arts&appreaciation(bronze age)

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Arts&Appreaciation(Bronze Age)

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  • (from 3100 b.c)

  • Egyptian artEgypt, arguably the greatest civilization in the history ofancient art, was the first culture to adopt a recognizable style of art.

  • PaintingsEgyptian painters depicted the head, legs and feet of their human subjects in profile, while portraying the eye, shoulders, arms and torso from the front.

  • PyramidThe unique style ofEgyptian architecturefea-tured a range of massive stone burial chambers, called Pyramids.

  • Sumerian artIn Mesopotamia and Ancient Persia, Sumerians were developing their own unique building - an alternative form of stepped pyramid called aziggurat.

  • These were not burial chambers but man-made mountains designed to bring rulers and people closer to their Gods who according to legend lived high up in mountains to the east. Ziggurats were built from clay bricks, typically decorated with colored glazes.This is a PyramidThis is a Ziggurat

  • Persian art(From 3500 b.c)

  • Persian ArtFor most of Antiquity, theart of ancient Persiawas closely intertwined with that of its neighbours, especially Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq), and was influenced by Greek art.

  • Susa and persepolis (left side) and Frieze of Archers (right side)

  • Minoan art (2100-1425 b.c.)The first important strand ofAegean art, created on Crete by the Minoans, was rooted in itspalace architectureat Knossos, Phaestus, Akrotiri, Kato Zakros and Mallia, which were constructed using a combination of stone, mud-brick and plaster, and decorated with colourful murals and fresco pictures, portraying mythological animal symbols (eg. the bull) as well as a range of mythological narratives

  • Minoan artalso features stone carvings (notably seal stones), and precious metalwork.

  • Minoan craftsmen are also noted for theirceramics andvase-painting, which featured a host of marine and maritime motifs.This focus on nature and events - instead of rulers and deities - is also evident in Minoan palace murals and sculptures.

  • Bronze Age Metalwork

    Named after the metal which made it prosperous, the Bronze Age period witnessed a host of wonderfulmetalworkmade from many different materials.

  • This form of metallurgy is exemplified by two extraordinary masterpieces:Ram in the ThicketMaikop Gold Bull

  • Chinese bronze workThe period also saw the emergence ofChinese bronze work(from c.1750 BCE), in the form of bronze plaques and sculptures often decorated with Jade, from the Yellow River Basin of Henan Province, Central China.