Roman Art
Art has changed a great deal since it began many centuries ago. Centuries don't notice the small changes that are shown even between cultures of alike times. Greeks and Romans both have beautiful pieces of art, but they were very different from each other. The amazing thing about art is that no matter how differences they are it is still beautiful in its own way. There are also alike in some ways. They that are unique with these two cultures as well, but the point that will be focused on is the differences that are found between Greek and Roman art. The pieces that will be focused on from the Greeks are Black-Figured Psykter and Red-Figured Kylix Depicting a Young Athelete, and from the Romans are Mummy Portrait of a Man and Mummy Portrait of a Young Woman. The Menil Collection in Houston holds the Roman Portraits. The Mummy Portrait of a Man is from the Fayum area in Egypt. It was painted about 150-200 B.C. It is painted in encaustic on wood, and is a Fayum portrait. The Mummy Portrait of a Young Woman is also from the Fayum area and painted in encaustic on wood. This portrait was painted about 150-200 B.C. The term Fayum portrait is actually derived from a Coptic word meaning " The land of th
e lake," which refers to the artificial Lake Qarun. This lake was a project of the kings of the Twelfth Dynasty, and it was this lake that made a desert area of about 100 kilometers into one of the most fruitful areas in Egypt. It was such an amazing achievement that the lake still to this day gives this region water keeping it fruitful. 3. This style of painting involves combining the paint with hot wax in order to obtain more resilient colors and also to be able to contrast light and dark better. The Red-Figured Kylix Depicting a Young Athlete was made about 480 B.C. by the painter Antiphon. This was a huge discovery for the Greek artists because it made the work of painting the look in black and using needles to do all the details that wasn't needed. Now the painters were can create the figures that they wanted on the clay and then heat or cook it and the figures would still look red, while the background would come out black. Allowing attention to detail and the skill of shadowing. Shadowing is more than clear on the Kylix. 2. Fayum paintings is called encaustic. The Greek Psykter is a wine cooler that was done using the system known as black-figured. This means that the figures that are on the Psykter are done in black, while the background is red. Black-figure painting is can't to use light and dark work because all of the figures are black. The artist also used purple and white to help to bring
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