Art History

Chinese Art (Pottery) The Oriental way or also be called by Chinese Art is to discount the observed natural phenomenon, to seek the essence of life i intuitively apprehended values, in spiritual intimations and in the abstract elements of color and creative formal organization. Eastern art, less obviously humanistic, natural, intellectual and feeds the spirit. Its glories are achieved in the realms of the abstract, the contemplatively mystical and the richly sensuous.   What is porcelain? In ceramic art, the Porcelain is a type of translucent shell. It describes any ceramic ware that is white and translucent, no matter what ingredients it contains or what it is made for. It was fired at a higher temperature. The porcelain clay body is usually heated in a kiln to between 1,200 and 1,400 degree Celsius. These temperature cause the formation of glass and other chemical compounds, which is turn gives the porcelain its toughness, strength and translucence. ...

Egyptian Art (Painting) Although the ancient Egyptians had no word for the "art" they revered beauty and produced architecture, paintings, murals, statues, decorative arts and variety of crafts. Much of the ancient Egyptian art that has made to us today was oriented towards death, the dead and the quest of the afterlife.  They (Egyptians) believed that artistic renderings of images placed in tombs would become real and accompany the deceased to the afterlife. Some of them belief in the afterlife is what helped ancient Egypt survive even after the empire had died. How were they made? The Egyptians painted on papyrus rolls, tomb walls , coffin lids and other surfaces. They used a variety of materials for pigments. They made yellow and orange pigments from soil and produces blue and red from imported indigo and madder and combined them to make flesh color. By 1000 B.C , they developed paints and varnishes using the gum of the acacia tree ( gum Arabic) as their ba...

What is Prehistoric Art? Pre-history are all of human history that precedes the invention of writing systems (~3100 BCE) and the keeping of written records. Studying prehistoric art and artifacts helps us to understand the culture of prehistoric peoples. What is culture? Culture are the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. Human learned behavior (not genetic or biological) including languages, customs, beliefs, technology, etc. It also shared by a group Paleolithic period also known as Old Stone Age., ancient cultural stage or level of human development. characterized by the use of chipped stone tools. Cave Painting The cave paintings are found all over the world. Western Europe, primarily Southern France and Northern Spain are rich with canvas containing Stone Age wall paintings. The rock paintings have been found to include line drawings in charcoal and red ochre. The first painting was discovered in 1879 in Altamira, Spai...