ARTS 3RD QUARTER REVIEWER
LESSON 1: ACIENT ART
INTRODUCTION:
 ACIENT ART HAS INFLUENCED WESTERN ART IN
TERMS OF USE OF SIMPLE LINES, SHAPES, FORM,
AND COLOR
 COLORS USED: YELLOW, RED, BROWN, BLACK,
AND WHITE.
ACIENT ART
CLASSIFIED INTO 3 PERIODS
1. PALEOLITHIC (STONE AGE)
2. MESOLITHIC (MID-STONE AGE)
3. NEOLITHIC (NEW STONE AGE)
 EVIDENCE OF HUMAN EXITANCE AND CULTURE
BECAUSE THE EMERGE OF WRITING.
 CAVE ART – SYMBOLIZES LIFE AND CAVE
DWELLERS WORLD AND BELIEFS
PREHISTORIC SCULPTURES
 VENUS OF WILLENDORF – IS KNOWN AS A
FERTILITY CHARM AND THE EARLIEST IMGAES OF
THE BODY MADE BY HUMANKIND.
 VENUS OF BRASSEMPOUY – IS KNOWN FOR
REALISTIC HUMAN FACE IN A TRIANGULAR
SHAPE.
LESSON 2: CLASSICAL ART
 BEGAN IN 1775 – 1825.
 REFERS TO THE INTEREST AND EMULATION FOR
THE CLASSICAL ARTISTIC HERITAGE.
EYGPT
 1000 BCE – 100 AD.
 EMPHASIZES EYGPTIANS’ BELIEF IN LIFE AFTER
DEATH AND PERSERVING THE PAST.
 SHOWS RELIEF AND SYMBOLISM
SCULPTURE/WRITING FORM
 MODEL BUST OF QUEEN NEFERTITI (1340 BCE)
 HIEROGLYPHICS – A FORM OF WRITING FOUND IN
ACIENT CAVE PAINTINGS.
GREECE
 FOCUSED ON HUMANISM AND DIVINITY.
 MOST PAINTINGS ARE FOUND IN VASES, PANELS
AND FOCUSED ON EVERYDAY.
 SHOWS FULL HUMAN ANATOMY IN FULL PATHOS
(AN EMOTION OF SYMPATHETIC PITY)
 GREEK POTTERY DISPLAYS GEOMETRIC STYLES.
SCRIPTURE
 DISCOBOLUS OF MYRON
ROME
 LIFE SIZED SCULPTURES EITHER MADE BY
BRONZE OR MARBLE.
 IT FEATURES ANIMALS, EVERYDAY LIFE,
MYTHOLOGY, AND LANDSCAPE.
 TRIUMPHAL PAINTING – SHOW MILITARY
VICTORIES, FROM WAR, AND CONQUERED CITIES.
 FRESCO PAINTING – SHOWS BRIGHTLY COLORS,
MULTIPLE RECTANGULAR DESIGNS, AND MULTI-
POINT PERSPECTIVE.
LESSON 2: MEDIEVAL ART
 IT COVERS 1,000 YEARS OF ART IN EUROPE,
MIDDLE EAST, AND NORTH AFRICA, WHICH
INCLUDES MOSAIC WALLS AND DOMES AND
FRECO PAINTINGS ADORNING CHURCHES.
BYZANTINE ART
 PORTRAYS RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS THAT DO NOT
ADHERE TO HUMANS’ RATIONAL EARTHLY SENSE
AND PROPORTION.
ROMANESQUE ART
 FORMATILITY STYLE WITH NO TRACE OF
HUMANISM AND NATURALISM.
 TYMPANUM – TRIANGULAR DECORATIVE WALL
SURFACES.
GOTHIC ART
 IT FEATURES LARGE CHURCHES AND LIFE SIZED
TOMB EFFIGIES.
 ARCHITECTURE HAS A/AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN
GOTHIC ART.
LESSON 3: PRINICPLES OF ART
 RHYTHM – ELEMENT OF DESIGN USED
REPEATEDLY
 BALANCE – ARRANGEMENT OF ELEMENTS
 EMPHASIS – ONE AREA TO STAND OUT BY
CONTRASTING IT. ALSO KNOWN AS FOCAL POINT.
 PROPORTION – THE FEELING OF UNITY.
 HARMONY – USING SIMILAR/RELATED ELEMENTS
 VARIETY – USE OF SEVERAL ELEMENTS OF
DESIGN TO HOLD THE VIEWER’S ATTENTION AND
GUIDE HIS/HER EYES.
 UNITY – FEELING OF HARMONY
ADDITIONAL NOTES: SCULPTURES
- ACIENT – LASCAUX CAVE PAINTING, VENUS OF
WILLDEDORF, AND VENUS OF BRASSEMPOUY.
- EGYPT – MODEL BUST OF QUEEN NEFERTITI &
HIEROGLYPHICS
- GREECE – TOMB OF THE DIVER & DISCOBOLUS OF
MYRON
- ROME – TRUMPHS OF CAESAR & AUGUSTUS OF
PRIMA PORTA
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