The Developing of Art 



tecture of western Asia from where they are supposed to 

 have come at least 1,200 years before the Christian Era 

 began. Their temples, palaces, pyramids, mounds and 

 tombs were largely built of brick, which now form only ruins 

 but enough remain to show us something of their race spirit. 

 They doubtless came from the same ancestral stock as the 

 Egyptians. Their tombs bear evidence that they were con- 

 structed as a resting place for the soul. 



Roman architecture, which was copied largely from the 

 Greeks, passed through the same evolutionary changes as 

 their alphabet, with many additions, modifications, adapta- 

 tions and changes. It became a style expressing the spirit 

 or the soul of the Roman people. Unlike the Etruscans, 

 they used more enduring substances in their buildings. They 

 discovered that by mixing a volcanic earth with lime, a 

 natural concrete was obtained and this substance played an 

 important part in developing their art. Their buildings, 

 like those of the Greeks, were made of enduring stone and 

 marble and many of their arches were made from the newly 

 discovered natural concrete, or pozzolana as it was called. 

 Their buildings were distinguished by their decorations. 

 The architecture of the world, represents a composite por- 

 trayal of the peoples of all races, over a period of centuries 

 and expresses the feelings of the mass mind in the locality 

 where the buildings were constructed. 



The arts of sculpture and painting may be traced like- 

 wise back to their beginning 50,000 years ago. Within the 

 caverns of France and Spain are found crude Images of stone 

 and drawings, carved or scratched with a sharp piece of 



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