Comparing Sculptures of Ancient India and Greece Comparative Essay, history homework help

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Project Paper – Comparative Essay

Due Week 8 and worth 200 points

This “Assignment 2” writing assignment is a comparative essay focused on topics encountered in our HUM 111 class. The project will be based on research but will reflect your views and interpretation of the topic. This project is designed to help you stretch your mind and your abilities as an organized, innovative, and critical thinker. If approached properly, it should also be fun!

Choose one (1) of the topics from the list of topic choices below. Read the topic carefully. Write a three to four (3-4) page paper (750-1,000 words) that follows instructions and covers each part of the topic. (The title page and References list do not get included in this word count).

Note: Your instructor may require you to submit your topic choice for approval before the end of Week 5.

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My topic is: 

  • Comparing Sculptures of Ancient India and Greece. Write an essay comparing the way gods and humans were depicted in sculpture in ancient India and Greece, and identify the cultural values and ideals that these art works reflect in each case. Your paper should:      

a) Using specific examples, compare the way gods and people were depicted in the sculptures of ancient India and Greece, noting similarities and differences.

b) Identify the cultural values and ideals that these art works reflect for each society.  

c) From this comparison, suggest a modern situation of artistic expression and the ways it reflects or counters prevailing cultural values.  


  1. Establish a clear thesis about your topic as part of the introductory paragraph (often the thesis is the last thing one determines after doing the basic research and outline; however it will be placed in the first paragraph of your paper).
  2. This is a comparative essay. Comparison approached properly will require some critical thinking on your part. Use a point-by-point approach for the essay. That means, if comparing subject A with subject B, don't do the first half of the essay on subject A and then the second half on subject B--that will seem like two (2) separate essays and comparisons will tend to get lost. Instead, you should be mentioning both subjects in most of your paragraphs as you compare them throughout the essay. Comparisons will identify similarities as well as contrasts.
  3. Do not try to do everything on your two (2) subjects. You should end up narrowing your focus to a few insights and issues about the subjects being compared. And, from those fairly specific points of comparison, you will develop a thesis and glean some lessons.
  4. Follow closely the instructions below for your specific topic.
  5. Include a concluding paragraph at the end. This paragraph will, in some way, refer back to the thesis established in your first paragraph, since now you have demonstrated and supported it. It may be here that you also include your observations relating your study to the modern workplace or society (see your topic). Try to finish with flair!
  6. Use at least three (3) good quality academic sources, with one (1) source being the class text. Note: Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources. You are highly encouraged to use the Resource Center tab at the top of your Blackboard page.

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Art has been a favorable medium of communication since the earliest civilizations. The
most favored form of art in the ancient times was sculptures. Among the earliest civilizations are
the Greek and the Indian civilizations. In these civilizations, art was an important part in the
society and the people of the time would use it to pass different messages. This paper will focus
on ancient art in India and Greece and the differences and similarities between the two and the
modern situation of artistic expression.
In ancient India, gods were depicted as strong beings that had more power than the
humans. From the sculptures it is clear that they had capabilities that normal human beings could
not compete with. For example, the granite sculpture from Thanjavur, Tamir Nadu, India of
Vishnu, shows Vishnu having multiple arms and this is a way to show that Vishnu was more
powerful than anyone (Gillman, 2010). This is because, it was clear that these arms represent
more power and with more power comes more respect and so this god deserved a lot of respect
because of the p...


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