• Ancient Greek and Ancient Egyptian Art

     

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Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
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  • Essays 'Ancient Greek and Ancient Egyptian Art ', 1.
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Egyptian art comes from the paintings the Egyptians created in the tombs of rich people when they died. These pictures were supposed to help the dead person out when he or she reached the next world, where the Egyptians thought you lived after you died in this world. At first, carvers had a hard time painting the pictures but in about 2160 B.C. they started taking short cuts and made their work sloppier.
Greek art was much different from the Egyptians art. One of their styles of art was sculpting. …

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