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    Moreau Wag Bustt

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    either side of the central part. The longer lengths of hair spiral down past his shoulders. The bust can be viewed from all angles however, even though the wig curls down part of his back there is a lip of stone that reveals the rough underside of the marble from the six o’clock view. The way the wig is organized, blowing back from his face and neck as well as curling

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    precision, intricacy and proportion, especially in the human anatomy field. They gained their first inspiration from commemorative art of Ancient Egypt, some Middle Eastern Countries, and Persia. They tended to use bronze and clay in the early ages, but after the 6th century BCE, marble was used as their main material for sculptures, as it has high workability and ability to be refined and altered. Archaic Period During this period, major alterations took place in ancient Greek. The culture itself was

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    There could be a hypothetical leak into lake michigan. All of the great lakes are connected so the leak from lake erie is able to travel to any other body of water i tis connected to. In order for the leak to travel to lake michigan the chemicals would have to travel through Lake Huron first. This is a large lake and it would take a while to get to Lake Michigan through lake Huron. Even though there is a great distance between Lake Michigan and Lake Erie, the Phosphorus could definitely travel through

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    The subtractive method of sculpting involves the subtraction of pieces of the medium to display the artwork whereas in the additive method an artist is free to choose what pieces they would like to add to the work. Both methods are used all over the world, but some artists prefer one over the other. “Every block of stone has a statue inside of it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.” Michelangelo made it clear through this statement that he prefers the subtractive method, rather than

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    The Production of Sludge

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    product that gain attention from researcher to be incorporated with different type of sludge material such as waste water sludge, water treatment sludge, marble sludge, effluent treatment plants (textile industry) sludge and arsenic contaminated sludge. 2.1 Textile sludge Jahagirdar et al (2013) discussed the reuse of textile mill sludge in burnt clay bricks. Textile mill sludge was mixed together with different proportion (5% to 35%) as the raw material in this study. The brick was fired at 600 to

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    known as “For Keeps” was a popular game played with marbles when my grandfather was a youngster. The objective was to use a giant “shooter” marble to knock the smaller marbles, or “ducks” from a large ring drawn on the ground. A player would “knuckle down” by placing his or her knuckles on the ground and propel the shooter into the ring with the purpose of knocking ducks from the ring. The prized shooter was many times the size of standard marbles; and a great loss was suffered when it failed to make

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    Looking back on sculpture in Ancient Greece, the first examples of a naturalistic form are seen. Stone and heart were melded to display humans and animals as they exist in nature. Earlier artists, influenced by the Ancient Egyptians, saw sculpture as a way to admire human perfection in figures known as Kouros. In 492 BC, Persia invaded Athens and in their wake, most of the existing Kouros were destroyed. During the time period spanning from Archaic Greece to Classical Greece, artists developed the

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    out the shafts and setting them on a base), the Ionic order is used on the second level. The Corinthian on the third, and flat Corinthian pilasters adorn the fourth. The foundation is a ring of concrete 13.5m high and 54m wide, set 9m deep into the clay bed of the former lake. The super structure is composed of a network of radial and annular barrel-vaulted passages on three levels, linked by staircases, with seating supported raking barrel vaults. The floor of the arena itself, 79 by 47m, along

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    sculptures of the first temples on the Acropolis. Displayed here also are votive offerings from worshippers. Some of these offerings include the archaic Korai, the Hippeis, statues of Athena the goddess, Sculptures of male figures, marble reliefs, and smaller bronze and clay offerings. The Acropolis Museum wants to conduct research on this small collection of archaic statues, which keep their color. In figure #1 I present the archaic Korai, which is white skinned and expresses grace- radiance youth

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    and collar, a lavish wrap and a brass ornament on his hip. A sword is held in the left hand, with a spear in the other hand. (met museum) The hands that created the plaque The Mourning Athena used the subtractive method and was carved into Marian marble. The art piece Plaque: Warrior and Attendants used the casting technique, formed by melted brass. Brass and Bronze casting technique are still used today which has allowed many of the art pieces from the Classical period to still be preserved today

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