Summary of TICE ART 1010 Ancient Near Eastern and Ancient Egyptian Art

The video discusses Ancient Near Eastern and Ancient Egyptian art, focusing on Mesopotamia and Egypt.

Details on Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia was ruled by various civilizations and had realistic animal art but stylized human art.
They invented cuneiform writing and built ziggurats.

Egypt had a civilization that lasted over 3,000 years, with periods classified as Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom, and later Kingdom.
Artistic styles remained consistent for most of this time.
The video mentions the Armana period when a new artistic style and religion were briefly introduced in Egypt.
Egyptians had a diverse pantheon of gods depicted in art, with pharaohs considered living gods and portrayed with symbols of authority.
Egyptians were obsessed with death and the afterlife, with tomb paintings showing the soul's journey.
Alexander the Great conquered Egypt, introducing Greek elements into Egyptian art.

The Ptolemaic dynasty ruled Egypt after Alexander's conquest, with Cleopatra VII being the most famous ruler.

— 00:41 — « sometimes called the cradle of civilization. »

— 00:51 — « Mesopotamia actually refers to an area rather than a country. »

— 01:35 — « they invented the first written language called cuniform. »

— 01:51 — « zigarette I love the sound of that. »

— 03:07 — « all of a sudden faces got stretched bodies got streamlined and lengthened Finn was in. »