Ancient Art

 “ Ancient” -- very old or antique

 Opposite of the modern or new
 Emphasized the importance and
accomplishments of human beings.
 Distinct Characteristics of Ancient Art
 They used pictures instead of words to
tell a story or send a message.
 It may also be for religious or
ceremonial purposes.
 They used sharp flint points to cut
lines into the rock walls.
 They used pieces of red and yellow
ochre for chalk.
 Today we can still see their drawings on Cave of Lascaux, 15000-
the walls of caves in France and Spain. 10000 B.C. Stone Age
 Classical Art ( 1750- 1820)
 Egyptian Art
 The purpose of Egyptian paintings is to make
the deceased afterlife place pleasant .
It emphasizes the importance of life after death
and the preservation of the knowledge of the
past.
Paintings from Ancient
Egypt
Most paintings were highly
stylize, symbolic, and shows
profile view of an animal or a
person. The main colors
used were red, black, blue ,
gold and green taken derived
from mineral pigments that
can withstand strong sunlight
without fading.
Paintings from Sarcophagus of Tutankhamen XVIII
dynasty, 1362 A.D.- 1253 BC
The paintings of the
walls on the tomb
shows events of the life
of the king while he was
still on earth and the
scenes he expects to
encounter in the
underworld after his
death.
 Paintings from Egyptian Art
Most common methods of Greek 
found in
painting:
vases
 Fresco panels
- water-based pigments on
a freshly applied plaster  tomb
usually on a wall surfaces
 Encaustic
- used the hot wax to fill the
cracks of the ship
 1. Vase painting

 Kerch Style - Kerch Vases are red-

figured pottery named after the place
where it was found.
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)
 Panel Painting Tomb / Wall Painting
 paintings on flat panels of
wood

Pitsa Panel
The earliest known panel painting

Tomb of the Diver, Paestrum

 2. Architecture Pyramids of Giza
 Materials; funerary structures of the three
mud bricks cased in kings of the fourth dynasty:
limestone Khufu (Cheops) whom the Great
Granite Pyramid was attributed to;
Khafa (Chepren)whom the pyramid
 Color
next to the Great Pyramid is
 polished white attributed; Menkaura (Mycerinus)
 Architectural design
 combination of
politics & religious
customs
 3. Amulets and Jewelry Egyptian Pectoral
 Both living and dead large necklace( found in
wore jewelry the tomb of an
18th Dynasty Pharaoh
 Color TUTANKHAMUN
 gold( represent
the flesh of gods and
color of sun)
 Shapes
 hieroglyphic
shapes
 4. Pottery - One of the ancient Egyptians Art forms

 Materials:
 reddish brown clay from the Nile
River
 Color
 red, brown black color
 Design
 geometrical design( like boat and
ostriches)