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First Activity:
We will show 4 pictures that will define
our topic which is Art History
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Western and Asian Art
Are compose some of the countries in
central, south and north america and
Europe and Asia.
Stone Age since there is still no art
materials that can be used during that
period they illustrates early human
creativity. People carved into rock,
painted on rocky cave walls and made
figurines from stone
These are the example:
The Lascaux Cave – it used colored rocks
and organic like animal blood
Venus of Willendorf – this figurine is
made of stone and mammoth tusk – milk
of the mammoth.
Stonehenge – It is a form an architecture
a rock formation.
Mesopotamian – The art material used
during this period was clay. Clay
was used for pottery, monumental
buildings, and tablets used to record
history and legends
Egyptian – Soapstone rich in magnesium
they used it for making jewelries.
Materials used to build the pyramids of
Egypt: Harder stones like limestone,
granite, basalt, gypsum and baked mud
bricks.
 Egyptian art was influenced by
several factors, including the Nile
River, the two kingdoms (the
Upper in the south and the Lower
in the north), agriculture and
hunting, animals, the heavens, the
pharaohs and gods, and religious
beliefs.
Greek and Hellenistic – Limestone, is one
of the material they used to make
sculptures. Stone, especially marble or
other high-quality limestones was used
most frequently and carved by hand with
metal tools. In terms of architecture they
used three types doric are the pillar, ionic
the volute like scrolls or virals and
Corinthian the decorative scroll design
unfurled leaves.
 Greek and Hellenistic
art was influenced by the
philosophy of the time and that
shaped the way they
be because the Greek and
Hellenistic did not have a concept
of art. They used the word techne,
which translates as 'skill', to
describe painting or any skillful act.
Artists and architects were
artisans.
Roman - includes architecture, painting,
sculpture and mosaic work. Luxury objects
in metal-work, gem engraving, ivory
carvings, and glass.
 The Romans wanted their art and
architecture to be useful. They
planned their cities and built
bridges, aqueducts, public baths,
and marketplaces, apartment
houses, and harbors
Hindu – they do rock arts and cave
paintings, sculpture, pottery, and
textile arts such as woven silk. All of their
arts are based on religious beliefs such as
Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism,
and Islam
Chinese- Chinese people are all know as
businessman and businesswoman but
they also engage with arts such as
painting, calligraphy, architecture,
pottery, sculpture, bronzes, jade carving,
and other fine or decorative art forms
produced in China over the centuries.
 Wood was always preferred rather
than stone, and the roof material
of choice was glazed ceramic tiles.
The most typical building, at least
for larger structures for the elite or
public use such as temples, halls,
and gate towers, was built on a
raised platform made of
compacted earth and faced
with brick or stone
Japanese- Japanese art covers a broad
spectrum with mediums and types that
include painting, origami, wood-block
prints, literature, pottery, sculpture,
calligraphy, architecture, and manga.
Their art is influenced by Buddhism late
6th century.
Middle Ages- Oil paints were not
yet used in the medieval period, so the
artists of the Middle Ages worked with a
wide variety of binders in their paints.
Gum arabic, egg white, or glair and egg
yolk were the most common binders
for medieval painters.
The early Middle Ages art style was
referred to as Byzantine Art. The style of
Byzantium Art was characterised by:
Pietistic painting (religious art) Artists
were members of religious houses such as
monasteries.
Byzantine Art- also flourished in a wide
variety of media including glass mosaic,
panel and wall painting, metalwork and
enamel, and carved relief in ivory and
other precious materials.
 The purpose of Byzantine art was
to glorify the Christian religion and
to express its mystery. All
of Byzantine art is filled with a kind
of spiritual symbolism--things on
earth are meant to stand for the
order of heaven.
Islamic - Islamic religious art differs from
Christian religious art in that it is non-
figural because many Muslims believe
that the depiction of the human form is
idolatry, and thereby a sin against God
 Islamic art is difficult to
characterize because it covers a
wide range of lands, periods, and
genres,
including Islamic architecture, Isla
mic calligraphy, Islamicminiature, I
slamic glass, Islamic pottery, and
textile arts such as carpets and
embroidery. Islamic art comprises
both religious and
secular art forms.