From the philosopher G. W. F. Hegel onward, much of the theoretical support of art history was supplied by German historians and philosophers. Heinrich W?lfflin provided, in the early 20th century, a technique for understanding style by comparing two works of different periods and noting their differences; this is still the most widely used heuristic (interpretative) approach today...
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Historians examine works and documents about the works in order to place them appropriately in the present set of recognized groupings. Broadly, the four most general categories for Western art are ancient, medieval, Renaissance, and modern. In the past, the humanistic, classical art of Greece served as a positive standard by which works were judged...
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Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt Originally based off of ziggurats, as shown by the Stepped Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, pyramids were eventually created to satisfy religious demand. The pyramids were based on the sun-god Re, whose emblem was a pyramidal stone known as a ben-ben...	2 / 363
Sculpture Of The Old Kingdom Of Ancient Egypt Made in that period, there were sculptures of animals that were the predecessors of the statues of Egyptian gods and goddesses in the shape of animals...	8 / 2065
Ancient Greece Using bronze allowed large figures to get out of the block shape. One of the most popular examples of the bronze statues is Poseidon. He looks like he is in the middle of a spear throwing game...	3 / 754
compare and contrast two ancient sculptures This figure conveys the pharaoh's divine character, common to Egyptian sculpture of royalty. The "Female Figurine is naturalistic and organic in areas of the body; exhibits chubby legs, hollow in the upper body...	2 / 363