Art History

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doesn’t consist in simply listing all the art movements and placing them on a timeline but rather it is the study of objects of art considered within their time period.

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Art History

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is the historical study of the visual arts which aims to identify, classify, describe, evaluate, interpret, and understand the historical progress of painting, sculpture, architecture, and other notable drawing, including the modern day printmaking, decorative arts, photography, interior designs and other art products.

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Art historiography

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analyze visual arts’ meaning and are interested in what the works of art represented at the time they were created. It is a way to learn about the civilizations of the past and its connection to the present time.

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Art historian

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the science of identification, description, classification, and interpretation of symbols, themes, and subject matter in the creation of the visual arts.

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Art iconography

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(30,000BC - 25, 000BC) - Characteristic: cave paintings, fertility goddesses, megalithic structures.

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Stone age

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(35,000BC - 539 BC) - Characteristic: warrior art and narration in stone relief

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Mesopotamian

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3100 BC - 30BC - characteristic: art with an afterlife focus

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Egyptian

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(500 BC - 476 AD) - characteristic: realism, practical, down-to-earth and grand arches.

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Roman

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(653 BC- 1900 AD) - characteristic: serene and meditative art.

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Indian, Chinese, and Japanese

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(476 BC - 1453 AD) characteristic: heavenly and maze art like design

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Byzantine and Islamic

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(500 - 4100) - characteristic: Celtic, Carolingan, Romanesque, Renaissance & Gothic.

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Middle ages

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(1400-1550) - characteristic: rebirth of classical culture

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Early and High Renaissance

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(1430-1550) - characteristic: Northward spread of high renaissance

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Venetian & Modern Renaissance

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(1527-1580) - characteristic: breaking the rules, artifice vs. nature

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Mannerism

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(1600-1750) - characteristic: splendor and art as a religious weapon.

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Baroque

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(1750-1850) - characteristic: recapturing Greco-Roman grandeur.

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Neoclassical

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(1865-1885) (1848 - 1900) - characteristic: rustic painting, working class, peasants.

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Realism

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(1865-1885) - characteristic: fleeting effects of natural light

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Impressionism

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characteristic: post revolt against impressionism

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Post-Impressionism

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(1900-1935) - characteristic: harsh colors, emotion distorting forms.

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Fauvism and Expressionism

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(1970-present) - characteristic: without center, remixing past styles.

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Postmodernism

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Why Appreciate Art History?

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Art history provides a means by which we can understand our human past and its relationship to our present, because the act of making art is one of humanity’s most ubiquitous activities.

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Why Appreciate Art History?

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1. Art history brings you closer to the footprint of humankind along history, because it’s the story of us and our superpower to appreciate and create.
2. Art history helps you wipe your fears of the unknown.
   - Appreciate to learn about the past and;
   - To discover connections to the present and the future
3. Art history introduces cultural diversity. The bizarre and the oddities help us to understand humanity.
4. Art history trains you to deal and manage oodles of images in little time. To successfully process everything we encounter in our everyday life.
5. Art history teaches us to cope with uncertainty, despair and sorrow. Every artwork is related to reality in itself and it helps us to somehow understand all the difficulties in life.
6. Art history allows you to connect with feelings we never knew we could have. When we understand an art we are looking at, and we feel its message, that’s what we call aesthetic experience.
7. Art history reminds us how very human we are. Artists just like us are human beings. Every art they make is a reflection of how human we are.
8. Art history teaches us how to solve problems as artists have done. Architects and engineers are artists too. Have we ever realized how our life can be the same without them?
9. Art history boosts our imagination. It is normal to have so many what-if in our minds on things around us and processing it helps us to be innovative and more creative.
10. Art history encourages us to be an artist in our own right.

The history of the world is similarly the history of art, continually intertwined. For millions of years, as humans roamed the earth, evolution, and environment shaped many different cultures depending on location, weather, natural resources, and food. These cultures formed the foundation of all art today. Art appreciation analyzes art using the methods and materials, allowing people to make connections to the context of art and the interactions of societies.