ANCIENT ATHLETICS

From prehistoric times to ancient Greece were held sports competitions such as Olympia, Pythia, Isthmia, Nemea, Panathinaia, etc. with the most important of all the Olympic Games, which promoted the "Rivalry" the ...

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GREEK MYTHOLOGY

The Greek myths are known from Greek literature. The epic poems "Iliad" and "Odyssey" and "Homeric Hymns". Two poems by Hesiod, "Theogony" and "Works and Days”, contain accounts of the genesis ...

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GENERAL TOPICS

The choice of subject matter stems from the artist's need to shape a world come out from his mind and made ​​of his hands. Depending on the quality of the emotion he is instilling to some forms his spirituality ...

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Sculpture is the subject of effort of a person to attribute, at his perception of his image. Consequently, it can be a mirror output but also at approach. People were inspired the idea of sculptural art by nature. The sculpture provides big anthropologic interest in the development of person from the depths of dark centuries. From paleontological man we have representations mainly in the walls of caverns or rocks and self-existent figurines. There are represented animals living in that era that is to say horses, reindeers, mammoths, rhinoceros etc. or the person himself. Most of the times animals are over genuine work of art, the person however is the most incomplete form with elation of certain body members.At the end of Paleolithic season we have the apex of art, the perfection of the object.
During the Mesolithic years we have the simplification of forms, it is not sought the faith output of the object.
As continuity we may consider the development of scheme graphic pictures to the true illuminative writing, then hieroglyphics and finally the true writing.
The most important progress is presented by the sculptures and bas-reliefs of Mycenaean season as well as various populations of East Assyria, Persia etc up to Egypt.The Byzantines developed activity in woodcarving as decorative element of architecture.During the Middle age in Europe the sculpture of religious subjects was developed.
The admiration of Greek Antiquity is observed initially at the Renaissance in Italy and afterwards in all Europe.


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