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A 5 page paper which examines two particular statues, one from the Western, or ancient Greek world, and the other from the Non-Western, or Egyptian world. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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at ancient Western and Non-Western art. When we say Western we are not necessarily referring to European art, however, but rather the culture, or region, that present day Western cultures
were based on. In this case the art is that of the ancient Greeks. The following paper first looks at a piece of art from the ancient Greeks, from the
Hellenistic period (Statuette of a Woman). The paper then examines a piece of art from the East, from Nepal (Standing Bodhisattva). Both these pieces are located at the Metropolitan Museum
of Art. Western/Hellenistic The first figure to be discussed comes from the 3rd century BC in Hellenistic Greece and is a statuette of a woman. The figure is
apparently 7 3/4 inches high and it is made from terracotta. It appears to be in incredibly good shape, perhaps even all intact. The picture of this particular statuette was
retrieved from http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/tafg/ho_07.286.2.htm. This piece, from the perspective of this writer and not the student, was chosen for its wonderfully draped presence, its composition, and its simplistic beauty that is
also complex. This opinion does not, and should not, reflect the opinions of the student requesting this paper. This statuette is incredibly complex in its composition, and full of
powerful texture. The cloth that apparently is draped around the woman seems quite tight, and beautifully well distributed. It appears to be tighter, or spread out more, across the chest
than it does the rest of the body. In this draping, something we would imagine to be quiet organic in design, we are actually given powerful geometric shapes. This is
seen through an almost criss-crossing of the fabric from the hips down. This is further enhanced by the straight draping of the lines that go perpendicular to the drapes across
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