Ancient Animation

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Ever wonder when animation is discovered? Well, the phenomenon of motion in a drawing was discovered in a painting of the paleolitic cave paintings, where there was images of animals in motion being created by superimposing multiple legs. Without an intention of  making the images move, the painting is not animation in the true sense of the word. Yet, it conveyed the human need to display motion in art. 

The Crossed Bison

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Above is an example of the cave drawing, it is called 'The Crossed Bison' and it showed perspectives drawings not seen in arts until the Renaissance about 15th century DA. Now, lets proceed with the Egyptian Interiors. The egyption interiors starts with an egyption mural approximately 4000 years old. It was found in the tomb of Khnumhotep at the Beni Hassan cemetery. It features a very long series of images that depict the sequence of events in a wrestling match.

Egyption Burial Chamber Mural

https://rdoubleday.wordpress.com/2013/05/30/egyptian-burial-chamber-mural-ca-4000-years-old/

Next is the Greek Pottery, where it provides not only some of the most distinctive vase shapes from antiquity but also some of the oldest and most diverse representations of the cultural beliefs and practices of the ancient Greeks. Furthermore, with the durability and lack of appeal, the pottery is one of the geat archeological surviviors therefore an important tool for archeologist and historians in determining the chronology of ancient Greece.

Greek Pottery in terms of decorations evolved over the centuries and were categorized into for braod groups. These group in some cases ran contemporary for decades. Also, soem city-states and regions were either slow to catch on to new styles or simply preferred the 'old' style decoration. Moreover, some cities and regions preferred to follow their own artistic path rather than imitate the styles of the more dominant centers such as Athens and Corinth. The examples of the pottery are the Geometric Pottery, Black Figure Pottery and the Red Figure Pottery.

Black Figure Pottery

http://www.ancient.eu/Greek_Pottery/ 

Geometric Pottery

http://www.ancient.eu/Greek_Pottery/