| Early
Art and Architecture
Learn
about different types of early art and architecture.
Art
There
are many different types of art.
It's structure has changed throughout the years. But there
are many arts that are still here and are very famous. For
instance Christianity astronaut much information is found
of art after the first two centuries Christ died. The earliest
arts found are the early 3rd century paintings on the walls
of the Catacombs in Rome. The subject matter is mainly consists
of biblical figures.
Egyptian
Pyramids
There were many significant achievement in are and architecture
before the Renaissance. One of them was the Egyptian Pyramid.
The pyramids were built as tombs for some of the Egyptian
pharaohs and their families. Many would have complex passages,
fake chambers, pathways, entrances, and exits, until you got
to the real burial chamber. Inside the burial chamber would
lay the mummy with his treasure. Sometimes there would be
a fake burial chamber wigh cheap gold and other items that
weren't worth as much as the ones in the real chamber. If
a pharaoh wanted a pyramid for a tomb he would begin constructing
it long before he was dead, with slaves carrying out the work.
Hanging
Gardens of Babylon
Lying on the east bank of the Euphrates River is another wonderful
achievement in art and architecture, the Hanging Gardens of
Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar II, a leader of Babylon, is said to
have built them, but some people believe Senaherib, and earlier
ruler, did. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon had plants cultivated
above ground with trees that had roots in an upper terrace,
according to an account that a person who saw it wrote long
ago. Archeological findings show the Vaulted Building having
think walls and an irrigation well near the southern palace.
Still, not enough is known now to figure out how the gardens
looked and exactly where they were.
Greek
Columns
Greece had amazing architecture, filled with columns and other
things to make it look fancier and also to make structures
sturdier. There were three basic types of columns, Doric,
Ionic, and Corinthian. The Doric style had a plain top but
was very sturdy. The Ionic style is fancier with a scroll
like top, and is thinner and more elegant. The Corinthian
style was used more commonly in Rome then Greece, but still
Greece used it, though rarely. The top was extremely elaborate,
decorated with acanthus leaves. The Parthenon was a building
in Greece built with Doric columns, The Temple of Athena Nike
used Ionic columns, and The Temple of Zeus at Athens was made
with Corinthian columns.
Art
and Architecture
All
over the world there is wonderful historic art and architecture.
In Egypt there is pyramids, in England castles, all over the
world there are tapestries. Pretty much everywhere you go
has amazing art and architecture.
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