This document discusses ancient art from various early civilizations including Egypt, Greece, Rome, China, India, and Mesopotamia. It notes that ancient art was created during a time when civilization and technology were primitive, using materials like charcoal, berries, and tools made of stone. It was characterized by simple lines and shapes rather than proportional measurements. Ancient art served purposes like communication, ritual, symbolism, and expressing imagination. Hieroglyphics were pictorial symbols used in Egyptian record keeping and tombs. The document also provides an example of a male rice deity sculpture from the Philippines and notes it represents an important tradition of anthropomorphic sculpture in that region.
19. Ancient art
They were made during the
ancient time where civilization and
technology were very primitive.
20. Ancient art
refers to the many types
of art produced by the
advanced cultures of ancient societies
with some form of writing, such as those
of
ancient China, India, Mesopotamia, Pers
ia, Palestine, Egypt, Greece, and Rome.
The art of pre-literate societies is
normally referred to as Prehistoric art
23. Most are just symbols
drawn through lines and
shapes that are not
straight and uses
pigments like charcoal
and berries or are carved
using hunting tools and
sharp stones.
24. It is observed that colors and
other principles of art are not
applied and yet the subject is
well represented.
The elements usually applied
were very few like lines and
shapes. And it’s obvious that no
measuring tools were used
because of there is no
proportionality observed.
25. It is characterized by more
advanced hunter-gathering,
fishing and rudimentary forms
of cultivation. This era is
characterized by farming,
domestication of animals, settled
communities and the emergence
of important ancient civilizations
(eg. Sumerian, Egyptian). Portable
art and monumental architecture
dominate.
27. Ancient Greek art emphasized
the importance and
accomplishments of human
beings. Even though much of
Greek art was meant to honor
the gods, those gods were
created in the image of humans.
29. Like language, art is a form of
expression. Its message may be
symbolic or religious, historical
or political. But the purpose of
art is not simply to
communicate a message, but
more importantly, to elicit an
emotional response, to 'move'
us, in some way
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37. Figure of a Male Rice Deity (Bulul)
This standing male figure
representing a rice deity (bulul) from the
Ifugao people of northern Luzon Island
in the Philippines is an outstanding and
highly important expression of the
foremost tradition of anthropomorphic
sculpture in the northern Philippines.
Sculpted with exceptional elegance and
sensitivity for its genre, it is among the
finest expressions of its type.
38. it is a relic from the ethnic
group Igorot’s here in the
Philippines.
it Is a local God that they
usually worship during the
olden times.
39. Please answer the following questions. Use ¼ sheet of pad paper.
1. Ancient art was mostly based on graphic designs?
a. True b. False
2.Arts were made mostly for leisure time?
a. True b. False
3.Ancient art was created to serve as symbols of that of the real object?
a. True b. False
4.Egyptian Hieroglyphics were word written in Egyptian language?
a. True b. False
5.Arts came first before language?
a. True b. False
41. ASSIGNMENT:
Your assignment would be that in your
notebook, please look into the following
information.
1.Ancient Architecture and its purpose.
2.Different civilization that was included
during the Ancient Era and their
contributions.