Thursday, September 22, 2016

Antiquity

   One thing the Greek and Egyptian had in common when it came to art was that the Egyptian's had their sculpture clothed while the Greek had them completely naked and believed that the human body was the highest form of beauty. The Egyptians tended to sculpt their sculptures so that they have no emotion meanwhile Greek art was more "modern" as you would say having emotions and their bodies fully nude. Also Egyptian art was static and didn't show any real movement while on the other hand for Greek art they had movement which would sometimes tell a story. Whilst Egyptian art had was more towards religion hence all the pharaoh's and their belief in the afterlife. Greek art on the contrary was more interested in philosophy then religion.
         Roman art is very much based on Greek art. The majority of their sculptures are based on mythological beings. On top of that the Romans had many types of art including relief's , sculptures and many more. Roman art was also more known for it's architecture and as a result created large stone buildings.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Kenny,Good description of the qualities of each style, but not quite enough description of each individual artwork- also the Egyptian image I couldn't see.

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