Art and Music in History
Art and music have always been essential elements of any society, regardless of whether they are simple and crude or complex and advanced. Art is the cultural output of a society that reflects its attitudes, values, morals, and ideals of beauty. Art serves as one of the significant measures of a civilization and offers a window into the beliefs and values of a particular culture.
The first art forms we have recorded date back to ancient times before the classical eras of Greeks and Romans. Venus of Willendorf, estimated to have been created around 20,000 B.C., is a crude statue that likely represents female fertility. Five thousand years later, artistic drawings were made on a cave wall in what is now modern France, depicting animals in their natural environment. The first major artists whose work we have in abundance were the Ancient Egyptians, with their construction of temples, pyramids, and sphinxes from around 2500 years before Christ. Many of their artistic achievements can still be seen today in museums and the desert. The most well-known form of ancient art is the Greek and Roman style, which produced beautiful temples and coliseums. The ancients were most noted for … ...Read the rest.
“Art and Music in History”
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