Ancient Greek Art Topic Paper

When looking at Ancient Greek Art and Ancient Egyptian Art you will notice that while the two periods are not far apart time wise, the art that comes out of these periods is dramatically different. The Egyptians seemed to focus on building gigantic architectural structures, and the focus of their paintings and sculptures was nature, animals, and the supernatural. Also, when the Egyptian people did something with the human form it seemed to follow the …showed first 75 words of 704 total…

…showed last 75 words of 704 total…anatomy, size and details. Works Citied: 1.<Tab/>Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Education Inc., 2005 2.<Tab/>Gage, Nicholas. The Greek Miracle: Classical Sculpture from the Dawn of Democracy, the Fifth Century B.C. [Cited 6 March 2006]. Available from: http://artchive.com/artchive/G/greek.html 3.<Tab/>2003-2005 Ancient-Greece.org. [Cited 6 March 2006]. Available from: http://www.ancient-greece.org/art/chiarioteer.html