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Egyptian civilization was one of the early civilizations that have greatly contributed in the
development of art, religion, science, and technology of the world. Egyptian art is
primarily religious in nature.
EGYPTIAN ART
The purpose of Egyptian paintings is to
make the deceased afterlife place
pleasant.With this in mind,
themes include journey to the
underworld introducing
the deceased to the gods of the
underworld by their protective deities.
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TICE ART 1010 Ancient Near Eastern and Ancient Egyptian
TICE ART 1010 Greek and Roman Art
Greek ArtThe arts of ancient Greece have exercised an enormous influence on the culture of many countries all over the world, particularly in the areas of
sculpture and architecture. In the West, the art of the Roman Empire was largely derived from Greek models. In the East, Alexander the Great's
conquests initiated several centuries of exchange between Greek, Central Asian and Indian cultures, resulting in Greco-Buddhist art, with
ramifications as far as Japan. Following the Renaissance in Europe, the humanist aesthetic and the high technical standards of Greek art inspired generations of European artists. Well into the 19th century, the classical tradition derived from Greece dominated the art of the western world.
Greek Art
Black-figure olpe(wine vessel) by the AmasisPainter, depicting Herakles and Athena, c. 540 BC, Louvre
7th-century BC plate with sphinx from Rhodes, Louvre
The Aphrodite of Knidos was one of the most famous works of the ancient Greek sculptor Praxiteles of Athens (4th century BC). It and its copies are often referred to as the Venus Pudica ("modest Venus") type, on account of her covering her naked vulva with her right hand.
Bronze Sculpture, thought to be either Poseidon or Zeus, c. 460 BC, National Archaeological Museum, Athens. This masterpiece of classical sculpture was found by fishermen in their nets off the coast of Cape Artemisium in 1928. The figure is more than 2 m in height.
ANCIENT THEATRE AT DELPHI
Built further up the hill from the Temple of Apollo giving spectators a view of the entire sanctuary and
the valley below. It was originally built in the 4th century BC but was remodeled on several occasions
since. Its 35 rows can seat 5,000 spectators.
TEMPLE OF APOLLO
The ruins of the temple visible today date from the 4th century BC. The temple survived until AD
390, when the Christian emperor Theodosius I silenced the oracle by destroying the temple and most of the statues and works of art in the name
of Christianity.
TETRADRACHM OF ATHENS
(5th century BC)Obverse: a portrait of Athena, patron
goddess of the city, in helmetReverse: the owl of Athens, with an olive sprig and the inscription "ΑΘΕ", short for
ΑΘΕΝΑΙΟΝ, "of the Athenians"
SYRACUSAN TETRADRACHM
(c. 415–405 BC)Obverse: head of the nymph Arethusa, surrounded by four swimming dolphins
and a rudderReverse: a racing quadriga, its charioteer crowned by the goddess Victory in flight.
ROMAN ART
Roman art refers to the visual arts made in Ancient Rome and in the territories of the
Roman Empire. Roman art includes architecture, painting, sculpture and mosaic work. Sculpture was perhaps considered as the highest form of art, but figure painting
was also very highly regarded.
The main innovation of Roman painting compared to Greek art was the development of landscapes, in particular incorporating techniques of perspective.
Roman still life subjects are often placed in illusionistic niches or shelves and depict a variety of everyday objects including fruit, live and dead animals, seafood, and shells
Glass bowl of fruit and vases. Roman wall painting in Pompeii (around 70 AD)
MUMMY PORTRAITS
Remarkably realistic, though variable in artistic quality, and may indicate the similar art which was widespread elsewhere but did not survive. A few portraits painted on glass
and medals from the later empire have survived, as have coin portraits, some of
which are considered very
Gold glass, or gold sandwich glass, was a technique for fixing a layer of gold leaf with a design between two fused layers of glass, developed in Hellenistic glass
and revived in the 3rd century.
Trajan's Column (Italian: Colonna Traiana) is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy,
that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars.
The Arch of Constantine (c315) is a triumphal arch in Rome, situated between the Colosseum
and the Palatine Hill.