History of Art | Feb 21, Period 3

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Mid-term

Write 200 words comparing two of the different Art Periods we've discussed thus far in class.

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Re: Mid-Term! - History of Art

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Xander thinks he is very clever. It's probably the influence of having worn Hat-John on his head.

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Ancient Greek art and Ancient Roman art are different mostly due to who came first, because the rest is petty much the same, as a result of the Romans' extreme and heinous copycat tendencies. Their statues, paintings, buildings, and yo, even their gods all got swiped from the Greeks or the Etruscans, or both. Whereas the Greeks were totally original and didn't borrow from the Egyptians, Phoenicians, Myceneans, or Assyrians, at all. Well, not much. Okay, some. But not as bad as the Romans, OMG.

Roman art is less exciting, too. If there was a way to take something kind of crackass wacky and sexy like a naked nymph turning into a tree well, sexy except for the whole thing where he was a complete psycho stalker, god or no god, the kind of guy who'd peek in your window at night and leave sketches on your pillow in the morning and dude, was so annoying that she was willing to turn into a shrub to get away from him, but anyway... and make it boring, it's a guaranteed bet that the Romans would find a way to do it.

Also their aqueducts leaked and their mothers smelled of elderberries.