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Nok Terracottas, 2005.
A look at one of the earliest known art forms in Africa, Nok Terracotta.
1,219 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper compares the Nok art from with other African art forms, and identifies specific traits associated with the Nok terracottas. Additionally, the paper discusses the cultural data these sculptures provide about the civilizations that made them.
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"Nok terracottas are generally defined by four main characteristics. First, Nok sculptures are created with very distinguishable eye features. The eyes are either triangular in nature, or are a part of a circular form. The eyebrows are sculpted to balance against the lower lip, and often, the eyebrows form a circular pattern around the inset triangular eye frame."
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The Mystery of the Nok Culture, 2005.
A look at what archaeologists are able to learn about ancient African culture through Nok art.
2,541 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 77.95
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This paper examines the relationship between Nok art and the long lost culture. It explains that the tragedy of looting and the loss of cultural/archaeological context for surviving artifacts has made a true exploration of the Nok history extremely difficult and speculative. It concludes that what can be known for certain is that, prior to 500 B.C.E, at a time when Africa was once thought to be completely plagued by intellectual darkness, there existed a civilization with the ability to create advanced and symbolic relics of a civilization where hierarchy, art, and science prevailed.
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"The second vein of interpretation is based on surrounding tribes. For example, Gillan takes this tactic when he writes: ?A number of heads and bodies, depicting deformities or ailments (similar to diseases portrayed in Ibibio masks), may well have been used for magico-medical purposes? (66) Taking this approach, there seem to be indications that the statues were used for a variety of religious purposes. Surrounding tribes in Benin have frequently used lifelike statues, not unlike the terra cottas found in Nok, as part of ancestral altars through which they either invoked the spirits of their ancestors or prayed for them. Statues may also have been used as representations of the divine. There are other options as well. They could have been used ?with funeral ceremonies, ancestor cults or other religious rituals. They might have been conceived as representations of chiefs--though not as their portraits--or as mythical beings and spirits... Others may have served as grave figures ...charms and fertility amulets, possibly worn as pendents. (Gillan, 66) Most surrounding cultures have been polytheistic/animistic and either worship or placate a wide range of deities. ?Janus figures? found in Nok may have been used like those in surrounding cultures, to ?express the male/female duality of human nature.? (Gillan, 66) Additionally, even today ceramic figures are used as finials on many roofs and shrines, and Gillan speculates that terra cotta figures might have taken this place centuries before."
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Chinese Terracotta Warriors, 2005.
This paper discusses the archaeological Chinese treasure Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum, especially the terracotta warriors, dating from the 221 B.C. and discovered in 1974.
3,165 words (approx. 12.7 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 91.95
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This paper explains that the ancient Chinese believed that life in the nether regions after a person dies was similar to the present-day human world; therefore, emperor and supreme ruler of this world Qin Shi Huang commissioned the construction of a huge mausoleum, designed to look just like the Xianyang palace. The author points out that the tomb of the Emperor Qin has not been excavated; however, his buried terracotta army unearthed nearby has stunned the world and is being called the "eighth wonder of the world". The paper relates that the life-size images of his armed forces were made out of pottery and bronze and buried near him to guard his soul; of the more than 2,000 warriors already unearthed, no two look alike and their uniforms show different military ranks.
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"Was this the same as the "pottery men" found by others many years ago in another village? They report their discovery to a local official, and over the next several weeks, archaeologists reveal a huge underground vault or room or cave. It was bigger than a football field and inside was thousands of life-sized clay or terracotta stat ues of soldiers. The pit is the resting place of more than 6,000 full-size soldiers, all standing in formation, many with their horses ready for battle. Most of the warriors are over six feet tall; some are close to seven. The statues tower over modern-day Chinese. The detail is astonishing. Thirty years later, the work continues on uncovering and restoring this vast discovery."
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Stock Analysis, 2002.
Analyzes three common stocks traded publicly (Microsoft, Nokia and WFC).
1,512 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 18 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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This research analyzes three publicly traded common stocks - Microsoft Corporation (MFST), traded on the NASDAQ; Nokia Corporation (NOK), traded on the New York Stock Exchange; and Wells-Fargo Corporation (WFC) traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The paper makes use of numerous graphs and tables to illustrate points.
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"The consensus of analysts? recommendations for Nokia common stock is buy (CBS MarketWatch 1). On 11 April 2001, Nokia expressed its view that a developing return of confidence in 3G technology will lead to continued sales growth for the company (Brown-Humes 20). This confident stance by the company likely will lead to continued interest in the company?s common stock. On 18 April 2001, the company announced its selection as the vendor to supply DSL equipment to the People?s Republic of China (Kantrow 1). This opening to the vast potential of the Chinese market should lead to increased demand for the company?s common stock. On 19 April 2001, Nokia announced that it topped analysts? estimates for the first quarter of 2001 and project sales growth of 20 percent in the second quarter of 2001 (Bergstrom 1). This news should lead to increased demand for the company?s common stock."
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Ancient African Art, 2008.
A discussion of forms, functions and themes in West and Central African art.
1,063 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 37.95
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This paper analyzes human portraiture in ancient African art. It explains that some of the earliest and most sophisticated forms of self-representation via art come from west and central Africa and the visual artistic output of these portions of the continent easily rival that of Europe some 1500 years later. The paper points out that the first known examples of such projected human images generally came in the form of sculpture and this method of portraiture resulted in a legacy of sophisticated human countenance pieces that demonstrated a cross-section of abstract interpretation and perhaps the first example of naturalism. The paper notes that the use of portraiture was generally only reserved for royalty and most of what we know today about this comes from an assimilation of oral tradition and interpretive archaeological intuition. The paper also looks at the earliest traceable discovery of human portraiture in Nigeria - the Nok era. The paper discusses the exclusivity of portraiture and looks at how the naturalistic tendencies of representation suggest that these likenesses were designed to reflect the appearance of specific individuals.
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"The earliest traceable discovery marking such qualities is the Male Head Nok, so named for the Nok region of Nigeria from where it was excavated. The Nok era denoted by the head is regarded as occurring around 500BC and lasting until 200AD. It is indicative of that time by its terra cotta composition which reflects a common form for portraiture at the time. This was concurrent with the Iron Age, so much forging of iron was also part and parcel of artistic expression. In addition, wood carving would come to take on a significant role in portraiture. The Male Head Nok, featuring a dramatically up-scaled crown, a narrow but upwardly widening head, broad eyes and deeply flattened nostrils. The man depicted here helps both to preserve some possible physical characteristics of the ancient subject and to give future generations an indication of the interpretive elements involved in rendering human likeness."
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