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The most common subject for Greek pottery is usually taken from different Grecian day to day life activities. Some of the designs are taken from the Greek Mythology. These designs are often painted with black paint, which makes it stand out from the ceramic pots.
Answer:
Forget the association of the word "Gothic" to dark, haunted houses, Wuthering Heights, or ghostly pale people wearing black nail polish and ripped fishnets. The original Gothic style was actually developed to bring sunshine into people's lives, and especially into their churches. To get past the accrued definitions of the centuries, it's best to go back to the very start of the word Gothic, and to the style that bears the name.
The Goths were a so-called barbaric tribe who held power in various regions of Europe, between the collapse of the Roman Empire and the establishment of the Holy Roman Empire (so, from roughly the fifth to the eighth century). They were not renowned for great achievements in architecture. As with many art historical terms, “Gothic” came to be applied to a certain architectural style after the fact.
Answer:
Painting needed to serve as useful and accurate historical documents, and therefore had to appear realistic.
Explanation:
There may be many reasons for realism in art before photography. One of them is that at that time, probably, artists and society weren't ready for other kinds of artistic exploration. If you think about it, artistic vanguards all came during the 20th century, when the world and humanity were in a different time and context. But before that, and before photography, art wasn't merely focused on the artist's expression and individuality. Artists served royalty and religion, and had the objective of working as a documentation of those times. Michelangelo, for instance, worked for the Medici family. And that's only one example. Kings of all countries had artists painting them, portraying life in castles, parties, births, etc. When photography came along, arts changed completely as it wasn't necessary to use it as a documentation tool.
