1) Egyptian art is for pharaohs and a few aristocrats, praising kingship and emphasizing state power and hierarchy.

2) Religion has an influence on Egyptian art, which serves the dead. Egyptian art is called "the art of the afterlife".

3) The form of Egyptian art is grand, grand, clear and stable, and it is strictly standardized and beautified on the basis of realism.

The most prominent thing about ancient Greek architecture is:

The history of ancient Greek art is usually divided into Homeric period, Antique period, Classical period and Hellenistic period.

1) Homer's earliest plastic arts works in Homer's period were geometric pottery bottles with simple shapes and different sizes, which were used for sacrifice and burial. This period is also called "geometric style period".

2) Ancient bottle painting: Oriental style, black style and red style. Influenced by Egypt, the sculpture of "Antique Smile" in the archaic period has a stiff and upright figure. Men and women have the same smile on their faces, commonly known as "antique smile".

Architecture: Greek architecture is mainly temples. In ancient times, Greek temple architecture formed its typical form-column, that is, the building was surrounded by colonnades. At this time, two basic architectural columns have been formed: Dorian and Ionia. Acropolis architecture in classical period. Its main building is the Parthenon dedicated to the goddess Athena. The greatest sculptor in the heyday of classicism was Diaz, who designed the Parthenon, the acropolis building in Pheidias. He wrote a book "Law", which systematically expounded the proportion of all parts of the human body, and proposed that the ratio of head to human body was 1: 7. (Examination questions in 2006)

Romanesque art and its characteristics

(1) is characterized by vagueness: economic development and religious fanaticism make various styles merge.

(2) Romanesque architecture in areas where Catholicism prevails: a. replacing wooden roofs with stone roofs; B. Arch roll is widely used, and the plane is Latin cross; The tower became one of the symbols of Romanesque architecture.

(3) Typical buildings with Romanesque architectural style are: A. Sainsere South Cathedral. B Duemler Abbey in England: the symbol of the formation of Romanesque style. C. St. Kileda Church, Germany. C. Italian Pisa Church: The most famous leaning tower of Pisa, as the tower of the church, is completely separated from the main project of the church.

Roman architecture

First, the cross is the main representative form of Romanticism.

Second, the walls of the church are thickened, the windows are small, and they are higher from the ground.

Third, there is a bunker-style tower at the intersection of the vertical and horizontal halls of the church.

Fourth, the overall shape is like a castle, solid and heavy, showing the authority of feudal religion at that time.

Gothic architecture

First, it's not castle style.

Second, pointed arch, ribbed arch and flying arch, all doors and windows are designed as pointed arches.

Third, the bell tower is as light and vertical as a church, towering into the sky.

Fourthly, the modeling style characterized by the rising trend of high, straight, sharp and strong is the embodiment of the unique religious thought of the church.