Atlantean figures

Examples of Atlantean figures in the following topics:

• The Toltecs

  • These same Atlantean figures, as they are called, also appear at the Mayan sites of Chichén Itzá and Potrero Nuevo.

• Ancient Egyptian Art

  • In Egyptian art, the size of a figure indicates its relative importance.
  • This meant gods or the pharaoh were usually bigger than other figures, followed by figures of high officials or the tomb owner; the smallest figures were servants, entertainers, animals, trees and architectural details.
  • Figures are shown with the torso facing front, the head in side view, and the legs parted, with males sometimes darker than females.
  • Later, ushabti figures were present as funerary figures to act as servants for the deceased, should he or she be called upon to do manual labor in the afterlife.
  • There was a sense of movement in the images, with overlapping figures and large crowds.

• The Valdivia Culture

  • They were a sedentary, egalitarian people, known for their early use of pottery, and feminine ceramic figures.
  • The trademark Valdivia pottery piece is the "Venus" of Valdivia: feminine ceramic figures.

• The Three Sovereigns

  • They used clay to create human figures, and with their divine power made the clay figures come alive.

• The Achaemenid Empire

  • At its height, the Achaemenid Empire ruled over 44% of the world's population, the highest such figure for any empire in history.
  • At its height, the Achaemenid Empire ruled over 44% of the world's population, the highest figure for any empire in history.

• The Moche

  • Moche iconography features a figure, which scholars have nicknamed the "Decapitator" or Ai Apaec.
  • When the body is included, the figure is usually shown with one arm holding a knife and another holding a severed head by the hair.
  • It has also been depicted as "a human figure with a tiger's mouth and snarling fangs."
  • A mural depicting the Decapitator, a central Moche icon of the land, water, and air as well as a figure of death and renewal.

• The Founding of Rome

  • Myths surrounding the founding of Rome describe the city's origins through the lens of later figures and events.
  • Traditional scholarship says the wolf-figure is Etruscan, 5th century BCE, with figures of Romulus and Remus added in the 15th century CE by Antonio Pollaiuolo.

• Thomas Hobbes

  • Thomas Hobbes, an English philosopher and scientist, was one of the key figures in the political debates of the Enlightenment period, who introduced a social contract theory based on the relation between the absolute sovereign and the civil society.
  • Thomas Hobbes, an English philosopher and scientist, was one of the key figures in the political debates of the period.

• Classical Greek Architecture

  • Pediments in the Doric style were decorated with figures in relief in early examples; however, by the time the sculptures on the Parthenon were created, many pediment decorations were freestanding.
  • The external frieze often contained a continuous band of figurative sculpture of ornament, though this was not always the case.
  • Caryatids—draped female figures used as supporting members to the entablature—were also a feature of the Ionic Order.

• Harappan Culture

  • Seals have been one of the most commonly discovered artifacts in Indus Valley cities, decorated with animal figures, such as elephants, tigers, and water buffalos.
  • Among the various gold, terracotta, and stone figurines found, a figure of a “Priest-King” displayed a beard and patterned robe.
  • Another figurine in bronze, known as the “Dancing Girl,” is only 11 cm. high and shows a female figure in a pose that suggests the presence of some choreographed dance form enjoyed by members of the civilization.
  • This seal was excavated in Mohenjo-daro and depicts a seated and possibly ithyphallic figure, surrounded by animals.