MIGUEL M.

SUAREZ 9C B27

WESTERN
CLASSICAL
ART
THROUGH
THE EYES OF
THE YOUTH
PREHISTORIC ART

CAVE OF THE HANDS

ARTIST : UKNOWN

MEDIUM : ROCK FORMATIONS

ART PERIOD : PREHISTORIC ERA

CUEVA DE LAS MANOS IS A CAVE AND COMPLEX OF ROCK

ART SITES IN THE PROVINCE OF SANTA CRUZ, ARGENTINA,
163 KM (101 MI) SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF PERITO MORENO. IT
IS NAMED FOR THE HUNDREDS OF PAINTINGS OF HANDS
STENCILED, IN MULTIPLE COLLAGES, ON THE ROCK WALLS.
THE ART IN THE CAVE DATES TO BETWEEN 11,000 TO 7,500
BC, DURING THE ARCHAIC PERIOD OF PRE-COLUMBIAN
SOUTH AMERICA, OR THE LATE PLEISTOCENE TO EARLY
HOLOCENE GEOLOGICAL PERIODS. THE SITE IS
CONSIDERED BY SOME SCHOLARS TO BE THE BEST
MATERIAL EVIDENCE OF SOUTH AMERICAN EARLY HUNTER-
GATHERER GROUPS.
 EGYPTIAN ART

NEFERTITI BUST
ARTIST : THUTMOSE

MEDIUM : STONE SCULPTURE

ART PERIOD : EGYPTIAN ERA, EARLY DYNASTY

THE NEFERTITI BUST IS A PAINTED STUCCO-COATED

LIMESTONE BUST OF NEFERTITI, THE GREAT ROYAL WIFE OF
EGYPTIAN PHARAOH AKHENATEN.[1] THE WORK IS BELIEVED
TO HAVE BEEN CRAFTED IN 1345 B.C.E. BY THUTMOSE
BECAUSE IT WAS FOUND IN HIS WORKSHOP IN AMARNA,
EGYPT.[2] IT IS ONE OF THE MOST-COPIED WORKS OF
ANCIENT EGYPT. NEFERTITI HAS BECOME ONE OF THE
MOST FAMOUS WOMEN OF THE ANCIENT WORLD AND AN
ICON OF FEMININE BEAUTY. THE NEFERTITI BUST HAS
BECOME A CULTURAL SYMBOL OF BERLIN AS WELL AS
ANCIENT EGYPT.
MESOPOTAMIAN ART

LAMASSU
ARTIST : UKNOWN

MEDIUM : STONE SCULPTURE

ART PERIOD : MESOPOTAMIAN ERA

THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY DEPICTIONS OF LAMASSU.

LAMASSU IS AN ASSYRIAN PROTECTIVE DEITY. IT IS
DEPICTED FROM ASSYRIAN TIMES AS A HYBRID OF A
HUMAN, BIRD, EITHER A BULL OR LION, A HUMAN HEAD, THE
BODY OF A BULL OR A LION, AND BIRD WINGS. THE
LAMASSU WAS A HOUSEHOLD PROTECTIVE SPIRIT OF THE
COMMON ASSYRIAN PEOPLE, BECOMING ASSOCIATED
LATER AS ROYAL PROTECTORS, AND WERE PLACED AS
SENTINELS AT ENTRANCES.
 GREEK ART

PARTHENON FRIEZE
ARTIST : PHIDIAS

MEDIUM : STONE SCULPTURE

ART PERIOD : ANCIENT GREEK ERA

THE PICTURE I HAVE PUT ABOVE ISN'T THE ACTUAL SCALE OF THE ARTWORK,
IT IS ACTUALLY A WHOPPING 160 METERS. TRADITIONALLY SCHOLARS OF
GREEK ART AND ARCHITECTURE HAVE BELIEVED THAT THE PARTHENON
FRIEZES DEPICT A PANATHENAIC PROCESSION, WHICH WAS AN ELEMENT
OF THE POPULAR PANATHENAIC FESTIVAL CELEBRATED ON THE DAY OF
ATHENA’S BIRTH. ALL AROUND THE FRIEZE OF THE PARTHENON SUBJECTS
MARCH OR RIDE HORSES IN A LONG PROCESSION UNTIL THEY FINALLY
REACH THE PANTHEON OF THE GREEK GODS. HERE THEY ARE MEANT TO
OFFER A SACRIFICE.
 ROMAN ART

SATURN DEVOURING HIS SON

ARTIST : FRANCISCO GOYA

MEDIUM : OIL MURAL, CANVAS

ART PERIOD : ROMANTIC ERA

ACCORDING TO THE TRADITIONAL INTERPRETATION, IT

DEPICTS THE GREEK MYTH OF THE SATURN GOD OF ROME,
WHO, FEARING THAT HE WOULD BE OVERTHROWN BY ONE
OF HIS CHILDREN,[1] ATE EACH ONE UPON THEIR BIRTH. THE
WORK IS ONE OF THE 14 BLACK PAINTINGS THAT GOYA
PAINTED DIRECTLY ONTO THE WALLS OF HIS HOUSE
SOMETIME BETWEEN 1819 AND 1823. IT WAS TRANSFERRED
TO CANVAS AFTER GOYA'S DEATH AND HAS SINCE BEEN
HELD IN THE MUSEO DEL PRADO IN MADRID.
BYZANTINE ART

MADONNA AND CHILD

ARTIST : DUCCIO DI BUONINSEGNA

MEDIUM : TEMPERA PAINTING

ART PERIOD : RENAISSANCE ERA

THIS LYRICAL WORK INAUGURATES THE GRAND TRADITION IN

ITALIAN ART OF ENVISIONING THE SACRED FIGURES OF THE
MADONNA AND CHILD IN TERMS APPROPRIATED FROM REAL
LIFE. THE CHRIST CHILD GENTLY PUSHES AWAY THE VEIL OF
HIS MOTHER, WHOSE SORROWFUL EXPRESSION REFLECTS
HER FOREKNOWLEDGE OF HIS CRUCIFIXION. THE
BEAUTIFULLY MODELED DRAPERY ENHANCES THEIR THREE-
DIMENSIONAL, PHYSICAL PRESENCE AND THE PARAPET
CONNECTS THE FICTIVE, SACRED WORLD OF THE PAINTING
WITH THE TEMPORAL ONE OF THE VIEWER.
ROMANESQUE ART

DANIEL IN THE LION 'S DEN

ARTIST : PETER PAUL RUBENS

MEDIUM : OIL PAINTING

ART PERIOD : BAROQUE ERA

DANIEL IN THE LIONS' DEN IS A C.1614–1616 PAINTING NOW IN THE NATIONAL

GALLERY OF ART IN WASHINGTON DC.
THE SUBJECT IS FROM THE BOOK OF DANIEL, 6:1–28. IN DANIEL 6, DANIEL IS
RAISED TO HIGH OFFICE BY HIS ROYAL MASTER DARIUS THE MEDE. DANIEL'S
JEALOUS RIVALS TRICK DARIUS INTO ISSUING A DECREE THAT FOR THIRTY DAYS
NO PRAYERS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO ANY GOD OR MAN BUT DARIUS
HIMSELF; ANYONE WHO DISOBEYS THIS EDICT IS TO BE THROWN TO THE LIONS.
DANIEL CONTINUES TO PRAY DAILY TO THE GOD OF ISRAEL, AND THE KING,
ALTHOUGH DEEPLY DISTRESSED, MUST CONDEMN DANIEL TO DEATH, FOR THE
EDICTS OF THE MEDES AND PERSIANS CANNOT BE ALTERED. HOPING FOR
DANIEL'S DELIVERANCE, HE HAS HIM CAST INTO THE PIT. AT DAYBREAK THE KING
HURRIES TO THE PLACE AND CRIES OUT ANXIOUSLY, ASKING IF GOD HAD
SAVED HIS FRIEND. DANIEL REPLIES THAT HIS GOD HAD SENT AN ANGEL TO
CLOSE THE JAWS OF THE LIONS.
 GOTHIC ART

CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN

ARTIST : FRA ANGELICO

MEDIUM : TEMPERA PAINTING

ART PERIOD : RENAISSANCE ERA

THE CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN IS A PAINTING OF THE CORONATION OF

THE VIRGIN BY THE ITALIAN EARLY RENAISSANCE PAINTER FRA ANGELICO,
EXECUTED AROUND 1432. IT IS NOW IN THE UFFIZI GALLERY OF FLORENCE.
THE PAINTING HAS A GILDED BACKGROUND, A HERITAGE OF MEDIEVAL
PAINTING, OVER WHICH IS A SMALL PARADISE WHERE THE CORONATION IS
BEING HELD. IT PORTRAYS CHRIST CROWNING THE VIRGIN; BOTH ARE
SURROUNDED BY RAYS WHICH SYMBOLIZE THE DIVINE LIGHT. THE PAINTING
HAS A MYSTIC TONE FOUND IN OTHER FRA ANGELICO WORKS, WITH A
LARGE CROWD OF SAINTS, ANGELS AND BLESSED FIGURES ENHANCING
THIS ASPECT.
 GUIDE QUESTIONS
PEOPLE CREATE ART FOR MILLIONS OF REASONS. IN THE PAST
ERAS, PEOPLE USED ART AS A WAY OF SURVIVAL, BUT NOW, IN
MODERN SOCIETY, IT IS WAY MORE COMPLICATED. SOME MAKE
ART BECAUSE THEY WANT TO CONVEY A MESSAGE, SOME MAKE
ART TO SHOW THEIR EMOTIONS, SOME EVEN MAKE ART FOR NO
WHY DO PEOPLE
REASON AT ALL. THE REASON PEOPLE MAKE ART CAN BE AS DEEP
CREATE ART? AS SHOWING YOUR EMOTIONS BUT CAN ALSO BE AS SHALLOW
AS JUST MAKING ART BECAUSE WHY NOT. I DON’T THINK ART HAS
A UNIVERSAL REASON TO WHY PEOPLE MAKE IT, THERE ISN’T A
GENERAL REASON. EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL
MOTIVATION AND REASON ON WHY THEY MAKE IT.

WHEN TALKING ABOUT UNIVERSAL ART STYLES, THEY CHANGE

BECAUSE AS SOCIETY PROGRESSES, CULTURE, NEW TRENDS,
POPULAR ICONS, AND BASICALLY ANYTHING THAT IS FAMOUS
ENOUGH, INFLUENCE ART STYLES. A MAJOR EXAMPLE OF THIS IS
PICASSO’S CUBISM, BECAUSE OF HIS BIG NAME, HIS APPROACH
TO DRAWING WHICH WAS CUBISM, INFLUENCED THE MASSES.

WHY DO ART
WHEN IT COMES TO PERSONAL ART STYLE, AS YOU GROW AS A
STYLES CHANGE? PERSON YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT YOURSELF. YOUR
EXPERIENCES, THE PEOPLE WHO INFLUENCE YOU, YOUR
EMOTIONS, EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN YOUR
LIFE CONTRIBUTES TO YOUR ART STYLE. WE DON’T STOP
GROWING, THERE IS NO LIMIT TO LEARNING ABOUT YOURSELF,
THIS IS WHY YOUR PERSONAL ART STYLE CAN BE EVER SO
CHANGING.

JUST LIKE THE QUESTION “WHY DO PEOPLE CREATE ART?” MY

ANSWER TO WHAT INSPIRED AN ARTIST TO CREATE AN ARTWORK IS
THAT THERE IS NO UNIVERSAL INSPIRATION. EACH ARTIST HAS
THEIR OWN UNIQUE INSPIRATION. THEY CAN BE INSPIRED BY THEIR
WHAT INSPIRES AN SURROUNDINGS, THEIR LOVED ONES, THEIR MEMORIES, THEIR
EMOTIONS, AND MUCH MUCH MORE. THAT IS WHY ART IS SO
ARTIST TO CREATE
BEAUTIFUL, ART IS A BLANK CANVAS WAITING TO BE PAINTED
AN ARTWORK? WHATEVER WE WANT TO PAINT IT WITH, ANYTHING CAN BE USED,
WETHER IT BE SADNESS OR JOY.

ART IS INTEGRATED INTO CULTURE. ONE OF THE DEFINING

FEATURES OF A CULTURE IS THE ART. ART IS A MEDIUM THAT
CULTURES USE TO DISPLAY THEIR BELIEFS, THEIR EXPERIENCES,
AND MORE. ART IS SO VAST SO THE ARTWORKS LIKE PAINTINGS,
SCULPTURES, CLOTHING AND MORE CAN BE USED TO REPRESENT

HOW DOES ART ALMOST ANYTHING FROM A CULTURE. ART IS ALSO THE MOST
NOTICABLE PART OF A CULTURE (OTHER THAN LANGUAGE AND
REPRESENT A PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS). WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE

CULTURE? WEARING GARMENTS WITH TRIBAL PATTERNS, A LOT OF VIBRANT

COLORS AND BEAUTIFUL WEAVES, CHANCES ARE, THEY ARE
FROM AFRICA.

IN CONCLUSION, ART PLAYS A HUGE ROLE IN A CULTURE, NOT

ONLY IN REPRESENTING IT, BUT DEFINING IT AS A WHOLE.
MIGUEL M. SUAREZ 9C B27

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