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Kids Bible Blog: ancient art influences
The Origins and Legacy of Ancient Art
Ancient art is one of the earliest forms of human creativity, which embodies the spiritual beliefs, everyday life, and the changing cultural identities of ancient societies. Since the cave paintings of prehistoric times, the monumental sculptures of Mesopotamia and Egypt, these works show the desire of the human being to explain the world and the ability to communicate between generations. The impact of ancient motifs, techniques, and symbolism can be traced even nowadays when people buy affordable art online and can see the reflection of these motifs, techniques, and symbolism in the modern aesthetics.
Early Artistic Expression: Prehistoric Foundations.
The earliest known art is more than 40,000 years old, cave paintings have been discovered in the caves of France in the Lascaux caves and Indonesia in the Maros-Pangkep caves. These pictures, which represent animals, people and abstract signs, provide hints to the rituals and beliefs of pre-historic times. Scholars have suggested that these works were used in ceremonial purposes, which may have been related to hunting magic or ancestral worship.
The prehistoric art is older than the written scripture, but the Bible mentions the early human craftsmanship in the Book of Genesis. Gen 4: 21-22 tells us that Jubal was the ancestor of...
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The Evolution and Echoes of Modern Art: A Journey from Antiquity to the Contemporary Canvas
Modern art which is now widely displayed in galleries and regularly advertised as modern art on sale, shows the results of many years of artistic progress. It speaks through images to past art and the fundamental stories and cultures of our world. Between the ancient frescoes of Egypt and Jackson Pollock’s bold paintings, the modern art movement links ancient beliefs, religious stories and the modern mind.
Ancient Echoes: Art in the World Before Modernity
To see the role of modern art in history, it is important to follow its origins to the earliest creative works. The paintings in Lascaux, France which are over 17,000 years old, are among the earliest examples of visual storytelling. Such abstract and simple pictures of animals and humans were probably made for spiritual or ritualistic purposes and this trait is still found in contemporary abstract and conceptual art.
The art of ancient Egypt was strict and symbolic and it was used for religious and political purposes. Figures were always painted in profile and with strict proportions which showed the ancient Egyptians’ belief in order, everlasting life and the divine rule of their kings. The traditions of Hellenistic art played a key role in shaping the iconography of early...
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