Group 2 Report
Group 2 Report
Group 2 Report
PRE-HISTORIC
AND CLASSICAL
ART
GROUP 2
Bassit, Leanmar
Benis, Kazan
Galang, Yzabelle
Lungao, Dhwayne
Tiyad, Tyrone
Tumalding, Rina
PREHISTORIC
ARTS
Prehistoric art is divided into TWO periods
1.Paleolithic (old stone age) - from
30,000to 10,000B.C
2.Neolithic (new stone age) - from
8,000to 5,000B.C
Post-and-lintel construction
Large megaliths in the center form a horseshoe around a flat
stone Some stones are from 200 miles away
May have taken 1,000 years to build
Neolithic Domestic
Architecture
House Interior,
Skara Brae,
Orkney Islands,
Scotland. c.
3,100-2,600 BCE
WHAT CAUSED THE END OF
PREHISTORY?
It ended when metal tools became
widespread (in copper age or bronze age; or
in some geographical regions in the iron
age).
CLASSICAL
ARTS
Varies from genre to genre, classical art is
renowned for its harmony, balance and
sense of proportion. In its painting and
sculpture, it employs idealized figures and
shapes, and treats its subjects in a non-
anecdotal and emotionally neutral manner.
PERIODS IN
ANCIENT
GREEK ART
1600-1100 BCE: Early Mycenaean
Influences
Greece
2. Ionic
Introduced by
architects from Asia
Minor
Used for smaller
temples
3. Corinthian
Not widely used in
Greek Archaic
Sculpture
In the Archaic Period, sculpture emerged as a principal art form.
The Cyclades islands were the birthplace of the first life-sized sculptures of
young women (kore) and men (kouros).
Function is unknown, but because they may have been found among the ruins
of temples they are thought to be devotional or funerary statues.
Discus Thrower
by Myron
(Discobolus)
c. 450 BCE.
Roman marble
copy after
bronze original.
CLASSICAL
ARCHITECTURE
After the Persians destroyed the Acropolis, the Greeks mounted a massive
building campaign under Pericles to rebuild it.
The first major work that was rebuilt was a temple, The Parthenon, to the
goddess Athena - protector of Athens.
The
Parthenon
c. 5th century
BC.
CLASSICAL
SCULPTURE
Pericles commissioned the sculptor, Phidias to oversee all of the sculptures in
the Parthenon.
His style, the Phidian style, is characterized by lightness of touch, attention
to realistic detail, contrast of textures, and fluidity and spontaneity of line
and movement.
The artistic subjects were of battles and gods.
The detailing of the folds of cloth on sculptures such as the
The Three Goddesses had not been seen in art up until this point.
The Three
Goddesses
from east pediment of the Parthenon
Lapith and Centaur
by Phedias c. 438-431 BCE, from Parthenon by Phedias
Marble c.
438-431 BCE, Marble
CLASSICAL
SCULPTURE
The greatest freestanding sculpture of the
Classical period was created by a rival of
Phidias, Polykleitos.
Polykleitos:
Worked in bronze
Liked to sculpt athletes
Sculptures were based on reason and
intellect. Developed a canon of proportions.
Developed the weight-shift principle
Doryphoros
(Spear Bearer) by
Polykleitos
c. 438-431 BCE, An
example of original
LATE CLASSICAL :
More humanistic and SCULPTURE
naturalistic An emphasis on
emotion
Bodies became more sensual and graceful with
a pronounced shift in weight
Praxiteles was a major proponent
His works were more lively and fluid than in
previous periods with variations in texture.
S Curve - a posing of figurative sculpture that
creates a sway similar to the letter "S".
Hermes and
the infant
Dionysus
by Polykleitos c. 330-
320 BCE, Marble