Ancient Art

George Orwell famously declared »all art is propaganda.« Great works of art, in other words, have a very particular message for an intended audience. This function of art transcends historical periods, as is evident if one takes a closer look at the art of specific eras, such as Ancient Egyptian art. Ancient Egyptian art possessed a very specific propaganda function: to promote the divine origins and authority of the Pharaoh and thus a hierarchical social system.

Art of the Egyptians and Africans express ………………………..In art, style is a characteristic, or a number of characteristics that we can identify as constant, recurring, or coherent.(Art Terminology 1) Artists express their emotions through their art-making, their finished product will reflect that emotion. They might also create a piece of art that makes the viewer create an emotional response. Emotion is any strong agitation of the feelings actuated by experiencing love, hate, fear, etc.(Dictionary 1)

Throughout art history many rulers have faced the same problems that come to even the most common of people. No matter how much power a dynasty ruler gained, they could not feel and ensure for themselves a valiant future after death. Great Assyrians and Egyptian Pharaohs alike wanted to ensure their absolute power in this life and the next. From art they could make sure that their image would have the best chance of surviving even after they themselves have passed away. In eras where a new ruler could change and deplete the entire region, art was a long lasting image and message that would translate and stay with the perceiver. Art containing pictures of idealistic animals inferred an absolute image of power and respect no matter what the

Cultural importance. A lot of extinct animals were playing huge role in religious believes in some civilizations

An Egyptian bronze sculpture of a black cat with a gold earring, necklace and pendant, Found in Saqqara, with a sleek body standing tall and proud this statue was found to be the cat-goddess Bastet. Made of two pieces of hollow bronze, done with such great wisdom it looks seemed together as if it were one. Egyptians were the first to have cats as house pets for the purpose of chasing mice then suddenly grew into more of a love for every

Featured along side people and characters in illustration, animals have provided an avenue in which artist are able to express complex ideas. Although a rather comprehensive theme throughout art, animals have been used to convey a variety of subject matter throughout history, ranging from being an educational prop to devices in social commentary and personification.

Three fascinating artists known as Raphael, Michelangelo, and Leonardo marked the stylistic period of the Italy 1500 to 1600. These three men inspired the high Renaissance. Florence and Rome hosted the leading artist for that century. I will like to describe a painting of Raphael that caught my attention from reading the textbook; it is called the Marriage of the Virgin. In this painting the artists used linear perspective to create the illusion of space in the far back. He placed the vanishing point of the one point perspective in the doorway of the beautiful painted round house that is symmetrical on both side. The artists created the plaster in different sizes of rectangular shapes in red and cream colors to emphasize on the importance of linear perspective in the painting. If the painting was divided in two parts, the viewer will see that it is symmetric on both sides. There are thirteen figures on each side of the painting with the high priest being the middleman placed in the center of the human drama. He also put the figures in groups that relate to the part they each play in the artwork, this is known as a unified figure group in high

assembly. He is depicted in the attire of a Roman magistrate. But the names of his parents and

The people of Ancient Egypt believed in the afterlife, and therefore it is no surprise that most of the art that survived from that time is connected to the dead—especially the popular figures such as the pharaohs. The early Egyptian paintings were very basic and were painted in rocks that portrayed everyday life objects. The pharaohs were like the gods of the earth which is why the Egyptians often represented the gods and the pharaohs with very similar features in some of the artwork. Even though most of the Egyptian art was found in tombs and, as mentioned before, had a solid connection with the afterlife, some of the artwork from Ancient Egypt also illustrated how family life was structured.

The portable art from this period was comprised of either small figurines or objects they would decorate. These pieces were carved from animal bones or stone, along or made from clay. The art depicted at the time was what was important to them at the time, such as animals (as they were a primary food source) or figurines that

Arts purpose is to provoke feelings and interpretation from the viewer of the artwork.is use of art and turned it into a sub genre of art.The purpose of Religious art is similer to non- religous art as it is made to show feelings and interpretation. But the art is made to have a religious feeling about it and made for religious interpretation. Also it is made show an represent religious imagery to portray a religious message to the viewer. It is portrayed in a religious theme to show that the message of the painting has a religious theme or message to it. The purpose of religious art is show through the religions of Christian,Buddhist and islam which give us important events and important figures in their religion, give us a meaning,

After the collapse of the Old Kingdom, the First Intermediate Period brought forth power struggles throughout the country. It was not until the rise of the great Theban king Mentuhotp II that there is a reunification of the war-torn Egypt. The first king, Amenemhat I, name a new capital, Itj-tawy, founded south of the historic city of Memphis. Amenemhat I’s decision was in part due to the realization that he could not simply rule all of Egypt from the south; as a result, the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt was comprised of seven kings from Thebes, with arguably the most powerful and famous of them all being King Senwosret III, who was the fifth pharaoh in the line and is said to have ruled for a period of thirty-seven years from 1878 to 1841 BCE.

In the Archaic period, coincides with Greek, Athenian, dominance of the aegean region. Many artist started working in number of new methods. Archaic period,“saw a rapid development in the portrayal of the human figure” (William Biers). Many sculptures started making sculptors of human figures life sized after being inspired by the monumental stone sculpture of Egypt and Mesopotamia. This sculpture gave a new inspiration for many new sculptures and the making of human form sculptures.

Art was highly regarded and developed by the Romans who commissioned and patronized works of architecture, music, painting, sculpture and even metalworking and gem engraving. The earliest specimens of Roman art can be dated to the establishment of the Republic in 509BC; with its expansion and subsequent influx of people and ideas in the capital, Rome unabashedly adopted a variety of cultural influences. While Greek influence was especially strong, the Romans blended Etruscan and Egyptian elements. Painting and sculpture were especially appreciated; the first being a two-dimensional form that can have a background to set the mood and help tell the story, while the second being a three-dimensional

During the Middle Age when governed by Christianity, the churches and monasteries played a role as a treasure storage for collections and exhibitions of precious goods. Even the most of collected and produced objects or art works were the tools for religious ceremony and the ornaments for the interior and exterior of church. The churches used a collection and display of precious goods in a way to attracts the publics to the church unlike that artworks were given secular values and they were considered as an aesthetic object only in the ancient Greek and the Rome era. The collected artworks were exhibited and disclosed to the public for the purpose of making people believe in God. Thus, the church in the Middle Age acted as a modern museum in respect that it collected, displayed, supported and produced relics and art works. Under the absolute power of the church, it was obvious that the representative art field in Middle Age was concentrated on an architecture of religious building such as a church or monastery and a sculpture or painting to decorate the building. The art works that used for buildings of church and monastery and the ornaments of the buildings were mostly a sacred treasure, an altarpiece, a bible manuscript for the Christian ceremony and the mural in catholic church that represents a bible story. Such things were mainly installed or decorated inside of a church or monastery, which were preserved in a special form along with