Characterized by the absence of written documentation, making it challenging for historians to study and understand the events, cultures, and societies of that time
Prehistoric people
Nomads, no permanent abode who travel from place to place to find abundant vegetation and for successful hunting
Prehistoricanimalpaintings
Have ceremonial purposes
Prehistoricpeople
Paint animals
Carve animal statuettes
Prehistorichumanfigurines
Venus of Willendorf (28,000-25,000)
Civilization in the ancient time are historically rooted on the banksofrivers
The ancient Egyptian arts originate from the building of tombs like the pyramids and mastaba
Most of the Egyptian tombs are built with ornamentation of their ancient deities
Osiris
God of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life, and vegetation in ancient Egyptian religion
Osiris
Classically depicted as a green-skinned deity with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive atef crown, and holding a symbolic crook and flail
Horus
One of the most significant ancient Egyptian deities who served many functions, most notably as the god of kingship, healing, protection, the sun, and the sky
Horus
Most often depicted as a falcon, most likely a lanner falcon or peregrine falcon, or as a man with a falcon head
Ptah
An ancient Egyptian deity, a creator God and patron deity of craftsmen and architects
Ptah
A maker and creator, a patron of craftsmen, especially sculptors, including metalworkers, carpenters, and blacksmiths
Egyptian God said to have created the Cosmos/universe
Anubis
The God of funerary rites, protector of graves, and guide to the underworld
Anubis
Usually depicted as a canine or a man with a canine head
The AncientGreek arts mark the early civilization of the Greece and it early civilization is associated on the three great era such as Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic period
Aesthetic (beauty) in ancient Greek era
Correlated on the human body, most of the visual arts used nude human subjects to represent vigor and beauty
Menhir
A large single upright monolith, made for religious purposes, can vary considerably in size but often taper toward the top
Menhirs
Sometimes thousands were arranged in parallel ways, can also be found individually as monoliths
Dolmen
Single megalithic chamber tombs, tombs of standing stones, containing two or three vertical stones and a horizontal 'capstone' on top
Dolmens
Most widely known in northwest Europe, notably in Brittany, France, southern Scandinavia, Britain, Ireland, and the Low Countries
Cromlech
A megalithic construction made of large stone blocks, arranged in a circular form, used as a solar observatory to mark the sun's path
Cromlech
A good example is at CarnLlechart
Archaic Period (AncientGreek)
Arts were influenced by the earlier civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt, stressed the nude sculpture such as the kouros and kore
ClassicalPeriod (Ancient Greek)
The "Golden age of Athens", arts achieved the aesthetic ideals and sculpture evolved from the frontal and rigid of kouros
Hellenistic Period (Ancient Greek)
The end of the golden age of Athens, sculptures influenced by the Oriental and the political instability which brought new set of aesthetic ideals
Phidias
An Athenian sculptor regarded as one of the greatest of all sculptors of classical Greece, renowned for the Elginmarbles and his colossal statue of Zeus
Myron
One of the prevalent sculptors in the Golden Age of Athens, famous for his representations of athletes
Polykleitos
Considered one of the most important sculptors of classical antiquity, known for his lost treatise the Canon of Polykleitos which set out his mathematical basis of an idealised male body shape
Praxiteles
The first to sculpt the nude female form in a life-size statue, produced elegant representations of gods, mythological figures, and portraits
The Roman Visual Arts such as sculptures and architectures imitated the Greek forms and techniques
Romanarts
Developed new artistic subjects like Still Life, Landscape, and Architectural motifs
The Arch of Titus is a 1st-century honorific arch located on the Via Sacra, Rome, constructed in c.81 AD by the Roman Emperor Domitian shortly after the death of his older brother Titus
Medieval arts are influenced and dominated by the Catholic beliefs, most of the works of art in the Middle Ages are created based on the beliefs of the Catholic Church
Early Christian arts
Produced by Christians or under Christian patronage, influenced by early Christian symbols like cross, fish, lamb, Alpha, Omega, wreath, grapes, doves, and peacocks
Early Christian sculpture
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, depicting scenes from the Bible like Adam and Eve, the sacrifice of Abraham, Jesus entering Jerusalem, Judgement of the souls
Medieval arts
Influenced and dominated by the Catholic beliefs. Most works created based on beliefs of Catholic Church including stories from Old and New Testament, and great martyrs and saints