Mini essay 1

      Art. What is art? Art is deferent, person to person. In Friday's class we watch a movie about a cave that had many drawings all over the walls. And that got me thinking about, what is art?  Art is not only something to look at and admire. Art comes with a history and messages that that the drawer wanted to display. Two periods of art that shows this are Egyptian, and Greek art.

            
                  The image here is of a hippo. It was made during the Egyptian art period. Many of us know what a hippo can do, and I'm sure no ones wants to miss with one. Hippo are strong animals and during their time was hunted for sports. Every time a hippo statue was made they would brake off the leg to make sure it wouldn't as dangerous in the afterlife. The pattern on the body of the hippo would be that of river plants and marshes. The reason that these were add to the body of the hippo was, because that was the habitat of the animal.

This a piece of art that didn't make whole through out time. Even with the minor defect of missing the nose, it still show off the great work the Greek artist made. As well as show the present all the detail that went into making the statue. The statue was made with marble around the time they started to import marble.

There were a lot of difference that both art period had. For one Egyptian art focus on symbols and power. Power meaning high ranking people. Such as the pharaoh taking a step forward in a statue or drawing.  While the Greek love to show great details in there style. They love to show many different types of details such as pain and suffering.  They never really showed off symbols instead they focus on show great detail such as the face, hair, body, foot, and clothes. While the Egyptian pieces were done with almost no detail.