Masterpieces of Sculpture: Winged Victory and Michelangelo’s David
Winged Victory of Samothrace
Rhodes, Pithokritos’ Work? Hellenistic Sculpture, Circa 190 BC, 2.45 m, Louvre Museum, Paris
It is an original work from the Sanctuary of the Cabiri in Samothrace, made of marble in the round. High on the prow of a stone ship, it made a spectacular sculpture erected on the summit of a rock shrine, probably with a fountain at its feet in whose waters it is reflected.
Subject
It’s a Nike or Victory, represented as a winged woman who has just alighted briskly on the prow of
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History of Graphic Design
Humans have always had the need to communicate with their peers, so much so that we can say that if man is the more advanced in nature, it is largely due to the facility he has had to involve others in their ideas in one form or another.
The first forms of communication were by visual elements. Before they developed capacities for expression through speech, men used their bodies to communicate to others their moods, desires, and concerns through gestures, expressions, and
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Linguistic Foundations
Vowel System: 8 sounds. According to Toni, unstressed vowels are mentioned and neutralization occurs. Reduced vowels. Jaw: A diphthong grows. Umlaut: Pronounced for the sake of those who break and diphthongize. Open or closed and stressed. Then open: Ring diphthongs. Growing: Those who use ‘qua’ or ‘quo’ and /u/ between vowels and word, transcribe it like /j/ or /w/. Cases of non-neutralization: Adverbs ending in ‘-ment’, groups ‘ae’ or ‘ea’, and compound words.
Narrative Structures
Linear
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Villa Savoye: Le Corbusier’s Architectural Revolution
Contextualization
Throughout the early 20th century, an architectural revolution took place. This revolution reflected the new economic conditions created by the Industrial Revolution. This renewal of modern architecture is linked to two styles: Rationalism and Organicism.
Identification of Villa Savoye
The Villa Savoye is a significant work of the 20th century by Le Corbusier. It is a family home located in a natural setting near Paris, built between
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Visual arts have undergone profound transformations from the 14th to the 21st century, reflecting cultural, social, technological, and philosophical changes across epochs. This essay highlights the evolution of artistic expression over this extensive period, highlighting significant movements, innovations, and the enduring relationship between art and society.
The Renaissance (14th to 17th Centuries)
Key Characteristics:
- Revival of classical ideals.
- Emphasis on humanism, realism, and perspective.
- Technical
Fungi: Characteristics, Classification, and Uses
Order of Characters for Identification in Fungi
The following characteristics are used to identify fungi:
- Gross appearance of the colony
- Type of hyphae
- Placement of sporophores
- Presence of sterigmata (sporangiophore or conidiophore) and their order
- Shape, size, and distribution of spores
- Presence or absence of rhizoids. Occur only in non-septate fungal hyphae. For example: Rhizopus, Rhizomucor, Absidia
- Practice biochemical identification tests.
Fungi have been treated as vegetables since ancient times, due
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