ancient arrts

1. WESTERN
AND
CLASSICAL
ART
TRADITIONS

2. The arts of ancient Greece
could still be considered
very important even in
digital age because they
show us where prototypes
come from.

3. Prototypes are the
original ideas of
forms in which later
ideas and forms are
based.

4. ANCIENT
ART

5. What are the
distinct
characteristics of
ancient art?

6. Used pictures instead of words to
tell a story or a message.
They used pieces of red and yellow
ochre for chalk.

7. They used sharp flint points cut lines
into the rock walls.

8. Classical art

9. The term classical may be
applied to all art and music
from a specific period in
history (1750 – 1820)

10. In the strictest sense, this is a
term used to characterize the art,
literature, and aesthetics created
by the ancient Greeks and
romans

11. in the visual arts, a sense of
control in the handling of themes
and a sense of order and
proportion of forms are observed.

12. Egyptian art

13. Egyptian art and architecture are the
buildings, sculptures, paintings, and
decorative arts of ancient Egypt from
5000 bc to the conquest of Egypt by
rome in 30 bc.

14. What are the art
elements and
principles used in
Egyptian arts?

15. Egyptian art and architecture are the
buildings, sculptures, paintings, and
decorative arts of ancient Egypt from
5000 bc to the conquest of Egypt by
rome in 30 bc.

16. ARCHITECTURE

17. Egyptian pyramid
THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS
ARE THE WORLD’S LARGEST AND
OLDEST TOMBS OR BURIALL
PLACES. THEY SERVE AS THE MOST
POPULAR SYMBOL OF EGYPTIAN
ART AND ARCHITECTURE.

18. Artistic elements
Materials: mud bricks cased in limestone,
granite.
Color: polished white which gives a
brilliant reflective appearance when
viewed from distance.

19. Artistic elements
Architectural design: a combination of
politics and religious customs

20. painting

21. Egyptian pyramid
Egyptian painting shows mythological
representation and scenes of the
everyday activities of Egyptians.

22. Artistic elements
Egyptian paintings tends to be linear,
with very little concern for matters of
perspective or depth.
Egyptian sense of line and color are
excellent.

23. sculpture

24. Khafre enthroned
The Egyptian king
Khafre, from the 2500
bc in stone figure.

25. Artistic elements
Materials: carved from a solid
block of diorite, the hardest
stone available at the time of the
old kingdom in Egypt.

26. Artistic elements
Design: an idealized
representation of the king, with
strong geometric lines and
dramatic proportions.

27. Folk art

28. Egyptian pectoral
This pectoral or a type of large
necklace, which is worn on the
chest is found in the tomb of an
18th dynasty pharaoh,
tuthankhamun.

29. Artistic elements
Materials: gold, resin
and semi precious
stones.

30. Artistic elements
design: a large necklace
It is a pectoral, a type of large
necklace worn on the chest, and
represents a vulture.