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Ancient Art Ancient Art The trip I took to the Getty Museum was very interesting and informational. I had always wanted to go to the Getty and now that I had purpose in writing a term paper on art of ancient civilizations it was worth my time. I mainly learned about art in Egyptian, Greek and Roman culture while I was there. Before the portrayal of the human body or any piece of art can be critiqued, you must understand the artist's culture. As man evolved over centuries, his views of the body and art transformed. My tour definitely showed the drastic changes in different cultures' art. Each culture and era presents very distinct characteristics. Through time and experimentation, we have expressed our views of the human body clearly with our art. Egyptians were the first people to make a large impact on the world art, very, body, important, human, culture, views, time, stone, spirit, profile, needed, man, ka, getty, figures, egyptians, egyptian, ancient, always, after, , writing, worth, world, while, wanted, view, vertical, understand, trip, transformed, tour, torso, took, through, there, term, strongest, showed, show, self-gratification, seen, same, roman, rigid, religious, purpose, presents, portrayal, place