This funerary practice represents the wealth, high-standing and social position for the deceased. Ancient Egyptians, by preserving the bodies through the religious practice by using their artistic expressions through different styles like linear, painterly, regional representation, space and mass with 2 and 3 dimensions, showed a
Religion in Pompeii and Herculaneum explores such factors such as temples, household of gods, tombs and foreign cults all of which have a strong impact on the way we perceive the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. A variety of temples will be discussed including the temple of Isis and Temple of Jupiter. Furthermore, the household of gods in the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum depicted a private religion as the people of the city had a strong belief in religion, varies household gods that were highly influential include Lares, Genius the god of fertility and Penates whom protected food supply to family. In addition, tombs played a major role in showing the social status of families. The significance of roman religion played a major role on the people of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
The art were mostly preserved very well due to the materials used were meant to last. The design and measurement of the artworks were also very precise and carefully considered, as lots of the artworks were used as containers of souls. Most of the art were related to the wealthy powerful people, and art at that time was used as propaganda for the pharaoh to maintain their authority. During that time period, religion are closely related to politics as a tool and belief to help pharaohs ruling the lands. Egyptians at that time embrace the idea of afterlife, probably to ease their pain as slaves, to convince people to accept the fate to gain a better living after death.
Research Assignment: Ancient Egyptian beliefs in afterlife influenced their funerary practices and rituals. This ancient civilisation obsession with death and the desire to have a well furnished sustained afterlife consequently led to the survival of extensive funerary artefacts, tomb art, preserved bodies, pyramids, funerary literature and mortuary text, such as, the coffin text, pyramid texts and the book of dead. This combined with the writings of ancient historians such as Herodotus with, ‘The Histories’, Plutarch, with ‘Worship of Isis and Osiris’, Manetho with, ‘Aegyptiaca’ (History of Egypt) and Didorus Siculus with, ‘Bibliotheca historica’ (Historical Library) have provided contemporary historians and Egyptologist with numerous primary sources both literary and non-literary to utilize, in their exploration of Ancient Egyptian culture. The Ancient Egyptian beliefs prominently affected periods of their history, Old, Middle and New kingdom, the Ancient Egyptian mortuary beliefs controlled their funerary traditions specifically the practices and rituals involved. These religious traditions, practices and rituals, were also influenced by other cultures beliefs, such as, the Roman influence in the Ptolemy period.
The second image is a glazed steatite statuette of kneeling Amenhotep III, as the god Neferhotep. This sculpture is a piece of ancient Egyptian art, from 1390–1352 B.C. Each of these sculptures has a supernatural symbolism, as well as perceptions of death and life. Statuette of a winged Eros, masquerading as Herakles has his mass on his right leg and his left is positioned slightly lateral. His left hand is stretched using the palm of his hand gazing downward and his right hand on his waist behind his back.
The Olympic Games integrated and celebrated Greek ideas about athletic competition, the body beautiful, and honoring the gods. Discuss the importance of the Olympic Games by examining these topics. 5. Discuss the artistic & philosophical exchanges between the Greek & Indian (Bactrian) Civilizations during the Hellenistic Age. 6.
The ancient Egyptians believed that it was important to record and communicate information about the religion and government. Therefore, they invented written scripts that could be use to hold and record this information. The most famous Egyptian script was hieroglyphic, however throughout the three thousand years of history, at least three other scripts were used for different objectives. The scripts were tools for scribes, so that they were able to preserve the beliefs, history, and ideas of ancient Egypt on papyrus scrolls. One of the most unique traits of the Egyptians was their architectural innovation for building pyramids.
The rulers devoted their time to the design and decoration of extensive funerary complexes, as well as the pyramids and subterranean tombs. The Egyptian funerary practices were from Osiris, and his belief in the continuity of life after death. The dead would a “last judgment” that consisted of two tests done by Osiris and supervised by the god, Anubis. The artists of Mesopotamia and Egypt helped create the symbolic visual language. They depended on the natural color of their materials from the earth to get the colors they wanted.
The Greek used pottery to also pass messages. They wrote on the hardened clay and the message was passed down. They would sometimes use the same pot for days writing messages back and forth. A large number of the scenes painted on the pottery illustrate the myths and legends of the ancient Greeks. Because of pottery’s durability, it comprises a large part of the archaeological record of the Ancient Greece, and since there is so much of it, it has exerted a large influence on the understanding of Greek society.
This paper compares ancient Egyptian art with ancient Greek art and considers the ways in which the Greeks were influenced by Egyptian art. Egypt established a long and enduring artistic tradition. Greek art drew heavily on that background, using many of the same kinds of subjects and incorporating many similar symbols, but then reinterpreted them through very different eyes and a strikingly different cultural perception. Both visions continue to have a profound impact on artists in modern cultures, from their representation of everyday life to the varied perceptions of the importance and meaning life in general. Catharine Roehrig, Egyptian Art Curator for The Metropolitan Museum of Art, observes, "Egypt's Old Kingdom (Dynasties 3-6, ca.