Alexander the Great (left), wearing a kausia and fighting an Asiatic lion with his friend Craterus; late 4th century BC; mosaic; Archaeological Museum of Pella (Pella, Greece)
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Ancient art refers to the many types of art produced by the advanced cultures of ancient societies with different forms of writing, such as those of ancient China, India, Mesopotamia, Persia, Palestine, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. The art of pre-literate societies is normally referred to as prehistoric art and is not covered here. Although some pre-Columbian cultures developed writing during the centuries before the arrival of Europeans, on grounds of dating these are covered at pre-Columbian art and articles such as Maya art, Aztec art, and Olmec art.[citation needed]
Ancientart refers to the many types of art produced by the advanced cultures of ancient societies with different forms of writing, such as those of ancient...
Ancient Greek art stands out among that of other ancient cultures for its development of naturalistic but idealized depictions of the human body, in which...
Art of ancient Egypt Ancient Egyptian art refers to art produced in ancient Egypt between the 6th millennium BC and the 4th century AD, spanning from...
Ancient Jewish art, is art created by Jews in both the Land of Israel and in the Diaspora prior to the Middle Ages. It features symbolic or figurative...
representations of sex and erotic art have specific spiritual meanings within native religions. The ancient Greeks and Romans produced much art and decoration of an...
Ancient Maya art comprises the visual arts of the Maya civilization, an eastern and south-eastern Mesoamerican culture made up of a great number of small...
Phoenix AncientArt, located in Geneva and New York City, is a second-generation antiquities dealer specializing in Greek and Roman ancientart. Its works...
proportion and a focus on aesthetics, ancient Greek and Roman art became the foundation and inspiration of all Western art, being the standard to which most...
The AncientArt of War is a video game designed by Dave and Barry Murry, developed by Evryware, and published by Broderbund in 1984. It is recognized...
Roman art The art of Ancient Rome, and the territories of its Republic and later Empire, includes architecture, painting, sculpture and mosaic work. Luxury...
philosophic traditions exclude grave goods, which is the main source of ancientart in other cultures. Indian artist styles historically followed Indian...
MNAA), also known in English as the National Museum of AncientArt, is a Portuguese national art museum located in Lisbon. With over 40,000 items spanning...
Ancient South Arabian art was the art of the pre-Islamic cultures of South Arabia, which was produced from the 3rd millennium BC until the 7th century...
Ancient Cypriot art refers to all works of visual art originating from Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean from c. 10,000 BC to c. 330 AD. During this...
developments, including the oldest examples of writing. The art of Mesopotamia rivalled that of Ancient Egypt as the most grand, sophisticated and elaborate...
Ancient astronauts (or ancient aliens) refer to a pseudoscientific set of beliefs that hold that intelligent extraterrestrial beings visited Earth and...
and that makes some record of major historical events. At this point ancientart begins, for the older literate cultures. The end-date for what is covered...
The Art of War (Chinese: 孫子兵法; pinyin: Sūnzǐ bīngfǎ; lit. 'Sun Tzu's Military Method') is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the late Spring...
Northwestern Greek. The ancient Macedonians participated in the production and fostering of Classical and later Hellenistic art. In terms of visual arts...
would typically be for medieval and ancientart. According to some writers, the concept of a distinct category of fine art is an invention of the early modern...
Asian art encompasses the arts of the Near East, including the ancientart of Mesopotamia, and more recently becoming dominated by Islamic art. In many...
vessels are classical representations of Chinese celestial art forms which play a great role in ancient Chinese's communication with spirits of their ancestors...
some of the major centres of Madhubani painting which have kept this ancientart form alive. Madhubani paintings were first created at Mithila, the birthplace...
Art collection in ancient Rome was a common practice amongst the ancient Romans. Goods and artworks had symbolic meanings and were used to convey messages...
population and therefore was frequently featured on works of art. Another notable depiction of an ancient boxer is Boxer at Rest, also known as Terme Boxer, who...
The AncientArt Archive (AAA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation, visual documentation, and sharing of prehistoric works of art, particularly...
The AncientArt of War at Sea is a computer game developed by Broderbund and released for Macintosh and DOS in 1987 as a sequel to The AncientArt of War...
Cycladic art The ancient Cycladic culture flourished in the islands of the Aegean Sea from c. 3300 to 1100 BCE. Along with the Minoan civilization and...