Egyptian and Greek & Roman style comparison
Greek
The style of Greek and Roman antiquity is that of many sculptures in the image and likeness of their gods. The majority of the antiquities are hand carved sculptures that are lifelike and represent a particular god or goddess, the artwork is intricately detailed but is not ornate, usually lacking tones other than that of the substance of which it was carved from, as opposed to Egyptian antiquity which the majority of, is in-fact ornate.
Egyptian
The style of Egyptian Antiquity is very ornate and usually in correspondence to death. Egyptians believed that when a person passed into the afterlife that they would take along all of their wealth, and materialistic belongings, therefore they would be placed in a tomb with everything they owned, even their servants and pets in cases of the upper class. For this reason death masks and other ornate apparel were handcrafted for an Egyptian to be buried with, and to incorporate their wealth into something for the body to be buried in.
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