Ancient Greek and Ancient Egyptian Art Compared Egyptian art comes from the paintings the Egyptians created in the tombs of rich people when they died. These pictures were supposed to help the dead person out when he or she reached the next world‚ where the Egyptians thought you lived after you died in this world. At first‚ carvers had a hard time painting the pictures but in about 2160 B.C. they started taking short cuts and made their work sloppier. Greek art was much different from the Egyptians
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This paper is a formal analysis of the Marble grave stele with a family group relief sculpture. It is a pentelic marble style relief standing at 171.1cm tall carved by a master. It is from the Late Classical period of Greek‚ Attic which was completed around ca.360 B.C. . I chose to analyze this piece as apposed to the others because I’m mainly attracted to art and sculptures from the Greek era. The overall color used in this relief is ivory with a few cracks and pieces broken off. There is some
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By comparing the two sculptures of Khafre‚ image 3-11 ca. 2520-2494 BCE (1)‚ with the statue of Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)‚ image 5-40 ca. 450-440 BCE (2) you get a true sense of the evolution of art‚ from Pharaonic Egypt to Classical Athenian Greece two millennia later. This was not just a revolution in art but also philosophy‚ which transported itself into not only the types sculptures created but also the style used by their creators. For example‚ the statue of Khafre sits lifeless and majestic
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works are not pictorial or decorative in any sense but rather are large bold industrial slabs of steel‚ which demonstrate the artist’s interest in revealing material specificity. Serra’s Two Cuts rejects illusionistic and pictorial traditions of sculpture: the artwork is composed of raw industrial material and orients its viewer as to the artist’s process based on title and installation. His work has a strong presence that interacts with its site of installation; the art object’s expressive qualities
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Art History Vocabulary Terms Form in speaking of a work of art or architecture‚ the term refers to purely visual component: line‚ color shape‚ texture‚ mass‚ value‚ space; all of which are called formal elements. Composition is the organization‚ or arrangement of form in a work of art. Style a particular manner‚ form‚ character of representation‚ construction‚ or expression typical of an individual artist or certain school period that makes the work visually distinctive. School of artist
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Both the Lakshmana and the Pantheon display their knowledge and belief through their form. The form of each temple foretells the spiritual and important beliefs the shape and artwork of the Lakshmana and the Pantheon expresses a deeper meaning of their religion. The pantheons form itself expresses the worships of the gods and puts lights on each gods representing the heavens‚ while the Lakshmana has levels that represent the mountain range as well as a shrine. Each step and direction represents a
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We have a lot of different great artist here in the Philippines and one of them is Nemesio R. Miranda or “Nemiranda” for short. Nemiranda learned how to draw when he was at the age of five years old. Instead of seeing notes written on his notebook‚but you will see that it is full of drawings. And when he gone to college he took the course of “Fine Arts” at UST ‚even though his father didn’t like the course that he took. Nemiranda said that art is his passion and art is the only thing that he can
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(modern Tell Asmar)‚ Iraq‚ ca. 2700 BCE. Ever since the beginning of time man has always had an eye for art. They have always been fascinated by what they see. For the most part art has to this day great meaning. Ranging from a person’s play toy to a sculpture opening people’s eyes to a flash back in time where Gods ruled. The art work I chose “two Statuettes of two worshipers”‚ from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar)‚ Iraq‚ ca. 2700 BCE. Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone‚ male
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the most renown ancient Greek sculptors. While there are no originals of his work remaining‚ his reputation has been made well known through various writings. Most of the writings give praise to Phidias. His two greatest contributions came from sculptures; one of Athena‚ and the other of Zeus. Phidias was a man recognized for his talents‚ it is a shame that this generation or generations to come will never get to see his work first hand. Phidias’ work on Athena was marveled upon for centuries.
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were carved to show how the human body should look like. The picture in front of you is a sculpture of Aphrodite of Melos (Venus de Milo‚ in Roman mythology). For hundreds of years‚ the statue remained buried in an underground cavern‚ where it had been damaged and discovered in two parts. It was in 1820 AD (anno domini) when a peasant named Yorgos found her body on the Aegean island of Melos. Later‚ the sculpture was taken out of Greece under unclear circumstances and was taken to the Louvre Museum
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