Pictures of Ancient to Medieval art, frescoes, mosaics, paintings and sculptures. One of the most powerful artifacts left by past civilisations is their art. Much can be gleaned by historian and archaeologists from historic artworks. Most of the best examples of historic art is found in ancient tombs and they often tell the story of the deceased life and the culture he or she lived in. Burials art tells us about ceremonies and the gods a civilisation worshiped. Throughout history art has been...
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Pictures of Ancient to Medieval art, frescoes, mosaics, paintings and sculptures. One of the most powerful artifacts left by past civilisations is their art. Much can be gleaned by historian and archaeologists from historic artworks. Most of the best examples of historic art is found in ancient tombs and they often tell the story of the deceased life and the culture he or she lived in. Burials art tells us about ceremonies and the gods a civilisation worshiped. Throughout history art has been used to depict Gods and deities. From the great Egyptian statues of Ra to the Sistine chapel paintings, this collection of photos charts the great creativity , skill and endeavor mankind has continuously invested in artworks since the dawn of the first civilisations. The Egyptians were one of the first major civilizations to codify design elements in art. The wall painting done in the service of the Pharaohs followed a rigid code of visual rules and meanings. Early Egyptian art is characterized by absence of linear perspective, which results in a seemingly flat space. These artists tended to create images based on what they knew, and not as much on what they see. Objects in these artworks generally do not decrease in size as they increase in distance and there is little shading to indicate depth. People and objects are almost always drawn in profile. Also, you may notice the people in Egyptian art are never facing forward. Greek art began in the Cycladic and Minoan prehistorical civilizations, and gave birth to Western classical art in the subsequent Geometric, Archaic, Classical and the Hellenistic Period. It absorbed influences of Eastern civilizations, of Roman art and its patrons, and the new religion of Orthodox Christianity in the Byzantine era and absorbed Italian and European ideas during the period of Romanticism. The medieval art of the Western world covers a vast scope of time and place, over 1000 years of art in Europe, and at times the Middle East and North Africa. It includes major art movements and periods, national and regional art, genres, revivals, the artists crafts, and the artists themselves. Art historians use a generally accepted classification of Early Christian art, Migration Period art, Byzantine art, Insular art, Pre-Romanesque and Romanesque art, and Gothic art. In addition each region has its own distinct artistic style, such as Anglo-Saxon art or Norse art. Medieval art was produced in many media, and the works that remain in large numbers include sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, metalwork and mosaics, all of which have had a higher survival rate than other media like fresco wall-paintings, work in precious metals or textiles, including tapestry.
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