Ancient Art
Title: Ancient Art
Category: /Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 287 | Pages: 1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Ancient Art
Category: /Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 287 | Pages: 1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Ancient Art
The trip I took to the Getty Museum was very interesting and informational. I had always wanted to go to the Getty and now that I had purpose in writing a term paper on art of ancient civilizations it was worth my time. I mainly learned about art in Egyptian, Greek and Roman culture while I was there.
Before the portrayal of the human body or any piece of art can be critiqued,
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live after the man dies. They used stone because it was the strongest material they could find. Longevity was very important to the Egyptians. The bodies are always idealized and clothed. Figures are very rigid, close-fisted, and are built on a vertical axis to show that the person is grand or intimidating. Most of the figures were seen in the same: profile of the legs, frontal view of the torso, and profile of the head.