The art and architecture of ancient Egypt is known to almost every person‚ as it is so distinct from other cultures ’ works. Ranging from wall paintings of Anubis and Horus‚ to the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx‚ the artwork is not exactly new to many. Though the creators of the art may not be known‚ their images are forever part of the great history of ancient Egypt. When you think of ancient Egyptian artwork‚ stiffness in the human figures is very apparent. There is basically no trace of movement
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whom became important patrons of Renaissance Art. Sculpture has been an active part of the Romanesque era with sculptures produced throughout the middle ages in Italy and the rest of Europe. Its history and stylistic development are similar to Western art. It contributes to the cultural achievements of Classical Antiquity‚ and became an important influence of the development of Renaissance Art. The models for traditional sculpting
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Ancient Greek art still influences Western ideals of the perfection and artistic prowess of beauty. Greek culture has shaped our concept of beauty in the human figure‚ art pieces‚ and architecture. Today Greece has influenced Western concepts of beauty‚ as well as cultural values of democracy and philosophy which are still valued in today’s society. Its influence on how we see beauty in today’s society is evident‚ with the standards of how the female and male body should look‚ and our concept of
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Art 11 Ancient Near E. & Ancient Egypt Take Home Question 3 9/27/10 Ancient Animals The most interesting thing that I noticed after comparing Ancient Egyptian‚ Mesopotamian and Paleolithic European art is that some of the Paleolithic art is more realistic than the Neolithic art is. I feel that the Paleolithic people of Europe spent more time observing the animals than Mesopotamians and Egyptians did because they were not busy developing agriculture‚ massive architecture and religion
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for the dead people. It is evident that when comparing the Egyptian and Greek sculpture that the Greek sculptors main concern was individuality as each figure in the pediment has a different expression that conveys a lot of emotion. Conveying emotion is a characteristic of the Hellenistic period in Greek sculpture. At the end of 400’s BCE‚ Greece‚ and specifically Athens was affected by the Peloponnesian War. At the end of the war the Greeks had very little money and were unable to create sculptures
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it can be noted that women commonly bore their breasts. Long hair and makeup were popular and many festivals and events were held at the 1400 room palace. Nothing was fortified. These people had a love of art‚ color‚ and leisure‚ as depicted in many of the frescos at Knossos. Minoan art occasionally featured geometric and repetitive forms on walls‚ floors‚ and ceilings‚ but more common were figurative and landscape elements. Often seen were both local and foreign flowers and plants. It is
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What is considered art has been a controversial question for many years in history and today. There are various forms and types of art. Because art is very complex and diverse‚ it is viewed and conceptualized in many different ways. Nancy G. Heller states even though a type of artwork is hard to understand‚ it’s considered art‚ and artwork that people don’t understand shouldn’t be disregarded from other types of art. She feels as though people shouldn’t be intimidated by artwork that’s hard to understand
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culture that influenced my project is the Greek culture. Ancient Greece was a Greek civilization and it belonged to an era of Greek history that persevered through the archaic period to the term of classical antiquity. After this period began it was followed by the early middle ages and the Byzantine era. Contained in ancient Greece‚ better known as the classical Greece period. This period blossomed during the fifth to fourth centuries BC. Classical Greek culture‚ mainly philosophy‚ had a dynamic
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innovation but still relied on spiritual and theological explanations to what did not make sense at that time in their cultural development. As part of this‚ ancient cultures created deities to help bring understanding to the unexplainable. In many ways‚ these deities also were reflection on the societies themselves. The ancient Greek and ancient Egyptian societies had both developed theocratic cultures‚ with multiple defined deities that each represented an unknown part of the world‚ such as life after
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was brilliant in planning strategic plans and attacks. An example would be when he created the Macedonian phalange. At the death of Alexander a new Greek age began which was the Hellenistic period during which Greek leaders spread Greek culture to the area Alexander had conquered. Alexander’s colleague and relative Ptolemy took over Alexander’s Egyptian conquest and created a city of Alexandria that became famous for its library. That attracted the leading scientific and philosophical thinkers of the
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