Table of Contents
Introduction to Art History
Art History, Culture and You
The following topics will be explored:
Ancient Times
Tombs of the dead were filled with various artifacts such as art objects, statues and pictures of the deities
Greek Civilization
Other Examples of Greek Art
Roman Art - 100BC - 300 AD
Use of Fresco Paintings (paintings of colored plaster)
Examples of Roman Art
The Middle Ages 300AD - 1400 AD
Byzantium (Eastern Europe) developed a new style of building --- a huge dome over its center supported by four large piers.
Churches often reflected the Latin Cross
In the later middle ages buildings increasingly became larger with the development flying buttresses, decorative outsides, pointed arches - lead to the widespread use of stained glass
Examples of Art from the Middle Ages
The Renaissance - 1400 - 1600
Painting and Sculpture became the major art forms
Italy became the focal point of the early Renaissance with the emergence of:
Raphael Sanzio - painting
The artists of Venice were influenced by Greek and Roman mythology
Examples of Renaissance Art
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Baroque and Rococo - 1400 - 1800
Perspectives became distorted, emphasis on the extremes of movement, excitement, light and shadow
Emphasis once again focused on architecture - redesigning the dark Gothic cathedrals into bright, shiny achievements
Emphasis once again focused on architecture - redesigning the dark Gothic cathedrals into bright, shiny achievements
The emergence of the Northern Europe painters who emphasized swirling movement and both texture and light to express feelings and moods
Examples of Baroque Art
Rococo - 1700
Emphasis was also placed on capturing everyday people and things (Chardin) and creating strong nationalistic feelings (Goya)
Examples of Rococo
The Nineteenth Century
Neoclassical Art
Romanticism - artistic emphasis was on sharing the feelings and emotions of adventures both past and present.
Examples of Romanticism
Realism - an art style that shows nature and people just the way the painter observes them - often very little emotion involved on behalf of the subject
Examples of Realism
Impressionism and Post -Impressionism
They painted such topics as the effect that the light and colors of sunshine has on grass, water and trees.
Impressionism - often use light colors, very little black paint, a summertime setting and little detail
Examples of Impressionism
Post-Impressionist - this artistic approach resulted from contempt for seemingly incomplete artwork
Vincent Van Gogh
Examples of Post - Impressionism
The Twentieth Century
Cubism
Examples of Cubism
Abstract Art
Abstract Art
Expressionists/Fauvism
Expressionist / Fauvism
Constructivism
Surrealism
Surrealism
Abstract Expressionism
They developed their own ways of painting using color, brushwork, drips, slashes, swirls and textures
Abstract - Expressionism
Contemporary Art
Hard Edge Painting
Examples of Hard Edge
Op Art
Op Art was a movement that encompassed the human eye ---- the most important tool for interpreting art.
Examples of Op Art
Pre - pop Art
Examples of Pre-Pop Art
Pop Art
Overnight became a marketing phenomenon as new artistic style
Andy Warhol
Examples of Pop Art
Minimalism
Minimal art attempts to separate the piece from the outside world
Examples of Minimalism
Conceptual Art
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