Perhaps, more knowledge on the model character will help reveal some of the mysteries of the abstract elements surrounding the art. The sculpture stands approximately forty-one inches high. ... The artist who carved this stunning sculpture of Cleopatra (69 BC – 30 BC) most likely used the stone carving technique to create the sculpture. ... After examining the physical compositions of the piece, the goal of this paper will be to analyze the abstract constituents therein. ... Delaney's (2014) observation further argues that the queen's revered status is a factor representative...

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The same German aesthetic tradition can also be found in J.J Winckelmann's writings, such as "History of the Art of Antiquity", "Thoughts on the Imitation of the Painting and Sculpture of the Greeks", and G.E Lessing's "Laocöon". ... His philosophy of art takes account of the beauty in art, the historical development of art, and individual forms of art, such as, architecture, painting, literature, sculpture, poetry, and music. ... In "Symbolic" art the content is formed abstractly, it is not able to demonstrate itself sufficiently enough ...

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With the physical creation of earth, mankind, and gods came the abstract concepts of law, religion, ethics, and kingship. ... Once again, the pharaoh was supreme, and this is reflected in the sculptures of them, as there is a grim determination and disillusionment about the features, perhaps to guard against such mistakes that were made in the Old Kingdom. ...

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Sumerian writing ranged from concrete objects to stylized signs, which lead to a phonetic system that made the written expression of abstract ideas possible. ... The ancient Egyptians were the first to develop architecture combining sculpture and painting. ...

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