Roman Art Observation Essay

When visiting the Art Institute of Chicago there was a lot of interesting works of art and artifacts being displayed. When visiting the Roman exhibits, I saw a lot of currency coins from different time periods and where the coins were discovered in the former Empire. There were different emperor’s faces that were engraved on the coins. I noticed the Romans kept their coin’s design very simple. The museum displayed many different types of items that the ancient Roman people used in their daily lives. There were different types of silverware being displayed and the sign talks about how each silverware was used to eat a specific food item. Yet the museum had a lot pottery that was being displayed. Most of the pottery were simple, but had beautiful designs. I think the Roman arts are beautiful, but they keep a simple design …show more content…
Also there was not a lot of images of people shown in their art work, but they focused a lot on details. There were a lot of bowls being displayed in the museum and it was interesting to see that mostly every bowl had a lot of designs. Islamic work of arts was not that simple, but it was more complex than the Roman art work. The Islamic has a lot of symmetric designs and create complex designs. The Islamic people used various shapes to create multiply different styles in their work. The Islamic people were very religious and they cherish the Quran very much. The Quran displayed in the museum had a lot details and beautiful designs. There were colors included in the designs which can catch a person’s attention. There were a few daggers being shown. I felt that the daggers were made for someone who might be in the higher rank in society. The daggers had beautiful designs by the handle and it had designs on the sides of the blade. The Islamic people shown a new way of how to make beautiful designs by using various patterns and the different use of