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WESTERNCLASSICAL

ARTTRADITION

ANCIENT ART1,500,000BC – 2,000BC

PRE-HISTORICEGYPTIAN

PRE-HISTORIC

PRE-HISTORIC ERA- Includes all human existencebefore emergence of writing- Understanding of earlyhuman life and culture

PRE-HISTORIC ERA- Found inside caves- Way of communication- Artifacts as human’s firstcreated art- Animals usually correct inproportion

PRE-HISTORIC ERA PAINTINGCave of Lascaux


Great Hall of the Bulls


The Lateral Passage


The Shaft of a Dead Man


The Chamber of Engravings


The Painted Gallery


Chamber of Felines

PRE-HISTORIC ERA SCULPTURES- Materials used vary

according to region and locality

- Frequently carving may have mythological or religious significance

PRE-HISTORIC ERA SCULPTURE

Venus of Willendorf

PRE-HISTORIC ERA SCULPTURE

Venus of Brassempouy

PRE-HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE- Megaliths (a big rock); Greek

words lithos (stone) and megas (big)

- Made of huge stone blocks intended for burial

- Provided plenty of legends and superstitions

- During this era, stones and rocks were associated with DIVINITY

PRE-HISTORIC ARCHITECTURETHREE MAIN TYPES of MEGALITH STONES

1. MENHIR – huge, vertically standing stone on the ground, usually in the middle of the field or arranged in rows

2. DOLMENS – stone table; form of table consisting of two huge standing stones supporting a horizontal giant stone; believed as grave or altar

3. CROMLECH – circle of standing stones

PRE-HISTORIC ERA ARCHITECTURE

MENHIR


DOLMENS


CROMLECH

EGYPTIAN

EGYPTIAN- Make deceased afterlifeplace pleasant- Themes include journey tothe underworld by theirprotective deities

EGYPTIAN- Emphasizes the importanceof life after death and thepreservation of theknowledge of the past

EGYPTIAN- Highly stylized, symbolic,and shows profile view of ananimal or a person- Main colors: red, black, blue,gold, and green

EGYPTIAN PAINTING

Paintings from Sarcophagusof Tutankhamen XVIII dynasty

EGYPTIAN ERA SCULPTURES- Symbolic elements such as

forms, hieroglyphics, relative size, location, materials, color, actions, and gestures were widely used

- Most common materials used: wood, ivory and stones

EGYPTIAN ERA SCULPTURESCHARACTERISTICS of the SCULPTURES1. Symbolisms were heavily used to represent the

gods.2. Relief compositions were arranged in horizontal

lines3. Gods were shown larger than humans, kings

larger than their followers, dead larger than the living

4. Empty spaces were filled with figures or hieroglyphics

5. All individual components were all brought to the plane of representation and laid out as writing

EGYPTIAN ERA SCULPTURE

Queen Nefertitipainted limestone

EGYPTIAN ERA SCULPTURE

The Pharoah Menkaureand his Queen,

stone

EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE- Developed during the

pre-dynastic period 4,000BC

EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURECHARACTERISTICS:

1. Has thick sloping walls with few openings for stability

2. All walls, columns and piers are covered with hieroglyphics

3. Ornamentations were symbolic4. Temples were aligned with

astronomically significant events like solstices and equinox with precise measurements

EGYPTIAN ERA ARCHITECTURE

Pyramids of Giza

EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTUREPYRAMIDS of GIZA- Most substantial ancient structures of

the world- Composed of 3 pyramids that are

funerary structures for the 3 kings of the 4th dynasty: Khufu, Khafa and Menkaura

- Made highly confusing and with many tunnels to create confusion for grave robbers

EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTUREEGYPTIAN TEMPLES- Built to serve as places for residence

for the gods- Served as key center for economic

activity- Made of wood, reed matting and mud

brick- Walls were covered with scenes:

Pharaoh fighting in battles and performing rituals with the gods

EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE

MASTABA- Egyptian tomb in form of a flat-

roofed, rectangular structure with outward sloping sides

- Made of mud-bricks or stones

EGYPTIAN ERA ARCHITECTURE

Mastaba

ACTIVITYROCK MY WORLD

Materials: Flat rock of any shaperocks with sharp edges

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END OFANCIENT

ARTERA

CLASSICAL ART2,000BC – 400BC

GREEKROMAN

CLASSICALGREEK

CLASSICAL GREEK ERA- Most commonly found invases, panels and tomb- Depict natural figures- Subjects: battle scenes, mythological figures andeveryday scenes

CLASSICAL GREEK ERA- Linear perspective andNaturalistic representation

CLASSICAL GREEK ERAMOST COMMON METHODS of PAINTING

FRESCO – water-based pigments on afreshly applied plaster on walls. Idealsfor murals, durable and matte style.ENCAUSTIC – developed by Greek shipbuilders, used hot wax to fill cracks ofthe ships. Pigments were added and used to paint a wax hull.

CLASSICAL GREEK PAINTINGFresco Painting

CLASSICAL GREEK PAINTINGEncaustic Painting

VASE PAINTINGKERCH STYLE – also referred as KERCHVASES are red, figured pottery

Shapes commonly found are:1. Pelike (wine container)2. Lekanis (a low bowl with two

horizontal handles and a low broad foot)

3. Lebes Gamikos (with high handles and lid use to carry bridal bath)

4. Krater (bowl use for mixing wine and water

CLASSICAL GREEK PAINTING

KERCH VASEPELIKE

KERCH VASELEKANIS


KERCH VASELEBES GAMIKOS


KERCH VASEKRATER


KERCH VASES- Common motifs: life of women,

mythological beings popular among the people of the black sea, scene from a mythical story or event

- Uses the technique POLYCROMY, a combination of different colors especially the brilliant ones in an artistic manner

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PANEL PAINTING- Paintings on flat panels of wood- It can be either small, single-

pieced or several panels joined together

- Most of it doesn’t exist anymore because of its organic composition

CLASSICAL GREEK PAINTING Panel Painting

Pitsa Panel

TOMB / WALL PAINTING- Popular during the classical period- Uses the method frescos in either

TEMPERA (water-based) or ENCAUSTIC (wax)

- Sharp, flatly outlined style of painting

- Only few samples survived- Painting using a true fresco

technique with limestone mortar- Depicts symposium scene on the

wall

CLASSICAL GREEK PAINTINGTomb / Wall Painting

Tomb of the Diver

CLASSIC GREEK SCULPTURES- Tensed and stiff, body were

hidden within enfolding robes

- After 3 centuries, it evolved and showed all the points of human anatomy and proportion

CLASSIC GREEK SCULPTURESHELLENISTIC style – preference in sculpture for more elaborated patterns, mannered arrangement of figures and groups, and an emphasis on the representation of movement for dramatic effects.

CLASSICAL GREEK ERA SCULPTURE

Myron;The Discobulus

CLASSICAL GREEK ARCHITECTURE- Temples consisted of a central

shrine or room in an aisle surrounded by rows of columns

- Buildings were designed in one of three architectural style or order: DORIC, IONIC and CORINTHIAN

CLASSICAL GREEK ARCHITECTURE

- The Greatest Classical temple, ingeniously engineered to correct an optical illusion

- Columns were slightly contorted, swollen at the center and leaning inwards; to correct the impression of deadness and top heaviness

THE PARTHENON

CLASSICAL GREEK ERA ARCHITECTURE

The Parthenon

CLASSICALROMAN

CLASSIC ROMAN ERA- Most painting were copied from

Hellenic Greek paintings- Fresco techniques was used in

brightly colored backgrounds; division of the wall into a multiple rectangular areas (tic-tac-toe design); multi-point perspective; and tropme-l’-oeil effect.

CLASSIC ROMAN ERA- Roman paintings have a wide

variety of subjects, animals, everyday life, still life, mythological subjects, portraits and landscapes

- Development of LANDSCAPE painting is the main innovation of Roman painting from Greek painting

CLASSICAL ROMAN PAINTING Fresco

Fresco from the Villa of Mysteries

CLASSICAL ROMAN PAINTING FrescoBoscotrecase, Pompeii

MOSAIC- An art process where image is

created using an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stones, or other materials.

- Used for decorative art or interior decorations

CLASSICAL ROMAN PAINTING MOSAIC

Head of Alexander

CLASSIC ROMAN SCULPTURES- Made of monumental terra-

cotta- Produced reliefs in the Great

Roman triumphal columns with continuous narrative reliefs around

CLASSICAL ROMAN ERA SCULPTURE

The Portonacio Sarcophagus

CLASSICAL ROMAN ERA SCULPTURE

Sarcopagus, from cervetiri

CLASSICAL ROMAN ARCHITECTURE- Sturdy stone structures both for

use and to perpetuate their glory- Emperors erected huge halls and

arenas for public games, baths, and procession

- Built with gigantic arches of stones, bricks and concrete or with barrel vaults

CLASSICAL ROMAN ERA ARCHITECTURE

The Colosseum

ACTIVITYMOSAIC

GREETING CARDSMUSIC & ARTS 9 BOOKPages 172 - 173


END OFCLASSICAL

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MEDIEVAL ART400BC – 1,400ADBYZANTINE

ROMANESQUEGOTHIC

BYZANTINE

BYZANTINE PAINTING- Lively styles of painting which has been invented in Greek and Rome lived on the Byzantium but this time for Christian subjects- Greek and Oriental styles blend together in magnificent, imposing images, which adorned the churches in large and small forms

BYZANTINE PAINTING MOSAIC

The Court of Empress Theodora

BYZANTINE PAINTING MOSAIC

Empress Theodora

BYZANTINE SCULPTURES- Dominant theme: religious,

everyday life scenes and motifs from nature

- Animals were used as symbols while some had acrostic signs that contained a great theological significance

BYZANTINE ERA SCULPTURE

The Barberini Diptych

BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE- Has a lot in common with early

Christian architecture- Mosaic decoration was perfected

as was the use of clerestory to bring light in from high windows

BYZANTINE ARCHITECTUREHAGIA SOPHIA- meaning Holy Wisdom- Narrates how a magnificent

construction transformed from being a church into a mosque into a museum

- One of the biggest domes ever created

BYZANTINE ERA ARCHITECTURE

Hagia Sophia

ROMANESQUE

ROMANESQUE PAINTING- Largely placed mosaics on the

walls of the churches that follow a strict frontal pose

- Mozarabic influence – elongated oval faces, large staring eyes and long noses, figures against flat colored bands and heavy outlining

ROMANESQUE PAINTING MOSAIC

Christ in Majesty

ROMANESQUE SCULPTURES- Famous pieces: reliquaries,

altar frontals, crucifixes and devotional images

- Small works made of costly materials for royal and aristocratic patrons

ROMANESQUE ERA SCULPTURE

Last Judgement

ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE- Romanesque’s churches have

grand sculpted doorways/ portals- Wood or metal doors are

surrounded by elaborate stone sculptures arranged in zones to fit architectural elements.

ROMANESQUE ERA ARCHITECTURE

The groin-vaultedcrypt of

Worcester Cathedral

GOTHIC

GOTHIC ERA PAINTING- Confined in the illumination of

manuscript pages and the painting of frescoes on the walls of churches in cosmopolitan style, elegant mannered, and sophisticated

GOTHIC ERA PAINTING

Lady and the Unicorn tapestry

GOTHIC ERA PAINTING

The Shepherd David

STAINED GLASS WINDOWS- Were created to transform the

vast stone interiors with warm and glowing color and at the same time to instruct Christians in their faith

GOTHIC ERA PAINTING

Rose window from the North transcept

STAINED GLASS

GOTHIC SCULPTURES- Have greater freedom of

style- No longer lay against walls

but begun to project outward- Figures were given their own

particular attitude instead of being set into particular patterns

- More lively and realistic

GOTHIC ERA SCULPTURE

Resurrection of the Virgin

GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE- Design includes two new

devices:: POINTED ARCH which enabled builders to construct much higher ceiling vaults and STONE VAULTING borne on a network of stone ribs supported by piers and clustered pillars

GOTHIC ERA ARCHITECTURE

Cathedral of Chartres

ACTIVITYLIGHT ME UP

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END OFMEDIEVAL

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