... in three dimensions should be presented. Egyptian art was very symbolic. Of the materials used by the Egyptian sculptor -- clay, wood, metal, ivory, and stone -- stone was the best. It was available in many colors and hardness. Sculpture was often painted in stunning colors as well. Egyptian sculpture has two qualities that ... are different; it can be characterized as cubic and frontal. The sculpture nearly always copies the shape of the stone cube or block from which it was made, mostly, because it was an image made from four viewpoints. The front of almost every statue ... king's cle...

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... and actresses were saying. They had seats in the front made out of marble for the upper class people, and the top rows were made out of stone for lower class people. The Colosseum was built for gladiatorial games. It was a massive structure that could fit more than 50,000 spectators (182). It ... adjusted to the environment it needed to be in for the performance. It also had seats for higher class at the bottom made of marble and stone seats on top for lower class citizens. Epidaurus Theater looks just like our amphitheaters today where plays and concerts are performed. They also have p...

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... and actresses were saying. They had seats in the front made out of marble for the upper class people, and the top rows were made out of stone for lower class people. The Colosseum was built for gladiatorial games. It was a massive structure that could fit more than 50,000 spectators (182). It ... adjusted to the environment it needed to be in for the performance. It also had seats for higher class at the bottom made of marble and stone seats on top for lower class citizens. Epidaurus Theater looks just like our amphitheaters today where plays and concerts are performed. They also have p...

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... and actresses were saying. They had seats in the front made out of marble for the upper class people, and the top rows were made out of stone for lower class people. The Colosseum was built for gladiatorial games. It was a massive structure that could fit more than 50,000 spectators (182). It ... adjusted to the environment it needed to be in for the performance. It also had seats for higher class at the bottom made of marble and stone seats on top for lower class citizens. Epidaurus Theater looks just like our amphitheaters today where plays and concerts are performed. They also have p...

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... about the ancient society that we know today comes from. Egypt is known as a land of the pyramids. Pyramids are remote and mysterious mountains of stone that were built as burial chambers, believed to help the kings into the afterlife. They indicate a land that was so organized that it was possible ... was for the mummy of the king that the pyramid had been built, his body was laid in the centre of the huge structure in a stone coffin. Everywhere round the burial chamber, spells and incantations were written to help him on his journey to the other world. It was believed that ... conne...

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... of Egyptian art was sculpture. Sculptures usually honored pharoahs and gods. However, archaeologists have also discovered sculptures of animals. Many of these animal sculptures were cats, which Egyptians believed were sacred. The Egyptians strictly upheld the style of frontalism, adhering carefully to stylistic rules. First, the subject's head is always drawn in profile with the full eye shown. The upper body ... stiff and rigid making him look more powerful and regal. Animals were drawn most realistically and very detailed because they were least important. Cats were the exception. Bec...

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