Artemidora is a mummy from Egypt of A.D, 90-100. It is of a young woman laying flat,dressed in a specific Egyptian style. According to the text, she was dressed in a pharaonic fashion. It included gold jewelry and a red tunic. Her hair was an Egyptian style wig,which was black as usual. The mummy sculpture seemed to have been made of stone because the ancient style of Egypt was of stone architecture at the time. At the back of this mummy's head was a support decorated with images of rebirth of life. According to the lecture of HarmonIntroEgyptionGreek , it was said that Egyptian beliefs were focused mainly on life after death. On chapter 14th, pharaohs built mountain like triangular burials, where they had buried all the bodies for the life after death passage. They were very interested in symbols of life and creating art forms and sculptures showing that as well as symbolizing it. It was shown in the video of a woman getting her hair done. The hair stylist was making her hair in arcs, which symbolized life. Arcs in the ancient Egypt meant life. The material used in this sculpture is of stone. It was an average human size in person, almost of an average young woman of our time. The gesture of this sculpture was laying flat with wide eyes. The expression was indifferent, not that of a dead person. Which symbolizes life after death since the Egyptians believed in the Afterlife more than anything.
( Marble sphinxon a cavetto capital)
In the Greek art, it is almost similar to Egyptian but not quite. The Greek statues and art are similar to Egyptian art when it comes to the "formal pause" according to the online lecture. However, they seem to have been more focused on life and not so much of what happens after life. The spear bearer statue of Greek culture, symbolized the highest creation of nature, which was the human form.They had believed that the human form was a perfect physical form with so much power. They were obsessed with perfection, proportions and the human form. According to the text of chapter 15, the Greeks looked at being human differently. They felt that humans had the power to reason, make people important. A statue from ancient Greece called Marble sphinxon a cavetto capital. It was made in Greek, Attic, in ca. 580-575b.c. This was a grave representing male or youth. It was made out of stone just like the Egyptian art. Greek sculptors at the time learned the carving of stone from the Egyptians. This carving was a size of a toddler. It wasn't too small,but not large either. It was perfectly proportioned. It was almost a mix of human and animal.The lower body was of a lion form and upper was of human.
The Roman art is different because they are more focused on personal characteristics. In other words,they're less idealistic. However, their focus was still of a human form just like the Egyptian and Greek art. An example of roman art would be Ancient Roman allegory of Tiber River. This was of twins of Rome who were saved from the Tiber rivers. The sculpture was made of stone as well and it was very detailed. The art was of a male and a she-wolf, holding one another and the male staring at it with a drape over his body. This symbolized the male's life and relationship with the animal.
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