Comparing Ancient Egypt And Ancient Greece

Throughout history the human figure has been demonstrated in Middle Eastern, Egyptian and Greek sculptures and paintings. Most of these artifacts tend to focus more on humanism than realism due to Rulers and Gods, geographical areas, resources and events thus, giving them the idea for the theme of the art they create. These are the reasons that might explain their commonalities or differences in the representation of the human figure.

Examining the Ancient Egyptian civilization reveals much about the nature of its art. The art was mainly religious in content and purpose and, as the “religious dogma” remained unchanged for nearly 3000 years, so did the art (Piper, 1991: 24). Because Isis and Horus are divine beings, they had to be portrayed “with limited human expression” according to “strict formal conventions, in keeping with their divinity” (Mason, 2007:13). The sculpture is fairly flat on the back side of the throne, for the sake of functionality. It was not “intended to be seen in the round”, but was most probably placed against the wall of a tomb (Ancient Egypt – Myth & History, 2002: 439). In fact, this sculpture was not made

According to history there existed two of many important ancient civilizations that left a significant mark in the history of human development that even today leaves modern society in awe of its greatness. In spite of being distant civilizations, Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece share similarities and difference in terms of how they practiced religion,political structure, everyday life style, and how they built the monumental architectures that continued to amaze the modern world of today. These comparison and contrast explain their difference in history and their dynasty's long term success. Through the early developmental age these two ancient civilizations contrasted in many ways perhaps due to

The civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and China were all different but were also developed similar ways of doing things. The political, economic and intellectual outlooks of these ancient peoples say a lot about their ways of life. The religious views of Egypt and Mesopotamia were rather different.

The “human form” has changed through art over long periods of time and how each civilization uses their own style to create these pieces is how art gets its depth. I'm going to be talking about one of each sculpture from every major period and explain how each one has its own flavor and own unique style. I will be talking about the Prehistoric period, Egyptian style, Greek style and Roman styles. I also have a list of vocabulary words i will be pointing out in bold to explain how these are used in sculptures.

The statue of King Sahure and a Nome god is an interesting piece of Ancient Egyptian art ( c. 2500 BC ) that shows signs of Ancient Egyptian culture and beliefs. The statue is a small relief sculpture, meaning the sculptural elements are attached to the solid background of the sculpture and appears to be emerging from the material. The piece clearly depicts two figures side by side, one standing on the left and one sitting on the right (facing foreward). The purpose of this piece was probably to depict a certain symbolic interaction between the two characters.

The main purpose of this paper is to describe the visual analysis of the artwork. This paper examines an Egyptian half nude portrait art which is taken from Metropolitan Museum of Art (Fig.1). The statue characterized both male and female seated figure with a Braid hair. In this essay, I will present a complete visual description of this artwork (its preservation, costume and iconography), and then I will compare it to another artwork which is chosen from Textbook that is Akhenaten and his Family (Fig. 2).

While describing the cultural among the people of Mesopotamia and Egypt, I learned the differences and similarities in culture. The birth of Mesopotamian Civilization began in c. 3000 B.C.E., in the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers of Southwest Asia. Mesopotamia is a Greek word and it means ‘between the rivers.’ In contrast, the birth of Egyptian Civilization began in c. 3100 B.C.E., in a valley of the Nile River in Northeastern Africa. Egypt is a Greek word and it means ‘House of the Spirit of Ptah.’ Since there are several categories in the cultures of the Mesopotamians and the Egyptians, I decided to narrows it to three categories: Religion, Writing, and Geography. The three categories will present the basis to compare cultural differences and similarities.

You have some good points and ideas. The post really wants you to explore similarities in the artworks. Where the artwork is today does not really tell us anything about the values and beliefs of those cultures. Also, you were to compare 2 different cultures. In one of you posts, you compare Egypt to Egypt. In future posts, I will be looking for you all to answer the questions more directly. It is also better to compare known facts instead of possibilities. So comparing the possibility that the seated scribe was a royal is not a good comparison point because there is little to no evidence to make the

In the documentary “BBC How Art Made the World 1- More Human then Human” visual representations of human like art were made present in various cultural traditions and beliefs. I agree with all the key points the documentary focuses on when it comes to culture being expressed through art. One aspect I found interesting was when the narrator went into detail about the Greeks and their ability to sculpt the human body. I liked how the video provided background history about the Greeks telling us how the people would worship various gods and believed that by producing beautifully detailed human-like sculptures that the gods would come down and take human form. I believe that their cultural beliefs played a major influence in the way portrayed the human body and its features. I

Both sculptures give a few views of how these individuals were looked at. They were gods so the sculptors portrayed them as such and they did it with great skill. We will observe and pick apart these “Gods” doing things that normal humans cannot no do. Such as holding the world on their shoulders or sleeping on a snake with ease. This idea of mythical beings has been around for many years along with their religious beliefs, no one honestly knows if they ever existed but through evidence found, we think otherwise. We think this because the viewer sees one of the "Gods" asleep on a serpent(snake), then the other sculpture is of "Gods" assisting another holding the world (heavens). Two examples of mythical "beings" would be the sculpture of

Greece and Egypt both had ancient civilizations, but they differ in their clothing/appearance and their jobs. Foremost, the people of ancient Greece were very concerned with their clothing and their appearance. They tried their best to look presentable and clean. The clothing that they wore were very comfortable and simple. The machine that they use to create their clothing was called a loom.

In art, picking apart and analyzing paintings, statues, and other creations is essential to the understanding of each piece’s elements of design and iconography. Context also plays a huge role in interpretation, because, without it, a painting is simply a painting, not a story. Seated Scribe, an ancient Egyptian sculpture, portrays a man sitting with his legs crossed “holding a papyrus scroll partially unrolled on his lap, his right hand clasping a now-lost reed pen. (Stokstad)” The medium the unknown artist chose to use is limestone, and it is painted to resemble natural north African features such as skin tone and hair color, and sits twenty-one inches tall.

After the destruction of Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations, Greek civilization came into being. Greek cities fought against each other and also had Persians as their common enemy. The Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C.E. between the Greeks and the Persians was the main cause of the Greek unity. Sparta and Athens emerged as the strongest cities in the Greek civilization and people living in both cities after the Greek unity were no longer different than each other. The unity brought creativity among the Greeks, new ideas were explored and these ideas referred to what we call the Classical Ideal.

Just from looking at a few pieces of the art of the ancient Egyptians, you begin to notice many defining characteristics about it that make it unique and different from other styles of art. There are an ample amount of recurring features in the art, so this must mean that these traits and aspects are noteworthy. This next section of the essay will go into detail about a few of the many types of art and the stylistic elements that define ancient Egyptian art and make it special and distinguishable from other types of art, and why some particular aspects of the art are important.