The art of this time was greatly idealized and mainly concentrated on portraying the divinity and the enormous influence of the Pharaohs. The most popular example of this theocratic influence the Egyptian empire had on art were the Pyramids of Chefren and the Great Sphinx. The artistic perfection and colossal size of these pieces of art were mainly devoted to conveying the divinity of the Pharaohs while showing that Egyptian society was based primarily on the mythological law. The immensely idealized, mythological style of Ancient Egyptian art shows that their culture was not concerned with scientific and mathematical …show more content…
The way in which the perfect human for was displayed by Greek artists was of a great intellectual nature. The early sculptors of that time researched basic human anatomy and its artistic value, creating sculptures such as the Kritios Boy, of the Acropolis. The precision and realism of this sculpture captured a more authentic example of the human form ever seen before. This enormous accomplishment showed strong advancement in intellectual through and encouraged future generation to continue to seek order. Artist much like Polyclitus later foresaw human perfection as a sequence of mathematical proportions. The Doryphoros, a sculpture created by Polycleitus presents an excellent example of how art can mirror philosophical thought. The sculpture was created using a stern mathematical formula, believed to show the perfect male