Artistic Culture of the Ancient World

With the development of any ancient society, there was a need to systematize the accumulated knowledge and transfer experience to future generations. The first attempts have found their reflection in rock carvings. So there was an artistic culture. This is the result of the transformation of human life and, as a consequence, the creation of historical values of the visual arts by capturing thoughts, emotions and knowledge on objects. The first improvised means on which the images were applied were stones, bones and skins of animals, the bark of trees.

The origin of artistic creativity in the development of human society in the opinion of historians refers to the era of the Upper Paleolithic (Stone Age). The first discovered rock paintings, belonging to that time, represent collective images of people or a separate species of animals. This indicates that the first artistic culture of antiquity was based on emotions, life experiences and impressions gathered in mental images and were reflected in the drawings.

Primitive man did not separate himself from the surrounding world, so the first images of that time were not copies of a particular animal, but were generalized representations of the object. This is a form of artistic-figurative thinking, formed at this stage of human development. It is on the unity of man with nature that mythology is based. Therefore, ancient scriptures that have reached us so accurately and transparently convey the life of our ancestors.

In the process of human evolution , abstract-logical thinking was formed, contributing to the objective knowledge of the surrounding world and the transition from collective images to specific objects, endowed with inherent properties and qualities. As a result, the artistic culture of the later period brought to light works created as a result of abstracted thinking.

The art of ancient peoples was formed as a result of military campaigns and resettlements. The artistic culture of Ancient Greece is based on the use of the experience of Aegean art and originates in the 11th-11th centuries. BC. After the Dorian resettlement.

The first samples of ancient Greek art are attributed to the history of the history of vase painting. The geographical position of the country left its imprint on the works of art of that period and explains the predominance of the marine theme in the vase painting. The artistic culture of the Greek people was widespread on many islands of the Black and Mediterranean seas, and also covered part of Asia Minor. And as a result of A.Macedonsky's campaigns, it unfolded in the whole Middle East. In Ancient Russia artistic culture was formed under the influence of Byzantine art. It arose after the adoption of baptism. This is the period of the reign of Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavovich. At that time the Byzantine masters took part in the mural of the Old Russian temples. And the first icons were brought to the territory of Ancient Rus from Byzantium.