Thursday, January 10, 2013

Week 5 : Art of the Ancients


Art of the ancients is one of the arts that we can see now a day in many historical places. In the ancient times the Egyptians build the pyramid for the tomb of the pharaoh. Pyramid is one of the wonder of the world. Slaves had built this kind of masterpiece. They used Gold, bronze, and stone to build their art or kind of structure. There are many things that we can learn from the time of the ancients. We can learn that they can make an art through stones. In Ancient time their main source of building is the stone. They can make relics out of gold and bronze and they can even make statues out of gold and bronze. In this time the people of Egypt or the Egyptians are barbarians they do not fear of anything.

Many artists now days I think are influenced by the art of the ancients because of their art works or masterpiece. Sculptures or making relics are one of their contributions in our art. Making this thing is not easy. Making and conceptualizing an art is not easy and it is not easy to make an art on a gold element. They are hardly professional workers. There are three terms in the art of the ancient the Paleolithic period, Mesolithic period, & the Neolithic period. Foreshortening is the method of rendering there art work. The art of the ancient is the first kind of art in the world. It refers to the advanced culture of much different kind of societies. For example the Egyptians made tombs for the dead and this tomb is one example of classical art.

 They Wanted to enhance their artworks. Sumerian, Assyrians, Akkad are the one that has been influenced by the Ancient art. Egyptian is mostly the one that has been influenced by it.They can make jewelry out of gold and copper.
The art of the Ancients has many style and literary form.