Essays on Obelisk

Marta Minujín is a conceptual artist who created works of art that are specific to pop art current, depicting, through the use of irony or humor contemporary events, which she referred to as “happenings”. Her artistic career reflects different historical and creative movements that define her versatile, free floating style. Two different artworks that summarize Minujín’s challengeable and pliable artistic style, while also illustrating her creative singularity, are “Parthenon of Books” and “Sweet Bread Obelisk”. The works of Marta Minujín debate social happenings, aspects that have influenced the reality of Argentina and Buenos Aires in ...

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Cultural Artifacts Need to be Returned Description of Cultural Artifacts Axum Obelisk of Ethiopia Bronze animal heads of China Khmer sculptures of Cambodia Lydian Hoard of Turkey Ways Artifacts were Removed from their Countries Returning Artifacts to their Places of Origin Reasons for Returning Cultural Artifacts Conclusions Introduction Cultural artifacts should be returned to their rightful owners. These form part of a people’s culture and have a clear function in that society. Artifacts are not meant to be just decorative pieces in museums of foreign lands. The reason ...

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The Washington Monument was constructed to honor the memory of the first president of the United States of America - George Washington. The process of construction itself was long and took place from 1848 to 1884, depending on multiple factors including disagreements on the monument’s look, construction difficulties, financial crisis, and finally, the Civil War.

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A decision to honor the first president of the US by erecting a monument in his name can be traced back to August 1783, when Congress unanimously agreed on building of an equestrian statue of George Washington. The exact construction site was not chosen ...

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Christianity has several denominations but in order to understand it well I would like to focus on the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church is one or if not the oldest denominations of Christianity and also the most popular denomination. Due to its long historical background on Christianity it is an appropriate case study.so I visited St.Peters basilica church at around may this year and it was summer in the place with a friend of mine.at our time of visit the congregation was composed of generally everybody from the youth to the elderly.so we came across one of the altar boys ...

The Americans built the Washington Monument as a tribute to the leadership of their first president, George Washington. He led Americans during the American Revolution, which took place from 1775 to1783 after which the Americans obtained their independence. It took the Americans nearly thirty-six years to complete the construction of the monument. It was dedicated on 21 February 1885 and three years later, it was opened to the public. Research has shown that the monument attracts more than 800,000 people who visit Washington DC to view it.1 The monument has several aspects that make it fit in the development ...