And at the time of the 16th century these structures would be churches and abbeys, as well as palaces and castles in Europe. These chandeliers were not only just inside large structures like the churches but they also provided lighting in private housing too. The first chandeliers that hung in private houses in the sixteenth century were only found in the palaces and mansions of the real wealthy and powerful. They were once an object that showed ones wealth. Apart from the glow from flames from firelight after the sun has set, any light apart from this was largely beyond the means of most people.
Stained glass was a luxury item and wouldn’t be considered an art form for many years. In the early 4th century stained glass became regarded as an art form when Christians were permitted to worship in public. In the 10th century a pictorial stained glass Head of Christ was the earliest intact excavated piece of glass found at the Lorsch Abbey in Germany. Over the centuries bits and pieces have been found across Europe. The oldest intact stained glass windows are in Bavaria, Germany.
Today, the button is simply here to perform a function, but in the past, the button was both a work of art and a status symbol. It is about 3,000 years ago during the Bronze Age that we see buttons emerge. These buttons were made of horn, wood, bone, metal and seashells, however, they were not for fastening. Their function was simply for decoration on clothing. That is because though the button had been created, the button-hole had yet to be invented.
The Art of Painting Artists thrived in the Netherlands during the Golden Age of Dutch Art in the 17th century, and they had tremendous contributions in the art history. Some painters came form the big cities – like Rembrandt from Amsterdam – and got recognition for during their lifetime and got famous. And some painters painted brilliant paintings, but during their lifetime, they were not appreciated for their works. Such one painter is Johannes (1632 – 1675) who created some of the most precious paintings of Northern Europe. His reputation is based on only 35 paintings, but during his lifetime he was virtually unknown to the world and was not appreciated to for his works.
This technology was not rediscovered until the 16th century when the writings of Ancient Rome and Greece were translated. Still, their technology was not put to use until a full century later. It was not until the end of the seventeenth century that engineers began to perfect their craft . There were several manufactures producing fire engines by this time and Richard Newsham was one of them. His engines were gaining popularity over most of the other engines which were basically copies of the Dutch Engine.
Mysteries of Giza There is little argument as to why the great pyramids of ancient Egypt were built. The writing is on the wall, literally. Within the burial chambers and on other sacred treasures within these tombs is a story told that is so universally familiar, people thousands of years later can understand most of it. The great mystery lies however, in how the Egyptians built their great pyramids. The earliest and greatest of the pyramids at Giza is Khufu’s pyramid, which stands 479 feet high and has a base of 755 square feet.
Originally, temples were just small structures made from wood and mud brick. As the years progressed, the temples developed into buildings, sometimes reaching over 20 meters high. They were then built with stone and marble and decorated with mosaics and carvings. In Athens, temples were built in the Ionic and Doric style of architecture. Although, the Doric style was mainly used in mainland Greece and the Ionic style was used in the Islands and colonies to the east.
They also often pinpointed in areas of caves that were not apparently available or accessible. Some theories contain that cave paintings may have had a way of interactive with others while other beliefs assign a religious or ceremonial resolution to them. The earliest non-concrete of rock art in Europe went back about around 40,000 years ago and was discovered in the El Castillo cave in Cantabria, Spain. Almost 340 caves have been exposed in France and Spain that include art from prehistoric times. Originally, the age of the paintings had been a controversial issue.
Ancient Greek art is broken into six major periods of magnificent creation; The Geometric Age (900-725 BCE), The Orientalizing Period (725-650 BCE), The Archaic Period (650-480 BCE), The Classical Period (480-400 BCE), The Late Classical Period (400-325 BCE), and The Hellenistic Period (325-350 BCE). The Greek’s were the first Western Humans to document their artwork and their artists’ using literature but Greek art is particularly difficult to study. The Greek work’s themselves are in fragments and many sculptures are Roman copies of the original Greek work; therefore, there is no way to tell whether the Roman’s imitated the art exactly as they saw or how they interpreted the art, “A copy was not necessarily intended as a strict imitation, but allowed for adapting the work according to the taste of skill of the copy-ist or the patron’s wishes” (Davies, 76)1. The Greek’s practiced a Polytheistic religion, yet they created their God’s in human form rather than half-animal, half-human like the Ancient Egyptians had done. “The Greek God’s and Goddesses, though immortal, behaved in very human ways” (Davies, 82)2.
There would not be colorful decorations that adorn these structures that have attracted travelers to Egypt over the past three thousand years. Egyptian religion was important also because it shaped and directed ancient Egyptian life, art, political structure and culture. It played an important part in Egyptian culture generally. Different sources show different results of the number of gods and goddesses from ancient Egypt. And while some of them said that it was over 700, the other said that around 1,500 gods and goddesses known by name from that period of time.