(C. 1341 BCE-C. 1323 BCE)

                                                           Egyptian and Greek & Roman styles

220 BC.

The Egyptian and the Greek & Roman styles have similarities and differences. For the Egyptian styles this image shows the leader of the ancient Egyptian government which is the Pharaoh King Tutankhamun and we know it’s a pharaoh because of the cobra. Most Egyptian artworks involve the depiction of many gods and goddesses which art is one of them. In the image it shows the cobra and in the video explains that it symbolizes divine authority or royalty. The kath that the pharaoh used to wear. He also has his sceptre which symbolizes power and a  whip that would use to whip the slaves. the colors are very important too. For example the blue symbolized creation and rebirth, and yellow  was the color of all the pharaohs, which is why the sarcophagi and funeral masks were made of gold to symbolize the everlasting and eternal pharaoh who was now a god. Now for the Greek & Roman styles there is this art called “ Barberini Faun”. This is in the Hellenistic period. It shows nudity which in Greek art was nothing new. It’s a Satyrs which were human-like male woodland spirits with several animal features, often a goat-like tail, hooves, ears, or horns. The art depicts like he has fallen into a restless doze on the rock because of being intoxicated by wine. It also expresses realism in an erotic style.

                                                                                                                                                                                     

Both the Egyptian and the Greek & Roman styles have several similarities and more differences. The similarities are that both use high authorities such as kings and gods for their sculptures. Also they shared rigidity of pose, stride, and clenched fists. They both did shared nudity, but in the Egyptian art nudity was only used in statues of children and servants  and in the Greek & Roman art nudity was in vogue. On the other hand, the differences were that the Egyptians was death and afterlife. The Greeks were Humanism and Idealism and later Realism.  Egyptians was more towards religion and the Greek & Roman was more towards philosophy. The Egyptians art would use a lot of symbolism, hieroglyphs and their artwork was very stiff, but Greek & Roman styles look very natural and focuses a lot on the lines to make the person look so realistic, very interesting and be able to see their emotions and expressions. Last but not least reason is that the emphasis of  Egyptian statues was based more on the symmetry and for the Greek & Roman statues were not based on symmetry at all.