ARTH 200 Chapter 3: Art History - Chapter 3 - Classical Norms.docx
2 Nov 2014
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Art history chapter 3 classical norms. A kurgan = a great burial mound. It may have been from china that the normal artist had picked up his symbolism. What has been called the animal style" would later influence and merge with the more abstract styles used by the tribes of northern europe. The nomad tribes were called the saka or the scythians. Cultures such as the scythians are an aspect of the emerging historical situation known as the iron age". Styles from asia and the mediterranean region took root and are traditions that we now call classical". The collapse of egypt and south-west asia around 1000bce allowed syria and phoenicia to emerge between the old centers of power. Lebanon"s mediterranean coast had acted as middlemen in trade and at this point allowed them to steer the market and make their workshops become leading spreaders of luxury wares. The phoenicians were masters of the originally egyptian technique of glass making.
