Question

Compare and contrast Prehistoric and Egyptian Art, make sure to list at least one similarity and one difference.

Answer 1

Similarities - both were used to tell stories, to represent something or someone important (a god, a king, an emperor, a landscape), and tries to capture the audience sight, of course each one with it's features.

Differences - prehistoric art is abstract. The representation of the elements didn't follow strict rules, the artists just tried to transport to the canvas (or in many cases, the cave's wall) the main aspect of the object, animal, person or landscape. Plus, the tools used were less complex.

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Answer 2

Ancient art and Pre-historic art are similar in many ways; one of how they are similar is " they both depict events of their time."

Other similarities between ancient art and pre-historic art are that they are made on stones and marble.

The difference between the ancient arts and prehistoric arts are the following:

The Moulding of structures characterizes the Ancient arts, for example, structures of past Pharaohs in Egypt, past Philosophers In Greek, and past Emperor Romans, while Prehistoric arts are characterized by Carving on the wall.

Also, Ancient Arts are characterized by mythological beings, while Prehistoric Arts are characterized by the period's activities, such as farming or war events.

The prehistoric period is considered to be between 3 million years to 5,000 years ago, while the Ancient period is considered to be between 3,000 BC to 200 AD, when the post-classical period began.

Hence, in this case, it is concluded that there are various similarities and differences between the Prehistoric arts and Ancient arts.