Art ResearchEssay title: Art ResearchI cant believe it! I was just assigned the worst possible research paper topic ever by my history and language arts teacher! We have to be an art detective and discover the meaning of a piece of art. I had absolutely no interest in art so I knew writing this report would be nearly impossible. I began my search for a piece of art that was of some interest to me but I found absolutely nothing. Nothing was appealing or cool at all. I was beginning to see failure in my future.
I still havent found what piece of art Im doing. I have searches through books, websites, and articles and still I had nothing. It was over. I was going to be stuck doing a piece of art I hated. But just as I thought that something miraculous happened. My eyes stumbled upon apiece of art that finally grabbed my attention. It was a sculpture. It was the Sphinx of Giza. This monument caught my eye so fast I knew this was the piece I should do. It worked out perfectly. No one had chosen the Sphinx so things were already looking better.
I am excited to have found something that has some interest to me. I began my research immediately so I could get this thing over with. My first set of plans was to take a plane to the land of the Sphinx and meet the beast faced to face. I board my plane and in a little less than a day I am in the presence of one of the worlds greatest monuments. After walking for a few miles I am here at the Sphinx. I examine the enormous sculpture. It appeared to be made out of limestone (Schiff 108). The pieces of stone are incredibly large. Building this piece must have been a task for many men. The stone was probably moved around by either dragging the pieces of limestone or putting something underneath the limestone so it could roll and be pushed with much ease.
I get closer to the Sphinx to get a better look and I notice something between its paws. It was a stone tablet with hieroglyphics on it. I study the hieroglyphics for a good chunk of time and understood almost all of it. From what I could understand, the Sphinx was built by the Egyptians and commissioned by King Khafre in about 2500 BCE (Baines 52). Its soul purpose is to watch over the pyramids of Egypt and all the kings that had died (Baines 52). I step back to take another look at it. The combining of the pharaohs head and the body of a lion was fascinating (Brockman). The body of a lion symbolizes speed, strength, and quick thinking; while the kings head shows power, intelligence, and wealth. When these traits are combined, an incredible being is formed. This explains why the Egyptians decided on a kings head and a lions body to guard over the pyramids. This shows that the Egyptians felt very strong about the after life, so they selected an incredible being to keep watch over them.
The statue must have been a very powerful figure in the times of the pharaoh. The monument is a whopping 240 feet long and 66 feet high (Krysteck). The monument made the pharaoh seem even more powerful, a person you would never want to mess with. The Sphinx conveys a very powerful message. It makes me feel belittled due to its size and meaning. It amazing how much a non-living being could affect so many lives in so many different ways without doing anything. It also made me feel I was subject to the pharaoh and I had to perform his every will, or I would face the wrath of the sphinx. It is a very creepy feeling when I was around it. It makes a person feel like a slave and incredibly helpless while in the sphinxs presence. I looked at the sphinx one last time and walked away. I was disappointed to be leaving Egypt
KRYSTZER: I’m in the backseat of a car that makes the journey with four people and they are all so friendly! The place was full of people with all kinds of disabilities.
BUSH: I want to try and ask you, are there special forces in Egypt?
KRYSTZER: There are.
BUSH: And they’ve helped me out at the right time?
KRYSTZER: Yes and the guy who really helped me out on the street has been our mentor on the street! And the guy who helped me to go to the street with him when I was just 17 and didn’t see us for two weeks was our friend here at Gush, we used to hang out there and talk the whole time.
BUSH: Let me just ask you this! It’s just funny that I’ve noticed that you never show a t-shirt with the words “Egypt” or “Egyptian” on it as a comment.
KRYSTZER: I don’t even need to say it as it’s all right here in the background at the moment, I was born and I’ve been to Egypt for many years now. I am an Egyptian immigrant living and working here in my hometown. We are both Egyptian and living here is not that different from our homeland.
BUSH: I am afraid I might be just in the wrong place. I haven’t had as severe a trauma of a day like this.
SQUINNY: I was so shocked to be reading the story about that first day that I was so glad I read it…
KRYSTZER: Yes, there is a feeling that you are right there. I hope it was kind of in your head that it was that way. You should say something like that and have a conversation with your family or friends about it, and I promise you that I did not know anything about it until I read a story from an acquaintance on how you are living at that moment.
BUSH: It seemed like something really special happened inside of you.
SQUINNY: It must have been.
KRYSTZER: I actually am so upset, you know, I have never really felt very good about myself and have never really felt okay on the street and it was my own fault that I had to deal with that first day and I was so so grateful for that. It was just too much of a burden for me to do anything about to deal with it.
A KRYSTZER RESPONSE TO KRYSTZER: We were visiting my parents and when we got there my mom called my mom and my daddy and they said ‘Please tell me everything so I don’t look like an idiot and I know where you are.’
He came up into the house and we talked and my father said ‘I’m sorry and I don’t know if I am going to talk any more about this stuff that is on my front porch right now.’ And that’s
KRYSTZER: I’m in the backseat of a car that makes the journey with four people and they are all so friendly! The place was full of people with all kinds of disabilities.
BUSH: I want to try and ask you, are there special forces in Egypt?
KRYSTZER: There are.
BUSH: And they’ve helped me out at the right time?
KRYSTZER: Yes and the guy who really helped me out on the street has been our mentor on the street! And the guy who helped me to go to the street with him when I was just 17 and didn’t see us for two weeks was our friend here at Gush, we used to hang out there and talk the whole time.
BUSH: Let me just ask you this! It’s just funny that I’ve noticed that you never show a t-shirt with the words “Egypt” or “Egyptian” on it as a comment.
KRYSTZER: I don’t even need to say it as it’s all right here in the background at the moment, I was born and I’ve been to Egypt for many years now. I am an Egyptian immigrant living and working here in my hometown. We are both Egyptian and living here is not that different from our homeland.
BUSH: I am afraid I might be just in the wrong place. I haven’t had as severe a trauma of a day like this.
SQUINNY: I was so shocked to be reading the story about that first day that I was so glad I read it…
KRYSTZER: Yes, there is a feeling that you are right there. I hope it was kind of in your head that it was that way. You should say something like that and have a conversation with your family or friends about it, and I promise you that I did not know anything about it until I read a story from an acquaintance on how you are living at that moment.
BUSH: It seemed like something really special happened inside of you.
SQUINNY: It must have been.
KRYSTZER: I actually am so upset, you know, I have never really felt very good about myself and have never really felt okay on the street and it was my own fault that I had to deal with that first day and I was so so grateful for that. It was just too much of a burden for me to do anything about to deal with it.
A KRYSTZER RESPONSE TO KRYSTZER: We were visiting my parents and when we got there my mom called my mom and my daddy and they said ‘Please tell me everything so I don’t look like an idiot and I know where you are.’
He came up into the house and we talked and my father said ‘I’m sorry and I don’t know if I am going to talk any more about this stuff that is on my front porch right now.’ And that’s