HISTORY MESOPOTAMIAN AND EGYPTIAN ART MESOPOTAMIA THE FIRST

THE FIRST URBAN CIVILISATIONS: MESOPOTAMIAN ART MESOPOTAMIA’S GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS TO ARCHITECTURE: THE ARCH AND

THE FIRST URBAN CIVILISATIONS: MESOPOTAMIAN ART ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF MESOPOTAMIAN ARCHITECTURE: THE ISHTAR GATE,

EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE EGYPTIAN ART USED LINTELS AND WAS BASED ON MONUMENTALISM (HUGE MONUMENTS). LINTEL

THE EGYPTIAN TEMPLES HAD DIFFERENT PARTS. ONLY THE PHARAOHS AND THE PRIESTS COULD ENTER

EGYPTIAN TOMBS ALL THE TUMBS SHOWED PAINTINGS ABOUT THE AFTERLIFE AND THE JUDGEMENT OF

EGYPTIAN TOMBS: paintings THIS PAINTING SHOWS THE GOD ANUBIS, GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD, MUMMIFYING

GREEK ART GREEK SCUPTURE PERIO D ARCHAIC PERIOD CLASSICAL PERIOD (5 th and 4

GREEK ART 1. SCULPTURE The DORYPHOROS BY THE SCULPTOR Polykleitos shows the Greek CANON

GREEK ART 2. ARCHITECTURE THE DIFFERENCES AMONG THE THREE ORDERS FOCUS ON THE COLUMN

ROMAN ART ARCHITECTURE ROMAN ARCHITECTURE USED BOTH THE ARCH AND THE VAULT / LINTELS

PUBLIC BUILDINGS AQUEDUCT, WHICH TRANSPORTED WATER TO CITIES FORUM, the public square in cities.

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HISTORY MESOPOTAMIAN AND EGYPTIAN ART

MESOPOTAMIA

THE FIRST URBAN CIVILISATIONS: MESOPOTAMIAN ART MESOPOTAMIA’S GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS TO ARCHITECTURE: THE ARCH AND THE VAULT ALLOWED ARCHITECTS TO CONSTRUCT HIGH BUILDINGS. THE ARCH IS ABLE TO SUPPORT A LOT OF WEIGHT DISTRIBUTING THIS ALONG THE WHOLE BUILDING. ZIGGURAT: MESOPOTAMIAN BUILDING MADE OF ADOBE. THEY WERE PYRAMIDSHAPED TEMPLES WITH A SANCTUARY ON THE TOP.

THE FIRST URBAN CIVILISATIONS: MESOPOTAMIAN ART ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF MESOPOTAMIAN ARCHITECTURE: THE ISHTAR GATE, IN BABYLON. GLAZED CERAMICS DECORATED BUILDINGS. THEY SHOWED FLORAL AND ANIMAL MOTIVES, GEOMETRIC DESIGNS AND SCENES OF WAR.

HISTORY 2. EGYPTIAN ART

EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE EGYPTIAN ART USED LINTELS AND WAS BASED ON MONUMENTALISM (HUGE MONUMENTS). LINTEL HORIZONTAL STONE SUPPORTED BY TWO PILLARS. EGYPTIAN TEMPLES SHOW THEY WERE USED IN ARCHITECTURE

THE EGYPTIAN TEMPLES HAD DIFFERENT PARTS. ONLY THE PHARAOHS AND THE PRIESTS COULD ENTER THE SANCTUARY AVENUE OF SPHINXES

EGYPTIAN TOMBS ALL THE TUMBS SHOWED PAINTINGS ABOUT THE AFTERLIFE AND THE JUDGEMENT OF OSIRIS

EGYPTIAN TOMBS: paintings THIS PAINTING SHOWS THE GOD ANUBIS, GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD, MUMMIFYING A BODY. EGYPTIANS PRACTICED MUMMUFICATION TO PRESERVE THE BODIES FOR THEIR JOURNEY TO THE AFTERLIFE

GREEK ART GREEK SCUPTURE PERIO D ARCHAIC PERIOD CLASSICAL PERIOD (5 th and 4 th C. BC) MOTIF NAKED YOUNG WOMEN AND MEN (KORAI-KUROI) CHARACTE RISTICS INESCRUTABLE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS HELLENISTIC PERIOD STATUES OF SPORTMEN, GODS AND GODDESSES MYTHOLOGICAL SCENES AGILITY AND MOVEMENT TWISTED AND EXAGGERATED MOVEMENT OF THE BODIES SERENE FACIAL EXPRESSION

GREEK ART 1. SCULPTURE The DORYPHOROS BY THE SCULPTOR Polykleitos shows the Greek CANON (Perfect body proportions): seven times the height of the head

GREEK ART 2. ARCHITECTURE THE DIFFERENCES AMONG THE THREE ORDERS FOCUS ON THE COLUMN AND CAPITAL

ROMAN ART ARCHITECTURE ROMAN ARCHITECTURE USED BOTH THE ARCH AND THE VAULT / LINTELS AND COLUMNS

PUBLIC BUILDINGS AQUEDUCT, WHICH TRANSPORTED WATER TO CITIES FORUM, the public square in cities. PUBLIC BATHS (THERMAE)