EGYPTIAN ART

332-30 B.C

An important quality in Egyptian Art as you can see from the "Statuette of the God Anubis" was anthropomorphism . Which is where we can see a combination of human and animal characteristic features. As well as symbolism. This wooden figure symbolizes the god Anubis with a canid head on a human body. Anubis represented the patron god of embalming, guide of the Underworld. Which seems to be wearing a certain feathered costume of Egyptian deities. As you can see his body is very formal and can see a common gesture which would be the left foot forward. What I found very intriguing was how many works of  Egyptian art consisted of gods, goddesses, and Pharaohs, who were also considered divine.

 (480 - 323 BC)

This is one of the most famous statues in Greek Art which is  called "The Discus Thrower" by Myron.  This statue is a perfect example of how Greek art was more fascinated with the aesthetics of the human body.  The Greeks analyzed the anatomy of their male "hero" figures, teaching us how to portray muscles, bones, natural stance and athletic poses both in sculpture and 3-like demensional art. As you can see here the Greeks wore no clothing when they practiced sports, and the sculptor could observe their 

beautiful, strong bodies in every pose.

 When comparing Greek Art and Roman Art, The Greeks often represented the gods in their art, in an effort to express the ideal form of beauty, physical strength and power. For the Romans, however, art had a more practical function. Artwork was primarily used for ornamentation and decoration. As you really anaylze Roman Art they preferred to sculpt historical events and important people.If a Roman statue is idealized, it is probably a statue of one of the many Roman emperors, who were considered to be divinities. A perfect example would be this statue which is "Augustus of Prima Porta" which was constructed to symbolize the Roman victory over the Parthians in 20 B.C.  As we can see here we see more of a formal position.  Looking from this statue we can sense how he was a symbolic leader and powerful.