PAINTING

PRE-HISTORIC ERA
 Painting was found inside the caves which
may have been their way of communication
 Archeologist bring importance to art during
this era for they depict how people live back
in the days
 Themes/subjects usually about animals who
were usually correct in proportions
 Figures composed of animals, humans and
abstracts

PAINTINGS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT

 Purpose of Egyptian paintings is to make the
deceased afterlife place pleasant.
 Themes include journey to the underworld
introducing the deceased to the gods of the
underworld by their protective deities.
 Highly stylized, symbolic and showed profile view
of an animal or person
 Main color used are red, black, blue, gold and
green – derived from mineral pigments

PAINTINGS FROM CLASSICAL GREEK ERA

 Most commonly found in vases (kerch style),
panels (woods) and tombs (depicts
symposium scene on the wall)
 Depict natural figures with dynamic
compositions
 Themes were battle scenes, mythological
figures and everyday scenes
 most common methods of Greek
painting:
 FRESCO – water-based painting
 Encaustic – hot wax added with pigments
 PAINTINGS FROM ROMAN ERA
 Copied/imitated from Hellenic Greek paintings
 Subjects; animals, everyday life, still life,
mythological subjects, portraits and landscapes
 The landscape painting is the innovation of Roman
painting from Greek painting

MOSAIC
 Art process where an image is created using
an assemblage of small pieces of colored
glass, stones or other materials
 This technique is used for decorative art or
interior decorations

 BYZANTINE PAINTING
 The lively style of paintings which had been invented in
Greece and Rome lived on in Byzantium but this time for
Christian subjects.
 Byzantine Christian art had the triple purpose: beautify
the church building, instructing the illiterate on matters
vital for the welfare of their soul and encouraging the
faithful that they were on the correct path to salvation

 ROMANESQUE PAINTING
 largely placed mosaics on the walls of the
churches that follow strict frontal pose.
 Fusion of byzantine, Mozarabic influence
(elongated oval faces, large staring eyes and
long noses, heavy outlining)

PAINTINGS FROM THE GOTHIC ERA

 Paintings have been confined in the illumination of
manuscript pages and the painting of frescoes on the
walls of churches in cosmopolitan style, elegant manner,
and sophistication.
 SUBJECT; popular legends/love stories
 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.

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I. ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONS (ARCHITECTURE & SCULPTURE)

- The following are types of Megaliths

 Menhir
 Dolmens
 Cromlech
- Pyramid of Giza is considered to be most substantial ancient structure of the world.
- The dominant themes in Byzantine sculpture are everyday life scenes, Religious,
motif of nature
- Romanesque to Gothic sculptures made during these periods/eras were made of
costly materials for aristocratic patrons.
- Dolmens and Cromlech which are both examples of megaliths have altars, one
consists of two stones while the other one has three.