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This blog is made in the efforts of putting forth a good environment for critiquing art throughout history. That's it. Simple as that. America! Yeah. This is starting to get awkward. Let's move on now. Come on now my reader and enter the world of pretty pictures!!



Friday, October 5, 2012

BEHOLD....EGYPT!!!!!



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We all know this one!!! What do you get when cross a man and a lion? Well, a sphinx. Congradulations, your all smart!!! They supossedly protected the pyramids from tomb robbers. Seems effective, until they have a power hose for their weapon of choice. this one is a whopp'n 240 fett long and 66 feet tall. You may now procede to clap and cheer. I found this picture here. Please, share your thoughts!!






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Let's play charades!!!! UHHHHH!!!! (12 hours later) UHHHHH!!!! What am I? I'm the Colossi of Memnon, of course. These great statues used to moan at sun rise and sun set because the temperature difference allowed for the stone to expand and contrast making a sound. HOW COOL IS THAT. The ancients thought they were moaning at the pharoh everyday, magically..... :( ..... But what do they know? Apparently alot about cool rocks!! They don't moan anymore however, which makes me sad. :(  I got this sweet image here. What do you thinken???


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The great stuatues of Abu Simbel!!!!! Made by the illustrious Ramses II, for the illustrious Ramses II, of the illustrious Ramses II. You know what the best part of this is? The ENTIRE mountain was moved by him and his slaves so that it would not get water errosion from the nearby lake. WHAT A BOSS!!!!! His tiny wife and kids are all next to his legs in the statues. He obviously thought highly of them.The inside is the picture below. The outside is the facade entrance to look super-duper. But the inside obviously had some nice interior design.
It's got that nice sacrificial vive to it that everyone enjoys. I found both these pictures here and here respectively. What do you think of them????!!!!!!!!!


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2 comments:

  1. nickthegreyOctober 7, 2012 at 6:21 PM

    Mrs. Hornkhol,
    do we have to do the pyramids too since they are more architecture than art?

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  2. LindseyOctober 17, 2012 at 7:54 AM

    Please edit this and check your facts: Memnon was not moaning at a pharoah, he was believed to be greeting his mother, the goddess of dawn at morning and dusk. Also, Ramses did NOT move the mountain, it was moved in 1964-66 to keep the rising waters of a new dam from flooding it.

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