Lesson 3 Flashcards
A product of climate change. As the climate get colder, part of the early humans’ instinct is to look for shelters that would provide them warmth
Paleolithic art
Was developed especially when life for the early humans has become more stable. They have learned to cultivate the land and domesticate animals.
Neolithic art
The Fertile Ribbon starts from the banks of the Nile River, which flows North to Africa and ventures into Mediterranean. It is in this very ribbon where early Egyptians recognized the integral role of the Nile River to their daily lives. It is this indispensability and utility that eventually led to the belief that the Nile is to be worshipped as a God.
Egyptian Art
Served as tombs since their main purpose was to provide a resting place for Pharaohs. Was constructed roughly more than two million limestone blocks. Highlighting the ingenuity advancement Egyptians.
PYRAMID OF GIZA
One of the key Features is a shift in the Political Hierarchy (emergence of Landlords that threatened the authority of Pharaohs). Art has taken a backseat during this kingdom (King Mentuhotep Stabilized Egypt).
MIDDLE KINGDOM
The art in this Kingdom had references from both preceding kingdoms. In the this kingdoms, however, they started mortuary temples. The newly found strength and power comes
NEW KINGDOM
They were notably passionate about natural phenomenon and believed that nature should be in perfect order. These principles, belief systems, and ideologies are at the core of their art and architecture.
Ancient Greece
The development of Greek art can be divided into four periods
- Geometric
- Archaic
- Classical
- Hellenistic
The peak of Greek sculpture and architecture was this period. It was during this period when the Greeks found themselves rebuilding their templates
Classical Period
This republic was established around 500 BCE. This civilization eventually transformed into one of the Western Europe’s mightiest empires.
ANCIENT ROME
It is the period between the decline of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance. And the Church was the central figure and authority of the period.
THE MIDDLE AGES
During this period, artist valued the “individual” as a subject of arts. Influenced by humanism and naturalism having a great emphasis on the proportionality of the human body.
RENAISSANCE ART
Artist started directly copying subjects from existing works of art. Most artwork during this period displayed distorted figures, two-dimensional space, discordant hues and colors, and lack of defined focal point.
MANNERISM
The term “baroque” is derived from the Portuguese term barocco which is translated as “irregularly shaped pearl” and is believed by the historians as a response to Protestantism.
BAROQUE AND THEROCOCO
Transpired during the late 18th and 19th centuries that aimed to revive and rekindle the influences of Greek and Roman into art and architecture.
NEOCLASSISM
Used the central themes of Neoclassical artworks as a springboard.
ROMANTICISM
Focuses on the accuracy of details that depicts and mirrors reality.
REALISM
It allows the artist to emphasize the immediate impression he has of a particular event or scene through brushstrokes, distinction of colors, and the lights and shadow used by the artist
IMPRESSIONISM
Development of individual style that gave emphasis to defining from with the use of broken colors and short brush stroke.
POST IMPRESSIONISM
Considered as a response to empirical realism of impressionism.
NEO- IMPRESSIONISM
This ornamental style of art uses long and organic lines that are concretely manifested in architecture, jewelry, and glass design, among others
ART NOUVEAU
Fauvists revolutionary used pure and vibrant colors by applying straight from the paint tubes directly to the canvas.
FAUVISM
Cubists highlighted the two-dimensional surface of the picture plane. This style focusing on a flat surface was rejected and the existing and prevailing notion that art souls imitate nature.
CUBISM
Common themes are restlessness and the fast-paced of modern life.
FUTURISM
