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Art History
• Cave art
• Egyptian and Greek art
• Roman and Medieval
• Chinese painting, Ukiyo-e (Japanese Print)
• Renaissance and Mannerism
• Baroque and Rococo
• Neo Classicism, Romantic and realism
• Impressionism, Post impressionism
2. Painting
• Medium of Painting
• Art Elements of Painting
• Moods of presenting the Art of
Painting
• Styles of Painting
• The Artists and His Painting
• Famous Filipino Painters
• How to Start a Painting
• ART HISTORY
- civilizations of early times
- culture
- ideas and beliefs
- customs
Prehistoric Art -is primarily focused on hunting , and
shows great variety of stylistic treatment, and
sophistication of form, color, and line.
ART OF THE OLD STONE AGE
- known as Paleolithic Period
- 30,000-10,000 B.C.
- life was filled with danger, hunger, and fear
1.1 PAINTING
- discovered on the wall of a cave in
France
- others in Spain, Western Europe,
Sahara desert to the Artic
Cave Art - no one knows the real reason behind the
creation of this kind
-experts think paintings played a part in hunting
rituals.
2. ART OF THE NEW STONE AGE - prehistoric people
stopped wandering and formed villages.
- learned to raise livestock and started growing their
own food
- ways of making arts changed, too.
Neolithic Occupations – Farming, Herding, Trading
Artisanship – making things (Weaving, pottery, tool
making)
Specialization of Labor – people doing specific jobs
Flints – used to make weapons and hunting
Tools
Paleolithic – simple shaped stone tools (cutters and
hand axes). Also, they used spear tips and sticks.
Neolithic – more advanced shaped tools (like bows,
arrows, and harpoons), used spear tips.
2.1 Crafts
- learned to spin fibers, weave and making
pottery. Notice how the geometric design and
balance combine to give the work a sense of unity.
Megaliths
• means great stone
• refers to any huge, human –built or assembled
structure or collection of stones.
• typically refers to monumental architecture
(large man-made structure of stone or earth)
• purpose of these structure include burial sites
for the elite and masses, temple, astronomical
observatory, and meeting place
• most found in Britany, France and the British
Isles.
 • 4. EGYPTIAN ART
• Culture has the elements of nature as the
sun, moon, stars, sacred animals on wall
carvings, life size figures of men and women.
• The forms of Egyptian culture are:
• 1. palettes - shield pieces of stone with
relief carvings
• 2. wall carvings -bas or high reliefs found
in walls of tombs
• 3. statues - figures of men and women
sitting and standing positions usually
impressive.
• The earliest work of art that we can give a
date to is the Palette of Narmer, who was the
first king of the first dynasty, about 3000 B.C.
(5000 years ago). This palette shows Narmer’s
victories. It is carved with ‘reliefs’ which means
that the artist has carved away the slate
background to make the pictures stand out.
• Most of the sculpture of
ancient Egypt was worshipful or funerary.
Temples were the resting places of gods
whose statues stayed in the temple.
• Sculptors used natural materials such
acacia and sycamore wood, limestone,
sandstone, granite and others.
• Ancient Egyptians made a lot
of sculptures to include in the burial tombs of
their pharaohs.
• When the Egyptians carved sculptures of
their gods and pharaohs, they were always
facing forward. Their reasoning was that they
should always be looking towards eternity.
• What is the function of Egyptian art.
• - These images, whether statues or relief,
were designed to benefit a divine or
deceased recipient.
• - Statuary provided a place for the recipient
to manifest and receive the benefit of ritual
action.
Why is Egyptian Art important?
- The ruins of tombs and temples have provided a
valuable record of Egyptian life.
-The Egyptians were extremely religious, and their
belief in life after death was an important part of their
culture.
- Kings and other wealthy persons had elaborate
tombs built.
Why do Egyptians do Art?
-Much of the artwork created by the
Ancient Egyptians had to do with their religion.
-They would fill the tombs of the Pharaohs with
paintings and sculptures.
-Much of this artwork was there to help the
Pharaohs in the afterlife.
- Temples were another popular place for art.
Characteristics of Egyptian Art
- Besides pyramids and sphinxes, the Egyptians are
known for hieroglyphics, or a form of picture writing.
-Hieroglyphics use small pictures which represent
different words, actions, or ideas. Many ancient
Egyptian paintings have survived due to Egypt's
extremely dry climate.
Hieroglyphs were written on papyrus reed, which is a
water or marsh plant, with tall straight hollow stems.
The reeds were flattened, dried, and stuck together to
make pages. The Egyptians also
carved hieroglyphs onto stone and painted them on
the walls of the tombs.
How old it is?
Ancient Egyptian Art, Painting, Sculpture. Ancient
Egyptian art is five thousand years old.
It emerged and took shape in the ancient Egypt,
the civilization of the Nile Valley.
Materials Egyptians use in Art
The softer stones, like limestone and sandstone,
were used to create reliefs.
Harder stones, like granite from Aswan or basalt
from Faiyum, were reserved for temples and tombs.
Flint and other hard stone was used to carve the
softer rocks, while copper and bronze tools were used
to carve the harder stones.
Who created Ancient Egyptian Art
-Ancient Egyptian art is the painting, sculpture,
architecture and other arts produced by the
civilization of ancient Egypt in the lower Nile Valley
from about 3000 BC to 30 AD.
-Ancient Egyptian art reached a high level in
painting and sculpture, and was both highly stylized
and symbolic.
Art of Ancient Greece
 Greece - birthplace of western civilization
 - the influences of ancient Greek
 culture and art can still be seen
 and felt today.
 Athens – most important in the history of the
 art.
 Painting and Crafts
 - Greek painters sought to make their
 picture as realist in the history
 - none of the works of the great Greek
 painters have survived
 Pre- Historic Periods of Greek Art
 1 Formative or Pre-Greek period – motif was
sea and nature.
 2. First Greek period – largely Egyptian
influence.
 3. Golden Age (480-400 BC)
 4. Hellenistic Period (4th century -1st BC)-
heightened individualism, tragic mood, and
contorted faces.
Why did Greeks do art?
 The arts reflect the society that creates
them.
 Through their temples, sculpture, and
pottery, the Greeks incorporated a
fundamental principle of their culture
 Ancient Greek art emphasized the
importance and accomplishments of human
beings.
Major Forms of Greek Art
1.Sculpture
-the most recognizable art form of ancient Greece.
Thousands of Greek sculptures have survived in
modern times.
2.Pottery
- one of the oldest types of Greek art. Many times,
these vessels had mythological or history imagery
painted on them.
3.Architecture
-represented perhaps the most prominent aspects
of Greek culture, like in temples such as the Parthenon.
4. Theater –
-Greek dramas centered around productions
displaying their heritage or religion and only used male
actors with no speaking parts. It was the job of actors
to display their emotions and story visually.
Patrons of the Arts
 Phidias, also spelled Pheidias,
(flourished c. 490–430 BCE), Athenian sculptor,
the artistic director of the construction of
the Parthenon, who created its most important
religious images and supervised and probably
designed its overall sculptural decoration.
 Iktinos ( Ictinus)
 Kallikrates ( Callicrates)
 - the architects who built the Parthenon
under the supervision of Phidias.
 The Parthenon is a former temple, on the
Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the
goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens
considered their patron. Construction began
in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire was at
the peak of its power.
 The Venus of Milo
 Hellenistic sculpture discovered on the
island of Milo . Famous for the mystery of her
missing arms, the statue is an incredible
embodiment of the beauty of the female
form.
 The Mask of Agamemnon
 - it is a funeral mask made of gold found
over the face of a body in a grave shaft.
 The Derveni Krater
 - a type of large vase typically used to mix
wine and water in Ancient Greece – was
discovered in a tomb at Derveni. The
elaborate decoration is an ode to the
god Dionysus power over nature, in both life
and death.
Roman Art
Pre-historic Roman Art encompassed two periods:
1. Etruscan Period (2000-1000BC)
the subject matters were ancestor worship,
 catacombs , and sarcophagus (stone coffin)  - the subject matters of paintings were
Christ as the Creator, and Mary, as the Mother
2. Roman Period ( 2000 Bc-400 AD) of God.

characterized by commemorative statues,  3. Gothic Art

sarcophagus, frescoes, and designs with vine motifs.
Influences
The art of the Roman Empire was heavily
influenced by the Etruscans, Rome's predecessors on
the Italian mainland, and by the Hellenic influences of
the Greeks.
 -the subject matters of painting were
religious and grotesque; calmer and plastic
style.
Chinese Painting
 During Neolithic phase (5000-1766BC)

The Romans not only directly imitated and copied  -much pottery was made
Greek artistic ideas, Greek artists were brought to
Rome and relied upon to design and repair  - Bronze ritual vessels are the most
monumental buildings.
impressive ancient Chinese art form.
The Greek influence was very predominant in
Roman painting and sculpture. Zhou Dynasty

Painting  - Zhou bronzes gives way to a gentler,

more
Painting techniques were developed to enhance
the walls and to make the living space a more  domestic form in Zhou ritual wares.
comfortable dwelling.
 - Late Zhou art is imaginative and refined
Romans refined the technique of painting mosaics
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and murals and emphasized natural themes such as
landscapes and narrative themes drawn from
 QIN DYNASTY (221-207 BC)
literature and mythology.
 - the Great Wall was constructed
The best preserved examples of Roman wall
painting are Herculaneum and Pompeii.  -Buddhism was introduced and artists
Relief Sculpture  began to stress the human form.
Relief sculptures were works of art carved on long  TANG DYNASTY ( 618-906 BC)
pieces of stone or on the side of buildings.
 - artists created many classical forms,
They were created both as decoration and as a
tool to record and celebrate an important event  notably figure painting.

 6. MEDIEVAL ART  - artists worked in naturalistic modes,

 - focused on spiritual expression than  producing vital elegant images.

physical beauty. Symbol was emphasized.
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 Classifications of Art
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 1. Early Christian Art
Ukiyo-e (Japanese Print)
 - subject matters of art were symbols: cross,
fish, lamb, alpha and omega, doves, and later
haloed Christ, saints, Virgin Mary, and martyrs.

 -Spiritual expression took precedence over

physical beauty and symbols were
emphasized.

 2. Byzantine art