Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World
Nok sculptures are so far the earliest sculptures in the round found in sub-Saharan Africa, meaning that they are fully three-di ...
diff erent cultural groups to create jewelry. Th e type of metal usually depended on its availability. Gold was typically the mo ...
made of stone or wood and used for various purposes), and maces (ceremonial staff s). Th ese objects, oft en used as votive off ...
SCULPTURE Because sculptures are made of stone or other durable mate- rials such as ivory, many from ancient Egypt survive intac ...
enhancing the fi gures. In contrast, interior walls more com- monly used raised relief. Wood was also used for sculptures, thoug ...
was paid to the portrayal of hands and feet, right down to the details of the fi ngernails. Many of the representations of Akhen ...
across the millennia in the work of Mesopotamian artisans. Each major city had its patron deity, which was depicted in ce- ramic ...
meant to accompany kings and queens to the aft erlife: jewelry in gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian, and other semiprecious stones; ...
their rule of much of the Middle East. Made from marble and limestone, these friezes were placed along the walls of temples and ...
Few other paintings in India and southern Asia survive from before the 200s c.e. because surfaces such as wood and silk and othe ...
Maurya Empire. In India, Greek artists would carve stan- dardized torsos of men and women, leaving off the heads, and would late ...
Paintings of other sorts were common, especially on silk. By the end of the Zhou Dynasty (ca. 1045–256 b.c.e.) there were tens o ...
observers to interpret. Eyes could be whorls, faces could be represented twice on two sides of a pot, and wings could be depicte ...
Nanyue of the Yangtze River migrated south into North Vietnam aft er China conquered their country in 333 b.c.e. and brought wit ...
that art had a transforming power—that the act of painting made whatever was depicted actually happen. Th us, paintings that sho ...
would fi gure in the later history of European art had begun to form, each belonging to two major language groups: the West Medi ...
found in northern Europe, and northern European art has been found in Mycenae. One of the most interesting paint- ings of the er ...
sides remains. Th e horse is recognizable as a horse, but it is a fl ow of curves not found in real horses. Its surface was carv ...
GREECE BY MICHAEL J. O’NEAL It would be diffi cult to overstate the infl uence of ancient Greek art, particularly sculpture, thr ...
terms refer to changes in the coloration of pots. During the black fi gure period the background of the pot was red, and the fi ...
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