ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN ART

Mesopotamian art survives in a number of farms: cylinder seals, relatively small figures in the
round and reliefs of various sizes including cheap plaques of molded pottery for the home, some
religious and some apparently not.
What is the ancient meaning of Mesopotamia? From the Greek it means “between two rivers”
ANCIENT EGYPT ART
In ancient Egypt, art was magical. Whether in the form of painting, sculpture, carving or script,
art had the power to maintain universal order and grant immortal life by appealing to various
gods to act on behalf of people both in life and in death.
• ART of the Ancient Egyptians
- It includes paintings, sculptures, drawing on papyrus, faience, jewelry, ivories,
architecture and other art media. It was conservative tradition whose style changed little
over time. Much the surviving examples comes from tombs and monuments, giving in
sight into the ancient Egyptian afterlife beliefs.
ANCIENT GREEK ART
Greek art is all about images: images of Gods, images of heroes and images of humans. The self
awareness of the Greeks is reflected in the ways they decided to visualize themselves and the
world, both and imaginary surrounding them.
• Art of Ancient Greek
- Stands out among that of other ancient cultures for its development of naturalistic but
idealized depictions of the human body, in which largely nude male figures were
generally the focus of innovation.
ANCIENT ROMAN ART
Roman Art may be defined as sculptures, paintings and mosales which depict not only
mythological and religious themes but also everyday life and people. Art was more widely
produced and more easily available than ever before. “Ancient Rome “means the ancient history
of Roman civilization before the Middle Ages.
EARLY CHRISTIAN ART
Early Christian or Paleochristian art was produced by Christians or under Christian patronage
from the earliest period of Christianity to depending on the definition used between 200 and 525.
In practice, identifiably Christian art only survives from the second century onwards.
BYZANTINE ART
It is almost entirely concerned with religious expression and more specifically with the
impersonal translation of carefully controlled church theology into artistic terms. Byzantine
iconography has several defining characteristics. You can identify on Eastern Orthodox religious
icon by a golden background and distinct halos and a cartoonish look. Byzantine mosaics are
related to early Christian mosaics. Like early Christians the Byzantines created their mosaics out
of colored glass.
MEDIEVAL ART
Applies to various media, including sculpture illuminated manuscripts, tapestries stained glass,
metalwork and mosaics. Early medieval art in Europe is an amalgamation of the artistic heritage
of the Roman Empire, the early Christian Church and the “barbarian artistic culture of Northern
Europe. Medieval Art refers to art created during the Middle Ages w/c spanned a thousand years
from the fall of the Roman Empire until the Renaissance.
• Main focus of medieval art
- Artists were commissioned for works featuring Biblical tales and classical themes for
churches, while interiors were elaborately decorated with Roman mosaics, ornate
paintings and marble incrustations.
• Medieval Art is religious for decorating churches.
• Medieval art was mostly flat and dark of human religious figures.
• Three Medieval Arts
- Early Medieval Art
- Romanesque Art
- Grothic Art
Terms
Medi – meaning “Middle”
Eve – meaning “age” medieval literally means of the Middle Ages”
ROMAN ART
Known for sculpture? In bronze and marble, painting in the form of murals, frescos, portraiture
and vase painting and architectural masterpieces such as its amphitheaters and domes. It was also
known for its decorative arts which included metal work, glass work, mosaic and coins.
• Four Roman Arts
 - The art of Ancient Rome, and the territories Republic and later Empire includes,
architecture, painting, sculpture and mosaic work Famous piece of Roman Art is
Alexander Mosaic most roman paintings it’s developed around BC It depicts the battle
between Alexander the Great and Darius III of Persia. It can be viewed at the National
Archaeological Museum in Naples.
RENAISSANCE ART
Renaissance art was focus on humanity, the human figure and what was called the nobility of
man. While religious themes were still present, the experiences of people and their relationships
to religion and the world were emphasized during the Renaissance. It is called Renaissance Art,
derived from the French word, renaissance and the Italian word rinascita both meaning “rebirth”
the Renaissance was a Period when scholars and artists began to investigate what they believed
to be a revival of classical learning literature and art. Renaissance is often said to be the start of
the “modern age” Renaissance art so famous due to paintings and sculptures so different than the
art created during the Medieval period is the realistic representation of humans and nature.
Medieval Art and Renaissance Art similar, they are both interested in religious subjects.
• Three things Renaissance art was known for;
- The revival of classical styles and ideas (specifically humanism)
- Return to the naturalistic style (30 objects and space)
- Rising status of the individual (both artist and patron)
Renaissance Art was commissioned by nobles and rich families.
Renaissance style is realism with an emphasis an nature, beauty, shadow and light.
MANNERISM
The term describes the style of the paintings and bronze sculpture on this tour. Derived from the
Italian maniera meaning simply “style”. It is a 16th century style of art and design characterized
by artificiality elegance and sensous distortion of the human figure.
• Three characteristics of Mannerism
- Distortion of the human figure
- A flattening of pictorial space
- A cultivated intellectual sophistication.
• Mannerist style depicts figures in their characteristic serpentine shapes.
• Mannerism is often seen as a bridge between the Renaissance and the Baroque period.
IDENTIFICATION

1. The guard of the under world or afterlife – CERBERUS

2. The arts where early influence the Mesopotamia etc. – MEDIEVAL ART
3. Characterized plassism – CLASSICISM
4. Mannerisms
5. 17 and 18 century – BAROQUE AND ROCOCO??
6. Egypt Architecture – MASTABAS
7. Geometric Design, Animals form – ROMANESQUE
8. Develop of other romanesque art in etc. – GOTHIC
9. Man is the measure of all things – RENAISSANCE ART
10.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. While the other is using light and etc. – Letter C

2. Artistic and Intellectual, originated in Europe – Romanticism
3. Free use of material fund - Letter A
4. An attempt to interpret mans purpose through his etc. – C. Baroque
5. Take it’s name, stan whole in 200 – Architecture
6. A 20th century, release creative potential mind on the unconscious mind – Colonialism/
SURREALISM
7. A style of painting, external world – Impressionism
8. Doing in every day life by narciso 2016 - Letter C.
9. The prevalent artist – All of the Above
10. Doric, Ionic and colonial? – Greek Architecture
11. Columnar and kemerut style – Egyptian Architecture
12. The art of today, 24 century – Contemporary Art
13. From greece and rome – Renaissance Architecture
14. In the philippinest this incapsulate a vibrant – Contemporary Art
15. Mona lisa painted by? – Leonardo Da Vinci
16. Refers generally to a group, express ideas and experience. Culture, values and norms.-
Avan-Garde
 17. Pop art, work art, conceptual and performance art is an example of – Postmodern Art
18. Absolute reality – Surrealism
19. Early inhabitants of the west central italy – Etruscans

What are the five s of soul making?

- Seeking
- Settling
- Surrender
- Soulmaking
- Soaring
Give an example of modern art movement or style.
- Pop Art
- Cubism
- Abstract Expressionism