Arches

        During these periods when they already had roman arches they later thought of making the churches bigger and have more room for "God" in them so they figured out a way to make them bigger even though they had an idea on how to make them bigger; the Gothic arches were specifically designed to hold a larger scale building because if they had continued using the roman arches the build could of soon collapsed as  it was created because of the weight of the building.
         Even though they had roman arches it would not be enough to support the project of expanding the cathedrals and then supporting the addition of weight that would come after the increase in size of the building. The pointed arches that were used in the new churches were exactly the reason why they can build them so large, because it can support the weight that the roman arches can not and therefore the reason why they were not used for the new designs of the cathedrals.


Devon
"Gothic arch"

Ancient Greece

                 Greek art in comparison to Egyptian art to me is no contest just for the simple fact that Greek art is so much more advanced than Egyptian art is. The Greeks and their vast wanting for knowledge usually took from other societies to build upon their own. What they took from the Egyptian culture was how to sculpt, but what they did to improve on how to do so is why they are still being compared to current and other ancient art today.
              Egyptian art in comparison to Greek art would not be fair just because of what the Greeks learned of art had to do partly with what the Egyptians used, but the Greeks just built up on what they learned and greatly increased on what techniques on how to define and make the human body look more perfect in the eyes of the artist.
                 Egyptian art is still great to look at and study like for example,
"King Mankaure (also know as Mycerimus) and his queen (probably Kha_merer-nebty II)"
 
a prime example of early ancient egyptian sculpture which looks kind of plain when it comes to details and also what its made out of, and this is what the greeks took from them and evolved it into something that we still admire today.
"‘Laocoon and His Sons’ -Ancient Greek art 25BC. White Marble. The statue is attributed to Greek sculptures Agesander, Athenodoros and Polydorus."

When people look at this and see the vast difference between the two works of art; they can tell that greek art has more to it and a ton more definition, structure, and also technology compared to egyptian art work.

Ancient Art

             History and Art goes hand-in-hand so when we watch how historians, archeologist, and artist work together to uncover great mysteries and wonders of the past and rediscover lost and ancient civilizations we can have a greater appreciation for what we have now and what more there is for us to find.
        We as humans learn from one another so when we look at what our predecessors have done in their time. When we look at our books, art work, and statues that were left behind from the previous generations we learn how to recreate things that were made thousands of years ago like for example on how most of the buildings that have to do with government are usually modeled after the buildings that were created during the roman empire which were the columns.
        Art in which were created by different generations of people and some whom that were made for the greatest of great nations and some of which lasted centuries are beneficial to art lover and artist today. There are so many different type of art works out there and each one is different and unique to the ones who created them. Age and war are the true destroyers of beautiful art and structures some of which we are still looking for and only finding remains of what is left there.
       The pyramids which were created by the Egyptians centuries ago still stand today and which are one of the oldest buildings that are still standing today.
 
Egyptians were one of the first civilizations to write down their history and that was before they came up with the idea of using papyrus to write and use as scrolls for parchments But when they created the pyramids they used in their written language called hieroglyphics to tell stories and other things that they felt should be told.
     The Egyptians are the ones to start the ball rolling for what we and countless other civilizations before us know and they were the best at what they knew and that is art and architecture.
  
"The ancient Egyptian god Horus was a deity with many roles. His image and symbols can be found all through ancient Egyptian art. He is usually represented as a Falcon or a human figure with a Falcon head. In ancient Egypt the Sun and the Moon were regarded as the all seeing eyes of the great falcon god Horus. His right eye being the Sun and his left eye, the Moon."

What is art? When looking at art and analyzing what you see and registering what you think about the art whether based on your own or opinion or the opinion of others if it is "good" or "bad" ; but that all goes to what are peoples interpretation of what is good or bad.

I fully agree with what Mr. Jerry Saltz say about how people view and criticize art and how people should say what they honestly feel about something they see because in my personal opinion you shouldn't say anything or judge anyone's elses' art unless you sincere about it.  Jerry Saltz says " Art is a way of thinking, a way of knowing yourself." and I find that true because when you view a piece of artwork that you enjoy looking at you can lose yourself in it and then you can see it for what it really is about and what the artist wanted people who view their art to see what they created and the meaning it has.
What Jerry Saltz consider art is what other consider weird or "different" then how us "regulars" view art and in some cases of the masses consider good art is what i have seen on my travels to England and France and what i personally consider that to be classic art, but he says that art like what we are used to seeing in places like the Sistine Chappels  or at the Louve in France make other people view art as if it has to make sense or to be a picture of a person or a place, but in actuality you can make anything and call it art as long as the person who created it had put their all in the creation of it and feel that it is imperfect.

What i think of art is honestly what is see in museums and usually on walls which people refer to as "tagging" because that different people representing what they can do, but the only problem and mos people would agree with me on this is that i would not want my building to be tagged on or inside because depending on where you live it can bring down the value of a house or establishment and for the sake of art for one i dont think it would be worth it but it cant be stopped really because thousands of people do it young and old  and i dont think that will change i even if it becomes a law.

Art means something different to everyone for some people it it a way o get away from whatever troubles they maybe facing or a way to make money or even just to entertain and in most cases it is usually all three but depending on how someone views your art and your skill will only some make an actual profit from this.







 Christian Marche
"The Silver Sculpture"
August 13,2011