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Spiral 250 Gneral Review
Spiral 250
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Art History
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03/23/2016

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This is the Tlatilco Female Figurine, it suggst that they are related to the women's roles regarding to nature. This is important because not many societies value their women.
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This is the King Menkkura and queen, it was used as an object that would go in the tomb of the leaders. It is immportant because it was part of Egyptian religion and should always be preserved.
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This is the Doryphorus, it is a Greek depiction of the ideal human body. This is important because it gives insiight on Greek's way of life.
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This is the Madonna and child, it is a portrait of the Virgin Mary holding Jesus. This is important because it is an important aspect to many's religion.
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This the Allegory of Law and Grace, it is meant to depict the relationship between God's Law and the Grace of Jesus Christ. This is important because of the religous value of people's life.
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This is Las Medinas made by Diego Velazquez. Its function is to depict royal princess, with maids, including the artist himself. This is important because he is one of the few artist that actually enjoyed working the royal family.
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Thhis is the Swing by Jean-Honore. It shows how the wealthy spent their money on paintings with secret erotic messages in them. This is important because while people were dying, the welthy were greedy and spent their money on themselves.
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This is the Oxbow by Thomas Cole. It depicts the beautiful and wild side of the United States. This is important because it is one of the first American images widely known.
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This is the Where do we come from?... by Paul Gauguin. Its function is to how evryone has a different fate and destiny. This is important because it has the idea that evryone is different and we should all valur that.
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This is the Fountain by Marcell Duchamp. He mmade it so that people questioned what art truly is. This is important because no one knew exactly where art was going, so the artist grabbed a urinal, signed it, and alled it his art.
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