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The document summarizes different traditions and eras of Western and classical art from prehistoric times to the Gothic era. It describes cave paintings from the prehistoric era and how Egyptian paintings were used to depict daily life and mythology to aid the deceased in the afterlife. Greek art depicted natural figures on vases and tombs using techniques like fresco and encaustic. Roman art expanded on Greek styles and techniques to portray a wide variety of subjects. Byzantine art focused on religious expression through icons. Romanesque art used mosaics and Gothic art illuminated manuscripts and frescoes with sophisticated styles and stained glass windows to instruct Christians.

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MAPEH

The document summarizes different traditions and eras of Western and classical art from prehistoric times to the Gothic era. It describes cave paintings from the prehistoric era and how Egyptian paintings were used to depict daily life and mythology to aid the deceased in the afterlife. Greek art depicted natural figures on vases and tombs using techniques like fresco and encaustic. Roman art expanded on Greek styles and techniques to portray a wide variety of subjects. Byzantine art focused on religious expression through icons. Romanesque art used mosaics and Gothic art illuminated manuscripts and frescoes with sophisticated styles and stained glass windows to instruct Christians.

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WESTERN AND

CLASSICAL ART
.

TRADITIONS
painting
- Painting is an art of applying paint,pigments,colors
and other medium to a solid surface like stone,
wood,and walls.
PRE-HISTORIC ERA
- Vary to culture, beliefs and the artist; called as
CAVE ART.
- Application of colored pigments on the walls, floors
and ceilings.
LASCAUX
PAINTING
ANCIENT EGYPT
- Often to make the deceased afterlife pleasant, the
importance of life after death and the preservation of past
knowledge.

- Paintings are stylized and symbolic; animals and human


figures are mostly present. Mineral pigments as colors are
utilized.
Sacrophagus of
Tutankhamen
XVII dynasty
- THE SUBJECT OF EGYPTIAN MURALS AND PAINTINGS REPRESENTED THEIR
DAILY LIVES AND RELIGIOUS EVENTS AND MYTHICAL SYMBOLS

-PAINTINGS ON THE TOMB TELLS A STORY AND RECORDED HISTORY. IT IS ALSO


HELPFUL TO THAT PERSON IN THE AFTER LIFE.

- THE MINERAL COLOR PIGMENTS WERE REGULATED AND USED AS SYMBOLS


LIKE; RED, BLACK, BLUE, GOLD, YELLOW, AND GREEN THAT COULD STAND
STRONG WITH THE SUNLIGHT WITHOUT FADING.

- EGYPTIANS WERE ABLE TO PRESERVE THEIR ARTWORKS BY USING DURABLE


MATERIAL.
CLASSICAL GREEK ERA
-IT DEPICTS NATURAL FIGURES WITH
LIVELY STRUCTURES WHICH ARE
COMMONLY FOUND ON VASES,
PANELS, AND TOMBS.
JUDGEMENT OF
PARIS
PITSA PANEL
METHODS OF GREEK
PAINTING
FRESCO
- WATER BASED DYES THAT IS IDEAL FOR MURALS, WALL SURFACES,
AND HAS A DULL STYLE.

ENCAUSTIC
- IS A HOT WAX USED TO FILL UP SHIP CRACKS;COLORS WERE ADDED
AND USED TO PAINT A WAX CASING.
ROMAN ERA
- THE PAINTINGS FROM ROMAN ERA HAS A WIDE
VARIETY OF SUBJECTS, ANIMALS, EVERYDAY LIFE,
MYTHOLOGICAL SUBJECTS, PORTRAITS AND
BACKGROUNDS

-THEY ALSO USE MANY TECHNIQUES LIKE FRESCO


AND MOSAIC.
FRESCO FROM THE
VILLA OF MYSTERIES

HEAD OF ALEXANDER
- PAINTINGS DURING THIS ERA WERE COPIED AND IMITATED FROM HELLENIC GREEK BECAUSE OF
THE USED TECHNIQUE FRESCO, USING BRIGHT AND COLORFUL BACKGROUNDS.
- SURFACE TEXTURES, SHADING, AND COLORATION WERE ALSO APPLIED.

- MOSAIC ART IS THE ART THAT USES SMALL PIECES OF COLORED GLASSES, STONES, AND OTHER
MATERIALS TO CREATE AN IMAGE.

- THIS TECHNIQUE WAS USED FOR DECORATIVE ART AND INTERIOR DECORATION.
BYZANTINE ERA
- PAINTINGS FROM THE BYZANTINE ERA IS MOSTLY CONCERNED WITH
RELIGIOUS ESPRESSION THROUGH LIVE WALL PAINTING AND LEAVING
ITS LEGACY WITH ICONS TO DECORSTE THR CHURCHES.
- PAINTINGS FROM THIS PERIOD HAS LIVELY STYLES AND IT
SHOWCASES PIESTRIC PAINTING OF RELIGIOIS ART.

- IT HAS SOMBER DARK TONES AND HAS NO SHADOWS.

- IT FEATURES LONG, NARROW AND SOLEMN FACES.


THE COURT OF EMPRESS
THEODORA
ROMANESQUE ERA
- LARGELY PLACED MOSAICS ON THE WALLS OF
CHURCHES WITH STRICT FONTAL STANCE.SHOWS
TRACES OF MOZARABIC INFLUENCE THROUGH
ELONGATED FACES, LARGE STARING EYES, LONG
NOSES, FIGURES AGAINST FLAT COLORED BANDS AND
HEAVY OUTLINING
CHRIST IN MAJESTY
GOTHIC ERA
-PAINTINGS HAVE BEEN CONFINED IN THE ILLUMINATION OF MAUANSCRIPT AND
PAGES OF FRESCOES ON THE WALLS OF CHURCHES IN COSMOPOLITAN STYLE,
ELGANT MANNERED AND SOPHISTICATED.

- SUBJECTS USUALLY DEPICT POPULAR LEGENDS AND LOVE STORIES.

- PATTERNS LIKE MILLIE DE FLEUR OR THOUSAND FLOWERS SHOW INFLUENCE


WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO CRUSADES.

- STAINED GLASS ON WINDOWS WERE CREATED TO PERFORM VAST STONE


INTERIORS WITH WARM AND GLOWING COLOR AND AT THE SAME TIME TO
INSTRUCT CHRISTIANS IN THEIR FAITH.

- IT SHOWS REALISTIC DETAILS AND ANIVE NEUTRALISM.


ROSE WINDOW FROM THE
NORTH TRANCEPT

THE SHEPERD DAVID


SUBM ITTED BY:

APOLINARIO, FHERL ANGEL C.


OROC, FRANCIS RYAN
BANUA , ALTEA KATE R.
DAYUPAY , JOHNE LOU ISE E.
CABREROS , AYEESHA M ARIE D.

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