Ancient Art Research Paper

By applying the geographical concepts of ancient art, geography is defined as the study of physical features of earth’s atmosphere, which includes natural resources, countries, continents, land use, oceans, rivers, and other, whether it is physical, human, or environmental. According to the history of art, the major parts of geography mainly consists in civilizations, such as ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. The art history of Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt has been one of the huge concepts that has ever happened in history due to architectural, cultural, and artistic advancement. As mentioned in the second and third chapter of Marilyn Stokstad’s book of ancient art, the chapters explain the difference of how the geography is affecting …show more content…
By starting off with the background of ancient Egypt, the geography of consisted of Nile River, Red Sea, Black Sea and the canal, where the ancient Egyptians relied mainly on Nile River to sustain their community with fertile soil to raise crops. In addition, the river also provided the ability to to trade and provided water for irrigation. The geography in the Egyptians’ territory consisted deserts, which did not help their civilization at all. The goal of the Nile River was to communicate with other civilizations to raise crops, livestock, ropes, and clothes. The Sahara Desert and other geographic features protected Egypt from invasion, kept them isolated, and preserved culture. On the other hand, the climate in Egypt is very hot and dry, which means that the precipitation is always a scarce. Natural resources, river, climate, landscape, and geography shaped those civilizations. The government system in Ancient Egypt was a monarchy, organized in this order of pharaoh, representatives, and priests. Pharaohs owned everything and viewed as gods since they are in top of the pyramid. The representatives and priests had control over their land, in which they are followed by the pharaohs since they had to follow the pharaoh’s order. Even though there were many architectures, the ancient Egyptians were very fascinated in building pyramids, tombs, and temples with the use of durable materials. The Step Pyramid of Djoser and Giza were one of the oldest pyramids ever built that represented the rulers of Egypt. Moreover, the Egyptians also created the two-dimensional wall painting with human eyes located on the side of the head, events, wars, and many more. The type of artistic styles used by the ancient Egyptians was the Papyrus which was used for writing and painting, known as hieroglyphics as part of written