Egyptian Art Blog 4

                     We can begin by saying that although Egyptian art was based more off of religious factors, the Greeks oriented more towards the Philosophical aspects of art. The non-emotional statues created by Egyptian sculptors although the Greeks explored human anatomy and facial expression which are very important to art concepts in the present day. Greek art also explored many concepts of life such as classical art.  Egyptian sculptures had large heads, overdone faces with no expression and Greek's focused heavily on the perfect body. Greek art is that it focused on Humanism and the glorification of man. They exaggerated features like bigger muscles and gave them extra tone better and more appealing than the average man.They explored the naked body as it embodied beauty. The Egyptians stopped once they reached their goal of portraying a human being. The Greeks reach that level and surpassed that. The Greeks seemed to me to be the originators. So they took it further than the Egyptians. They exaggerated features like bigger muscles and gave them extra tone better and more appealing the average man. This is the main reason why i think the Greeks were better not only they master the natural portrayal of man. They gave us super natural power and made us god on earth. The first democracy depicted in time over 4000 years ago. Since these large sculptures were for public display and government sponsored this gave average citizens sense of pride within their communities. "Classical Art" is connected to geometry and symmetry. We owe a lot to Greek, I believe many architects today, could take note from Greek Art without knowing. Being able to send a message throughout a community is what the Greeks did during their time and what many architect do today. We