassam, employed by Austen Henry Layard of the British Museum. Rassum found the palace by secretly digging at night because the site was originally claimed by French archeologist Victor Place. Since the excavation, the lion hunt reliefs have been displayed in the British Museum. The lion hunt reliefs features so many qualities ranging from historical to artistic. In this report the topic of why the reliefs were made, how they represented the king, the symbolism of the lion, and artistic prowess of the piece will be exposed.

The history article After 60 Years, Archaeologists Find New Dead Sea Scrolls Cave and Uraneck's art article Picasso’s Academic Study of a Cast of a Classical Sculpture(1893-94) and the Sight Size Technique are two distinct displine. However, the studies of Art and History are two discipline that intertwine with culture. With that in mind, their writing styles in an article are similar in terms of information that is displayed, appeal, and credibility. One for example, is that Pruitt and Uraneck start of by defining their topic background like the Dead Sea scrolls or Picasso's art ability.

The relief was carved into the northern stairs of the Apadana at Persepolis, the capital of the ancient Achaemenid empire, founded by king Darius. The relief was sponsored by king Darius to show his absolute power. This artifact is significant because it shows the bureaucracy of Achaemenid empire, suggests the king’s absolute power and records the tradition of proskynesis.