Egyptian, Greek and Roman Art
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Terms | Definitions |
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 Egyptian tomb art | 5000 BC -300AD. Combines painting and relief sculptures. The subject matter is both religious and historical/storytelling. This examples shows Osiris guiding people in their journey to the underworld, where hopefully their "Ka" or spirit will unite with their mummified body. |
| Egyptian relief art | 1323-1295 B.C. This art piece is a sculpture(Relief Sculpture). The reason for this sculpture would be religion and history. This sculpture includes Akhenaten whom changed Egypts religion during his reign from polytheism to monotheism. In the sculpture it shows Akhenaten and his followers worshiping the sun God. |
| Bust Of Queen Nefrititi | 1352-1336 B.C this is a sculpture and a bust. the purpose is religious, history. a 3300-year-old painted limestone bust of Nefertiti, the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten and is one of the most copied works of ancient Egypt.Nefertiti has become one of the most famous women from the ancient world as well as an icon of female beauty. It is believed to have been crafted in 1345 BC by the sculptor Thutmose |
| Egyptian Jewelry | Around 4000 BC. This is a painting and sculpture. The purpose is religious and aesthetic.These held important colors and motifs. They showed a person's status and wealth. This one held the Eye of Horus, the Egyptian god of the sky. |
| King Tut Funeral Mask | The death mask of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun is made of gold inlaid with colored glass and semiprecious stone. The mask comes from the innermost mummy case in the pharaoh's tomb, and stands 54 cm (21 in) high. |
| Pymaids at Giza | Egyptian, about 2530-2470 BC, architecture political/religous, pyramids of Cheops, Chefren, and Mycerinus, oldest of 7 wonders of the world, symbol or power. These pyramids followed Urine's belt and points to the dagger's tip. |
| The Parthenon | 448-432 BC this is a sculpture. the purpose was political, religious, aesthetic, storytelling. The Parthenon is a temple that towers above the city of Athens, symbolizing the Athenians' wealth and power. The temple is dedicated to Athena Parthenos, a Greek goddess and the city-symbol of Athens. This temple served as a monument to Athena because they believed that she helped the Greeks conquer the Persian Empire in the Persian Wars |
| Greek column orders | 570 BC-560 BC this is a sculpture. The purpose of this is history, religious. The Ionic columns normally stand on a base which separates the shaft of the column from the stylobate or platform; This is ornamental, it is a Greek architecture, symbolizes Greece's wealth and power. |
| Archaic Greek statues | Around 1200 BC this is a sculpture. the purpose is history, utilitarian.The 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. |
| King Laocoon and his sons | c.a. 42-20 B.C., a Hellenistic greek sculpture made of marble, storytelling and religious, told Virgil's Aeneid (punished by gods for trying to warn about the Trojan Horse), it is beauty in a scene of death |
| Bronze statue of Marcus Aurelius | One of the few well equestrian statues. Michelangelo designed this statue, statue was placed he on request of the pope. The emperor looks out to the world. The artist had immense knowledge to bone and muscle structure or horses. The balance with all the weight distributed over the three supporting legs is excellent. |
| Portrait bust of Roman man | Circa 50-120 AD, This sculpture is what the Romans believed as what was noble. The Romans wanted to portray realistic features and show how the object really looked. They believed that nobility was symbolized as a middle aged man with a stern, serious look responsible public bearing, and courageous endurance in the heat of battle. |
| The Pantheon | 118-125 A.D Architecture and Religion. To Honor all gods and goddesses. The Pantheon had different stations for every god. there was a hole for light. It is a temple for all of the gods for ancient Rome, constructed By Publius Aelius Hadrianuss. |
| Kritios Boy | Greek, 480BC Sculpture Aesthetic 1st free standing sculpture |
| Nike of Samothrace | Greek, 190BC Sculpture Religious Idolizes the greek god Nike |
| Black Figured Vase | Greek, 6th century BC Sculpture Story Telling/Utilitarian Depicited Olympians |
| Red Figured Vase | Greek, 5th century BC Sculpture Story Telling/Utilitarian Showed more detail in human figures |
| The Colosseum | Roman,72-80AD Architecture Political/Utilitarian Hosted games, mostly killing |
| Statue of Constantine | Roman, 330AD Sculpture Political Depicted, Emperor Constantine the Great |
| Pompeii Fresco from Villa of Mysteries | Roman, 1st century AD Painting Story Telling Shows torture and transfiguration. |
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