The Ancients, on the one hand, were caste as politically conservative and associated with classicizing, academic art.
'The Ancients, having taken into consideration the rigorous construction of the human body, elaborated all their works, as especially their holy temples, according to these proportions; ...
The art of gilding was known to the ancients. According to Herodotus, the Egyptians were accustomed to gild wood and metals; and gilding by means of gold plates is frequently mentioned in the Old Testament.
While the design of the cards has varied from century to century, the basic motifs - supposedly revealing, or rather concealing, the knowledge of the ancients - have remained unaltered.
Destroy the cult of the past, the obsession with the ancients, pedantry and academic formalism.
2. Totally invalidate all kinds of imitation.
3. Elevate all attempts at originality, however daring, however violent.
4.
His vision gave him access to the same timeless world and way-of-seeing which the ancients had beheld.
The principles of classicism were derived from the practices and guidelines of the ancients, and the term has come to mean adherence to specific academic canons.
'Gothic' was seen as the work of the Goths rather than 'the ancients' and therefore barbaric. An emphasis on verticals.
(n.)
The art or representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons; as, the iconography of the ancients.
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It was seen as the harnessing of artistic skill to the service of the one true Belief, rather than using art for the production of pagan idols or the gratification of personal vanity and sensual pleasure, as the ancients had done.
 See also: Ancients, Painting, Greek, Renaissance, Roman
  
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