Ancient Arts

24 JANUARY 2015This is our 3rd class, i heard our lecturer get a high fever and cant attend our Wednesday class.

This week we learn about Ancient Arts and Egypt Arts. They have their religion such as polytheism, magic, politics (this politics means the ruler views as god), afterlife. Art - provide service for Ra. There is a great designer that we learn which is Imhotep, the designer for pyramids.

Lets talk about pyramids, it is a burial place of rulers. Locates at western side of Nile river. Our lecturer also told us the pyramids took 20 years to build and it is Giza constructed. So you will be think why? why pyramids idea is formed? How? So, actually the pyramids idea is started by star observation.

Temple, it play important role in religion & politics. Greek play role in intellectual & science and also religion. Greek is well known in vase painting, sculpture(which is relaxed position, called Contrapposto).

After that Rome start copy the Greek Arts. In religion, Greek use god and Rome use Zeus/Jupiter. Roman,  fresco and illusion. fresco is Italian for fresh. They made scroll/books , it is hand-made by using animal skin and it is for religion uses. Rebirth of large scale architecture/sculpture, basilica of St Semin, toulouse. Gothic Arts, last 200 years it is began in France. Most Gothic art took the forms of sculpture, panel painting, stained glass, frescos, illuminated manuscripts. During Medival time religion is important.