ART APPRECIATION

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COLLEGE OF NURSING - OUR LADY OF FATIMA

TRANSCRIBER: JOCELYN DELARA REFERENCE: PPT LECTURER: JIAN LUCIDO

MEANING AND ORIGIN OF ARTS 4. Art expressed through a certain

medium or material.
ART
From its derivatives: ART APPRECIATION
“Ar” Aryan means “to join” / “put ➢ Is the ability to
together” interpret/understand
“Artis”- craftsmanship, skill, mastery ➢ Admiration and satisfaction
of form and inventiveness. (Italian)
“Ars”- “ability or skill” (Latin) SUBJECT OF ART
From the greek word: ➢ Present on the art
“Arkiskein”- “put together” ➢ Object, person, event and scene
“Artizen”- “prepare” ● Objective - tangible
● Non-objective - in the
ORIGIN OF ARTS mind. Abstract.
➢ Begin with humanity.
➢ The time when superstitions and FUNCTION OF ART
beliefs are still common. 1. Aesthetic Function (Personal)
➢ Manifested through genres of art 2. Utilization Function (economic,
➢ Made from durable materials like physical)
metal, stone, clay, bone and 3. Cultural Function (historical,
glass. religious)
4. Social Function ( psychological,
NATURE OF ART political)
➢ We can communicate through
art SCOPE OF ART
➢ Valuable sources of inspirations ● Fine arts- primarily aesthetic,
enjoyment through senses.
➢ We get a glimpse of the thoughts, ○ Example: music, painting,
feelings, and beliefs of people sculpture, etc.
who lived in that period and the
external factors. ● Utilitarian arts- for practical use
through development of raw
FOUR ESSENTIALS OF ART materials.
1. Art must be man-made ○ Example: household art,
2. Art must be creative fishery art
3. Art must benefit or satisfy man
GENRES OF ARTS gives a feeling of
1. Visual art- perceived b eye rest.
2. Audio-Visual art- perceived eyes ➢ Repose, stability
and ears
3. Literary arts-writing and read KINDS OF BALANCE
4. Combined arts- 2 or more forms ❖ SYMMETRICAL
of arts. BALANCE- the work of art
is the same on one side as
● Visual arts (graphic, plastic) the other
● Performing arts (theater, play, ❖ ASYMMETRICAL
dance, music) BALANCE- lighter/farther.
● Literary arts(short story, novel, Imbalance.
poetry, drama)
● Popular arts(film, newspapers, ● PROPORTION
magazines, rado) ➢ Pleasing
● Gustatory art of the cuisine(food relationship
prep.) between a whole.
● Decorative or applied arts(
beautification of houses,cars, ● EMPHASIS
establishments) ➢ Tends to carry the
eye from the center
KIND OF VISUAL ARTS of interest.

1. Graphic arts- painting, ● HARMONY

drawing, photo, print, etc. ➢ Impression of unity
2. Plastic arts- sculpture, through the
architecture, crafts, dress, selection.
and costume design, etc. ➢ The quality that
unifies every part of
PRINCIPLE OF ARTS an arrangement.
● RHYTHM
➢ Regular, uniform, MEDIUM OF VISUAL ARTS
related movement. 1.) PAINTING
➢ Repetition of a unit ➢ Is the art of creating
or motif meaningful effects on a
flat surface by the use of
CLASSIFICATION OF RHYTHM pigments.
❖ Formal Rhythm- Uniform ● WATER COLOR
❖ Informal Rhythm- form, ➢ Dry pigment mixed
size, arrangement with water.
● PASTEL
● BALANCE ➢ Dried paste made of
➢ Condition which pigment round with
chalk and
compounded with
gum water.
● ACRYLIC
➢ Synthetic paint
mixed with acrylic
emulsion as binder
for coating the
surface of the
artwork.
● ENCAUSTIC
➢ Painting with wax
colors fixed with
heat.
● FRESCO
➢ Moist plaster
surface.
➢ Paint in the wall.
● TEMPERA
➢ Mineral pigments
with egg.
2.) DRAWING
➢ Using pencil, pen and ink
or charcoal.
● BISTRE
➢ Brown pigment
extracted from the
soot of wood and
often used in pen
and wash drawings.
● CRAYONS
➢ Pigments bound by
wax and
compressed into
painted sticks.
● CHARCOAL
➢ Obtained by
heating wood or
other organic
substances in the
absence of oxygen.
● SILVER POINT
➢ Silver stylus
● PRINTMAKING
➢ Duplicating
process.
➢ Direct result.
3.) MOSAIC
➢ Pictures or decorations
made of small pieces of
inlaid colored stones or
glass called “tesserae”
often are cut into squares
glued on a surface with
plaster or cement.
● STAINED GLASS
➢ Combining many
small pieces of
colored glass
● TAPESTRY
➢ Fabric consists of a
wrap upon which
colored threads are
woven by hand to
produce a design,
often pictorial, wall
hangings and
furniture covering.
4.) MUSIC
➢ Art of creating sound
through humans voice
and different musical
Instruments.
THE VOCAL MUSIC
➢ Oldest and natural form of
music.
➢ Our voice is produced by
the vibration of the vocal
cords in our voice box.
➢ Voice differ in timbre
VOICE CLASSIFICATION
1. WOMEN'S VOICE
● SOPRANO- more
flexible- high
● ALTO or
CONTRALTO-
richer and fuller-
low
2. MENS VOICE
● TENOR- highest
voice of mens
● BARITONE-
between tenor and
bass
● BASS- lowest and
deepest voice of
mens
● MUSIC HUMANA
➢ Music of human
spirit
➢ To understand the
greater meaning in
the aesthetics of
compelling works of
music.
● MUSICA
INSTRUMENTALIS
➢ Music we can
physically
experience.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
● STRING INSTRUMENTS
➢ Stringed instrument,
any musical
instrument that
produces sound by
the vibration of
stretched strings,
which may be made
of vegetable fibre,
metal, animal gut,
silk, or artificial
materials such as
plastic or nylon.

3. LEVELS OF MUSIC WIND INSTRUMENTS

➢ 6th century text ➢ a musical
De Musica by the instrument in which
Roman Philosopher sound is produced
BOETHIUS. by the vibration of
➢ Philosophical air, typically by the
Approach player blowing into
● MUSIC MUNDANA the instrument
➢ Music of the
cosmos. ● PERCUSSION
➢ Source of INSTRUMENTS
inspiration for the ➢ Percussion
Musician instruments include
any instrument ● PROTAGONIST
that makes a sound ➢ Leading character
when it is hit,
shaken, or scraped.
... Some percussion
instruments are
tuned and can ELEMENTS AND VISUAL ARTS
sound different ELEMENT
notes, like the ➢ Parts of something. -Meriam
xylophone, timpani Webster Dictionary
or piano, and some ➢ Aspect of something abstract,
are untuned with no especially one that is essential
definite pitch, like .
the bass drum, ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ARTS
cymbals or
castanets 1. LINE
➢ Various marks, outlines
5.) LITERATURE and implied lines.

➢ Literature in stanza form. ➢ Has a width, length and

➢ Nearly always rhythmical, direction
usually metaphorical. ➢ A lines with is sometimes
called “THICKNESS”
● PROSE ➢ Lines sometimes called
➢ written or spoken “STROKE” especially in
language in ordinary form digital arts.
with metrical structure.
2 CLASSIFICATION OF LINES
● PLOT 1. STRAIGHT LINE
➢ literary term used to ➢ Means basic framework
describe the events that ○ Horizontal lines
make up a story. ■ Repose and
➢ Chronological sequence of serenity
a story ○ Vertical lines
■ Denote
● SETTING action
➢ location and time frame ■ Poise,
where narrative takes balance,
place. force,
● ANTAGONIST aspiration,dy
➢ Actively opposes or is namism.
hostile to someone ○ Diagonal lines
■ Suggest
action, life
and
movement.
2. CURVED LINE
➢ Suggest grace, subtleness,
direction, instability,
movement, flexibility, etc.
○ Crooked or jagged
■ Express
energy,
violence,
conflict and
struggle
3 CLASSIFICATION OF
CROOKED AND JAGGED
1. Lines which follow or repeat one
another
2. Lines which contrast with one
another
3. Transition lines which modify or
soften the effect of others.
REPETITION
➢ Two or more lines are being
repeated.
2. COLOR
➢ Produce when light, striking an
object, is reflected back to the
eye properties of color.
● Hue - name we give to the
color
● Intensity - vividness of the
color
a. Primary- red,yellow, blue
b. Secondary- green, orange, violet
c. Intermediate - red-violet
d. Adjacent- next in the color wheel
e. Complimentary - opposite in
each other in the color wheel
f. Neutral colors - white, gray and
black
3. TEXTURE
➢ The way a 3 dimensional work
actually feels when touched or
the visual “feel” of a 2
➢ dimensional work4. SPACE
➢ Artist provides for a particular
purpose.
➢ Includes the background,
foreground and the middle
ground.
5. VALUE
➢ Use of lightness and darkness in
a piece of artwork.
6. VOLUME
➢ Amount of space occupied in 3
dimension
7. SHAPE
➢ Space that can defined edge
8. FORM
➢ volume/ perceived volume
ELEMENTS OF PERFORMING ARTS
➢ Artists use their body, voice or
objects to convey artistic
expression as opposed.
TYPES OF PERFORMING ARTS
THEATRE
➢ Acting out stories in front of an
audience
➢ Using a combination of speech,
gestures, music, dance, sound
and spectacle.
DANCE
➢ Refers to human movement
either used as a form of
expression or presented in a
social, spiritual or performance
setting.
STATUE AND SCULPTURE
SCULPTURE
➢ 3 dimensional work of art which ● ELONGATED
is formed through different ➢ Lengthened/
materials such as stone, jade, extension
ivry, metals, etc. ● MANGLING
● Stone and granite ➢ Cut,
● Marbe lacerated,mutilated,
● Jade and ivory or hacked with
● Metals ( Ali and Nino) repeated blows
● Clay ➢ “WILLEM DE
● Glass (Carol Milne’s) KOONING” ARTS
● Wood (Sergei Borkov) ○ Light in
August
ARCHITECTURE (1947)
➢ 3 dimensional art of designing ○ Asheville
buildings and other physical (1948)
structures.
● Concrete CUBISM
● Wood (Himeji Castle) ➢ Style developed by “PABLO
● Plastic PICASSO
● Glass (Louvre ” with the
Pyramid-Paris) representation of geometrical
● Steel (Walt Disney Concert figures
Hall)
FAUVISM
METHOD OF ART ➢ First important art movement of
PRODUCTION AND the 1900’s
PRESENTATION ○ HENRY MATISSE led the
movement
ABSTRACTION ○ ANDRE DERAIN, RAOUL
➢ When the artist becomes so DUFY, GEORGE
interested in one phase of a ROUAULT (FRANCE)
scene, he does not show the ➢ Artists paint comfort, joy and
subject at all as an objective pleasure
reality but only his idea or his ➢ Uses extremely BRIGHT
feeling about it. COLORS
➢ Means “to move away or
separate” DADAISM
➢ Moves away from showing things ➢ Explicitly political overtones
as they really are ➢ Senseless slaughter of the
➢ Not like life trenches of WW1.
● DISTORTION ➢ It essentially declared war
➢ Misshapen against war.
condition EXPRESSIONISM
➢ Distorting it radically for · Neolithic
emotional effect in order to evoke PALEOLITHIC PERIOD
moods or ideas The Paleolithic period (old stone age) is the longest
FUTURISM phase of stone age culture.
➢ Capture the speed of modern a. Lower Paleolithic (2,500,000-200,000
industrial society BCE)
➢ GONCHAROVA NATALIA b. Middle Paleolithic (200,000-40,000 BCE)
HYPERREALISM
➢ Painting or sculpture resembling c. Upper Paleolithic (40,000-10,000 BCE)
a high-resolution photograph MESOLITHIC PERIOD
REALISM
➢ Organization of details in the ● Mesolithic period is the
work seem so natural transitional phase after the
➢ Example is the artworks of Paleolithic, the beginning of
FERNANDO AMORSOLO farming,with its cultivation and
animal husbandry-ending with the
SYMBOLISM spread of Agriculture

➢ Run-of-the-mill sign. NEOLITHIC PERIOD

➢ Assumes a new and fresh
meaning
➢ Example is JUAN LUNA
SPOLARIUM (spoils of war,
tyrants and the king)
➢ Another example is VINCENT
VAN GOGH THE STARRY
NIGHT (1889)
PREHISTORIC ERA
● Prehistoric art refers to artifacts from
ancient civilizations such as
Mesopotamia,Egypt,Greece and Rome.
● Artists employed resources from their
natural environments such as clay,rocks,
minerals,animal hair,bones,wood,fat and
blood to create images.
● The Prehistoric era is also known as the
Stone Age Culture.
There are three(3) phases or periods under the
Prehistoric Era which shows the transition of
the stone age art.
· Paleolithic
· Mesolitic
● Neolithic period (New Stone Age)
This era is characterized by
farming ,domestication of
animals,settled communities and
the emergence of important
ancient civilizations Portable art
and monumental architecture
dominate
● Paleolithic man lived solely by hunting
and gathering,while his successors
during the later Mesolitjic and Neolithic
times developed systems of agriculture and
ultimately permanent settlements
● The stone age ends as stone tools
become superseded by the new products of
bronze,thus followed by the Bronze Age.
● The lower paleolithic,Middle paleolithic and
upper paleolithic each marked advances
(specially in tool technology) among
different cultures.
LOWER PALEOLITHIC

● This is the earliest period of the
Paleolithic age.It runs from the first
appearance of man as a tool- making
mammal to the advent of important
evolutionary and technological changes
which marked the start of the Middle
Paleolithic.
● Lower paleolithic period witnessed the
emergence of three different tool based
cultures:
· Olduan culture (2,500,00-1,500,000 BCE)
· Acheulean culture (1,650,000-100,000
BCE)
· Clactonian culture (c.400,000-300,000
BCE)
NOTE: Stone tools represented the “art” of this period
– the key form of creative human expression.
OLDOWAN CULTURE
· describes the first stone tool used by
prehistoric man of the lower Paleolithic.
· The key feature of Oldowan tool
manufacture was the method of chipping
stones to create a chopping or cutting
edge.Most tools were fashioned using a
single strike of one rock against another to
create sharp-edged flakes.
ACHEULEAN CULTURE AND ART
● Was the most important and dominant
tool-making tradition of the lower
Paleolithic era.
● Acheulean tool users with their signature
style oval and pear-shaped hand-axes were
the first humans to expand successfully
across Eurasia
3. Clactonian Culture
(c.400,000 – 300,000 BCE)
● Clactonian describes a culture of
European flint tool manufacture or
"art",associated with Homoerectus.
● Clactonian tools were sometimes
notched,indicating they were attached to a
handle or shaft. The earliest recorded
examples of human art were created during
the Lower Paleolithic in the caves and
rockshelters of centralIndia.
● The next oldest prehistoric art from
theLower Paleolithic comes almost at the
end of the period. Two primitive figurines -
the Venus ofBerekhat Ram (found on the
Golan Heights) and the Venus of
Tan-Tan(discovered in Morocco)were dated
to between roughly 200,000 and 500,000
BCE (the former is more ancient).
MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC PERIOD
• The dominant Paleolithic culture was Mousterian,
flake tool industry largely characterized by the point
and side scraper, associated (in Europe) with
Homoneanderthalensis.
• Tool forms featured a wide variety of specialized
shapes,including barbed and serrated edges. These
new blade designs helped to reduce the need for
humans to use their teeth to perform certain tasks,
thus contributing to a diminution of facial and jaw
features among laterhumans.
MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC ART
One of the few works of art dating from theMiddle
Paleolithic, is the pair of ochre rocks decorated with
abstract cross-hatch patterns found in the Blombos
Caves east of CapeTown.
• After Blombos, comes the Diepkloof eggshell
engravings, dated to 60,000 BCE
UPPER PALEOLITHIC PERIOD
UPPER PALEOLITHIC ART
• The Upper Paleolithic period witnessed the
beginning of fine art, featuring, drawing, modelling,
sculpture,and painting, as well as jewelry, personal
adornments and early forms of music and dance.
• The three main art forms were cave painting, rock
engraving and miniature figurative carvings.Upper
Paleolithic Cave Painting During this period,
prehistoric society began to accept ritual and
ceremony - of a quasi-religious or shaman-type
nature.
As a result, certain caves were reserved as
prehistoric art galleries, where artists began to
paint animals and hunting scenes, as well as a
variety of abstract or symbolic drawings.
• Aboriginal rock art began in the north of
Australia, where the first 'modern' humans arrived
from Southeast Asia.
MESOLITHIC CULTURES
As the ice disappeared, to be replaced by grasslands
and forests, mobility and flexibility became more
important in the hunting and acquisition of food. As
a result, Mesolithic.
MESOLITHIC ROCK ART
Mesolithic art reflects the arrival of new living
conditions and hunting practices caused by the
disappearance of the great herds of animals from
Spain and France, at the end of the Ice Age. Forests
now cloaked the landscape,necessitating more
careful and cooperative hunting arrangements.
NEOLITHIC ART
• In general, the more settled and better-resourced
the region,the more art it produces. So it was with
Neolithic art, which branched out in several
different directions. And although most ancient art
remained essentially functional in nature, there was
a greater focus on ornamentation and decoration.
JADE CARVING
• One of the great specialities of Chinese art - first
appeared during the era of Neolithic culture, as
does Chinese lacquerware and porcelain.
PORTABLE ART
• With greater settlement in villages and other
small communities, rock painting begins to be
replaced by more portable art.
CERAMICS
• The major medium ofNeolithic civilization was
ceramic pottery
• The finest examples of which (mostly featuring
geometric designs and animal/plant motifs) were
produced around the region of Mesopotamia (Iran,
Iraq) and the eastern Mediterranean.
OTHER CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS
• Other important art-related trends which surfaced
during Neolithic art include writing and religion.
BRONZE AGE
● In europe, 3000 bce - 1200 bce
● Characterized by the development of
metallurgy, in particular copper mining and
smelting, along with tin mining and
smelting, as reflected in the exquisite
bronze, gold and silver sculptures.
ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE
● The beginning of architecture must be
placed within the Neolithic Age, the New
stone age, which lasted roughly 8000 to
3000 BC
● Man used caves for shelter and most
probably for religious ceremonies

ARTS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
1. Arts of Mesopotamia
2. Arts of Ancient Egypt
3. Aegean and Ancient Arts
4. Etrucsan and Ancient Roman
MESOPOTAMIA
● An ancient empire in what is known as a
modern day Iraq.
● Generally, art was made by carving stone
relief used to decorate imperial
monuments. The reliefs depict royal affairs,
such as hunting and war.
● Animal forms, particularly horses and
lions, were represented in great detail,
while human figures were of less
Significance.
ARCHITECTURE OF MESOPOTAMIA
● The temple becomes the predominant
building type in mesopotamia
a. Architecture of the sumerians - the typical
building of the sumerians was ziggurat.
b. Architecture of the assyrians - the sargon’s
palace stood as a representative of the assyrian
sculpture
● The Palace of Sargon, was built above the
ground level of the city to convey the idea
that the king stood between the Gods and
his people.
c. Architecture of the Neo-Babylonians - the Ishtar
gate of Babylon was built for Babylonian King
Nebuchadnezzar II.
● Ishtar gate is lined with several beasts
done in brightly colored glazed bricks and
dedicated to the goddess Ishta. d.
Architecture of the Persians - the royal
palace at persepolis is a representative of
persian architecture.
EGYPT
● Egyptian art was expressed through
painting, sculpture and jewelry
● The artwork embodies a unique style and
makes use of an ancient form of symbolism
● Much of the remaining art comes from
from tombs and monuments
EGYPTIAN SCULPTURE
1. FIRST DYNASTIC PERIOD - the subject matters
of the sculpture are the sun, moon, stars and sacred
Animals.
2. OLD KINGDOM PERIOD - portrait sculpture was
emphasized. Five lifelike sculptures existed in every
home. The faces of statues were always calm and
grave.
3. MIDDLE KINGDOM PERIOD - faces of statues
depicted individual moods but their bodies were still
rigid and straight in posture
4. NEW KINGDOM - figures were lifelike and
vigorous looking. The figures were depicted in usual
poses such as walking, dancing and bending
ARCHITECTURE OF THE ANCIENT EGYPT
a. ARCHITECTURE OF THE OLD KINGDOM - the
mastaba, the stepped pyramid of Zoser, and the
Pyramids at Giza are examples of architecture.
b. ARCHITECTURE OF THE MIDDLE KINGDOM -
among the characteristic remains of the Middle
Kingdom are the rock-cut tombs.
c. ARCHITECTURE OF THE NEW KINGDOM - it
represents another version of the combination of the
horizontal and vertical axes. The structure rises
from the valley floor in three colonnaded terraces
connected by ramps.
GREECE
● Sculpture and architecture from Greek
civilization have influenced others
throughout history.
● Known for their architectural monuments
as well as sculptural masterpieces, the
greek’s were also expert craftsmen. They
crafted and painted beautiful vessels used
for everyday life.
GREEK PAINTING GREEK ART (PAINTING)
WAS SEEN IN FOUR PERIOD:
1. FORMATIVE OR PRE-GREEK PERIOD - motif
was sea and nature
2. FIRST GREEK PERIOD - largely egyptian
influence
3. GOLDEN AGE
4. HELLENISTIC PERIOD - heightened
individualism, tragic mood and contorted faces.
GREEK SCULPTURE PREHISTORIC GREEKS
SCULPTURE HAD GONE THROUGH THREE
PERIODS:
1. DAEDALIC PERIOD - marble was used as
material. Nude male statues were usually executed.
2. CLASSICAL AGE - this was the golden age or age
of pericles. Temples of Gods and Goddesses were
adorned with sculptured figures.
3. LATER GREEK PERIOD - male and female figures
were shown with very little or no clothing at all.
AEGEAN AND ANCIENT GREEK
ARCHITECTURE
a. THE AEGEAN ARCHITECTURE - the palace of
knossos, crete is an example of aegean architecture,
the oblong shape of the court and the general layout
of the palace shows a centralized arrangement.
b. ANCIENT GREEK ARCHITECTURE - is
essentially columnar and trabeate. The columns
taper towards the top.
THREE PARTS OF GREEK TEMPLE:
(ARCHITECTURE ORDER)
1. Platform or Base
2. Columns
3. Superstructure or Entablature
ARCHITECTURAL ORDERS
1. DORIC ORDER - was the earliest of the Greek
architectural orders. Doric order is massive and
severe in appearance.
2. IONIC AND CORINTHIAN ORDER - were
regarded as feminine. It does not consist of volutes
but of stylized acanthus leaves.
ROME
● Greatly influenced by Greek culture, the
ancient Romans excelled in painting,
sculpting and architectural design.
● Mythological subject matter predominated
art at this time.
ROMAN ART THE PREHISTORIC ROMAN
ART HAD GONE THROUGH PERIODS:
1. ETRUSCAN PERIOD - subject matters of painting
were on ancestor worship; catacombs and
sarcophagi.
2. ROMAN PERIOD - the subject matters of
painting were commemorative statues, sarcophagi,
frescoes, designs with vine motifs.
ROMAN SCULPTURE
● The roman sculpture was more represented
in bust forms of famous men and women.
● The figures showed their individual
imperfections as if they were in real life.
ETRUSCAN AND ANCIENT ROMAN
ARCHITECTURE
● The etruscan house was a simple
rectangular structure which grew
progressively more complex
● Etruscan temple was intended to function
primarily as an interior space
● The ancient Roman architecture is a
combination of axis and center
OVERVIEW OF ART HISTORY
THE MIDDLE AGES TO CONTEMPORARY ARTS
MIDDLE AGES (200-1400)
● The middle ages marks a period in between
classical and modern history (hence
“MIDDLE”). It was at this moment that
christianity was being spread throughout
Europe, and so the art and architecture
follows a religious tradition
MEDIEVAL
● MEDIEVAL is a term used to describe the
art created over a span of 1,000 years
during the middle ages
● Art was largely produced at this time with
a variety of medium including illuminated
manuscripts, paintings, sculptures, stained
glass, metal works, mosaics and even
textiles
BYZANTINE
● With the spread of christianity throughout
Europe, art and architecture during the
Byzantine era followed a religious theme.
● Paintings, mosaics and sculptures were
common forms of artistic expression. Also
important at this time were illuminated
bible manuscripts.
NOTE : byzantine is mostly Gold
ROMANESQUE
● Following tradition at this time, the
romanesque period is marked by lavishly
decorated architecture, manuscripts and
embroidery
NOTE: Mostly Curve, half circle, small
window. Mostly found in churches.
GOTHIC
● Developing in France out of the
romanesque period, Gothic art began with
the construction of monumental
architecture. Very ornately designed
cathedrals with luminous stained glass
windows were commonly constructed at this
Time.
NOTE: Big window, has a sharp edge,
natural light, monumental architecture
RENAISSANCE (1400-1600)
● Known as a period of “REBIRTH” this was
a time when artists looked back to ancient
traditions while applying new scientific
knowledge.
● The development of linear perspective and
a greater understanding of human anatomy
became two concepts that would forever
change the way that artists render the
natural world on a two dimensional surface.
● Common forms of artistic expression
during the renaissance include painting,
fresco and sculpture. Centered around the
church, art was commonly themed around
religion, mythology and portraiture
● However, the artists of the renaissance
were mainly interested in capturing the
essence and beauty of nature.
◆ Botticelli
◆ Da Vinci
◆ Raphael
◆ Michelangel
NOTE : REBIRTH of Ancient Tradition:
● Greek Period
● Roman Period
BAROQUE (1600-1775)
● The baroque period can be characterized as
art that conveys a religious theme, through
movement and emotion. Dramatic biblical
depictions are common in frescoes and
paintings.
● During the baroque period, artists
commissioned to paint portraits were
interested in depicting the wealth and
social status of the patrons.
● Artists' use of symbolism and focus on the
detailed rendering of clothing helps us to
understand the importance of the figures
being depicted.
NOTE:CARLO INNOCENZO CARLONE
ROCOCO
● Keeping in tradition with baroque art,
rococo was a period of ornate interior
design and decorative arts
● From the beautiful frescoes to the lavish
furniture, rococo was a period of royal
luxury
NOTE: Theme of Art. A little bit kinky and
naughty art. Commonly into Cinderella
Dresses.
THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH
NEOCLASSICISM (1700-1800)
A reformation of art and architecture.
Neoclassical art sought to bring back
classical elements of the ancient Greeks
and romans.
Art was now moving away from the
decorative and ornate baroque and rococo
styles
Moving away in Baroque and Rococo
Style
ROMANTICISM AND REALISM (1700-1800)
● Romanticism marks a period in which
artists sought to remove themselves from
social and political influences. Artists were
interested in creating images that engage
strong emotion within the beauty of a
natural environment
TURNER
REALISM
● In response to the emotion of romanticism,
artists instead began to create images that
depicted objective reality. A focus on
real-life scenes characterizes the realist
Style.
NOTE: Realism is in everyday lives.
SARGENT
IMPRESSIONISM (1886-1906)
● Developing out of France, this period is
characterized by vivid colors and loose,
visible brushwork.
● Artists began to investigate the changing
properties of light in everyday subject
matter.
NOTE: brush strokes. Play with colors.
MONET
POST-IMPRESSIONISM
● post -impressionist such as VINCENT VAN
GOGH, continued to develop images with
vivid colors, dynamic brushwork and real
life subject matter
● The post impressionists took these
ideologies further as they experimented
with the expressive qualities of paint
application and an emphasis on geometric
forms.
NOTE: MOST IMPRESSIONIST is Starry
Night by Van Gog.

Modern Art Movement (1980-1970)

● Expressionism Fauvism
● Cubism
● Futurism
● Dadaism
● Surrealism
● Abstract
● Expressionism
● Action Painting
● ColorField
● Pop Art
● Minimalism
● Op Art

1900-1910 German Expressionism

Beginning as a cultural reform of art and poetry in
Germany,this period in art history is coined as “avant
-garde”, or experimental and innovative.Artists became
Interested in depicting an emotionalexperience rather
Than.
Munch
1905-1907 Fauvism
French for the wild beasts,Fauvism became a
Period where artists kept in tradition with
Impressionist style,while exploring color
And painterly qualities within their work.

Matisse

Kandinsky
 1916-1923 Dada
A cultural movement rooted in Switzerland, Dada was a
Response to the seriousness of war.
Rejecting traditional standards of art, Dada artists found
And humor in the meaningless objects of everyday life.

Dada art is characterized as Anti-war and Anti-art.

Dada was a foundation for future art movements
Such as surrealism and pop art.

Duchamp

1908-1914 Cubism
Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque are the creators of this
artisticstyle.Characterized bybroken,reassembled and ab
Forms,cubism transformed art into a unique modern
style.
1924-1940 Surrealism
1909-1918Futurism Characterizedbyit’s dreamlike qualities.
Originating in Italy this style of art sought to transform Surrealism became a way for artists
We see old forms in new innovative ways. To create a unique world of an imagined
The Futurists explored every medium of art including inte reality.Artists such as Salvador Dali experimented
design and theatre. With reality and psychological elements.

Boccioni Abstract Expressionism

A post-world war II movement,abstract expressionism
Is known for it’s spontaneous and subconscious
Style. Instead of working with representational
Forms,the abstract expressionists’ work interprets
Emotional intensity.
O’Keeffe Characteristic of this style.

Rothko

Diebenkorn

Frank

1950 – ACTION Painting

Also known as“Gestural Abstraction”, this

Unique style of painting explores the application
And expression of medium. Jackson Pollock is
Known as the quintessential Action painter.
Drips,drizzles and splatters are characteristics
Of his unique style of painting.

Pollock

Enthaler

1950 - Color Field Painting

Originating in New York City, this
Abstract form of painting is
Known by its application of
Flat fields of color.
A focus on a refined and
Consistent application of paint is
 Mondrian
1950 –POP Art
Emerging in Britain in the1950’s, Pop art explored the
Influences of popular culture such as advertising, comic
Books and cultural objects.
Pop art was innovative in that it was a them first style of
Art to emerge that used mass-produced imagery
in a fine arts context.
Warhol

1964 – OP ART
The art of optical illusion.Artists such as Vasarely and
Riley
Sought to explore the illusion of space while
experimenting with
Line,shape,pattern and color.The result is an impression
Lichtenstein of Movement, vibration,swelling,warping and
hiddenimagery.
Vasarely

1960 - minimalism
A post-world war II movement, minimalism became
An expression of the basic and simplified
form.Minimalism
Is known as a reaction against the abstract
expressionists.
Riley

Post-modern art (1970 – present)

Today art continues to Koons
transform. Artists work in a
variety of medium including
drawing, painting, sculpture,
mixed-media, collage,
printmaking, photography,
ceramics and installation art
to name a few.

Stella Some artists create works that reflect

A human message.

Haring

Today’s artists are free to express themselves

in any way imaginable.

Calder Britto
 Chihuly

While others explore form Art as we know it will continue to change, as

and function. artists seek to invent new ways to create
Wright fascinating images to capture a world-wide
Audience.

Kalish

Many artists look at our environment for inspiration...

Escher

While others continue tolook within..

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