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Images of power and authority in art.
Title: Images of power and authority in art.
Category: Arts & Humanities
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Images of power and authority in art.
Images of Power and Authority in Art
Art has been used to portray figures of power and authority many times in history.
Different cultures have different ways of portraying the image to have power and authority. One
example of using art to portray images of power and authority is the Victory Stele of Naram-Sin.
This was made to commemorate King Naram-Sin for his defeat of Lullubi. The King stands alone
at the top, taller than …showed first 75 words of 626 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 626 total…proportions, which is suitable for someone as perfect as the
pharaoh. Also the expression on the pharaoh's face is calm and shows eternal strength and life.
Many of the traits in both examples constitute how their culture's image of power and authority.
Bibliography
1) Gardner's Art Through the Ages Tenth Edition, p.50,75-76.
2) www.coco.cc.az.us/apetersen/ _ART201/old_king.htm
3) www.coco.cc.az.us/apetersen/ _ART201/akkad.htm
4) "Ancient Egypt", World Book Encyclopedia, 1990.
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