Architecture and art of Maya and Old Kingdom Egypt

Introduction

This report compares and contrasts the architecture and art of Old Kingdom Egypt to that of the Maya of the classical age. The Old Empire is a period of the history of ancient Egypt that covers a large part of the third millennium BC. BC, about 2700 to 2200 BC. BC Succeeding at Thinite period that saw the emergence of the state in Egypt, it includes the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Dynasties, and ends with a period of political fragmentation, the interim period

Sources available on the Old Kingdom Egypt are not possible to reconstruct a history of events constituted political or military events. The chronology of the period is poorly known, the sources do not know for how long reign of the sovereign, and the order of succession of the Third Dynasty is very uncertain. Assign dates insured reigns sovereign is an impossible undertaking, and even the precise absolute dating of dynasties is not feasible. To reconstruct the outline of the history of the period, the later sources as Royal Canon of Turin and Manetho remain important despite the fact that they contain errors. Texts and monuments help restore at least the outline of the evolution of the administration and the monumental, reflecting the importance of centralization around the figure of Pharaoh, already in place at the time Thinite and which weakens that under the last reign of the Sixth Dynasty and the beginning of the First Intermediate Period (Nicholson, 1993). Whereas, the art of Maya is reflection towards the lifestyle and culture, manifested in drawings and paintings on paper or fresh, low and high reliefs in stone, wood, clay, jade, and bone, and clay figurines. The technical process of metals was known, but their scarcity made ??ornaments use only. The music was very popular and plays no evidence that were carried out in public ceremonies. Maya Nobility works very fine charge for its palaces, and to accentuate his greatness, among these, Jewelry Jade and Obsidian carried by merchants from the Highlands of Guatemala. Thrones prints, wall paintings and polychrome pottery with scenes of life in the courts, and of course, Stelae with texts to be remembered for his exploits in battle. Most extensive range figurines have been found in royal tombs. Maya art was not just for royalty, as evidenced by the many findings in the homes of ordinary people.

Discussion and Analysis

Mayan Art

Ceramic Unlike the monuments, which were to be seen by all, pottery was very anecdotal and was where artists Maya, let your imagination run wild. There is an aspect of Maya art often not taken into account, being this, the tremendous variety and excellence of design and style containing ceramics. The Greek ceramic art was of excellent quality but comparison of the Maya style is monotonous. Mayan Nobles unlike sculpture required no pattern in their vessels, which leads to a great variety and quality varied from one workshop to another and were sold to the nobility of other ...