Name: DAEP, CHARMAINE BONGALA Course & Section: BEED 1n__________

MIDTERMS PERFORMANCE TASK

I. FIRST PART ABOUT THE PERIOD THAT WE HAD CHOSEN

CLASSICAL A. ORIGIN/SOURCE OF INFLUENCE IN THE ARTWORK

PERIOD OF THIS PERIOD
Greek artists started the attempt in depicting human and animal
forms realistically in the early fifth century. This necessitated
close study of the model as well as an understanding of anatomy
dynamics, such as how a body moves to a non-stiff frontal
position and how a body behaves in a violent motion. The athlete
figures are thus often depicted 'at ease’ with one leg relaxed and
a balancing change in the shoulders and the whole highlighted by
the limbs. The new style is best expressed in the Parthenon
marbles of about 450-435 BC but there was a preceding period
before that. The sculptures for the Temple of Zeus at Olympia
are representations of the Early Classical, also regarded as the
Severe Style. The figures are often lifelike, but the drapery types
are simpler and there are deliberate attempts at depicting emotion
in faces and univariate time series in structure rendering.
B. DESCRIBE THE DOMINANT CHARACTERSTICS. GIVE
AN EXAMPLE
Most of their work was intended to emphasize the importance of
citizens and leaders, as well as gods and goddesses.
The additional characteristics of classical art are the following:
Balance and harmony became important to artists.
The figures were realistic, but they were sometimes
idealized.
Figures were either naked or dressed in togas (robes).
The bodies seemed to be moving, and the motion was
convincing.
 Faces were still and emotionless.
Scenes depicted heroic figures or actual people
performing everyday activities.
There was no context or sense of perspective in the
paintings
C. SOURCES/REFERENCES
Classical Art Research Centre and The Beazley Archive,
University of Oxford
Classical Art, Google Drive Files

D. INSIGHT AND REACTION ABOUT THE INFORMATION

GATHERED
It is a different story when it comes to defining what classical art
is. We can point to its beginnings and explain it in a few terms,
but the fact is that classical art contains a vast number of well-
known artists who draw on the style's numerous tenets. There are
many artists to choose from since this style spans decades, but a
few stand out. Many of these names would be familiar to art
insiders and beyond, and each of them helped to encapsulate the
distinct classical style of their era.

II. SECOND PART ABOUT HOW THE DIFFERENT PERIODS HAD

DEVELOPED

PERIOD DEFINE THE FOLLOWING PERIODS ON ITS DEVELOPMENT:

 1. PAINTING
A. Greek Era
Vases, panels, and tombs are the most popular places to find it.
Combat scenes, mythological characters, and daily scenes
made up the majority of the subjects. It demonstrates a mastery
of linear perspective and naturalist depiction.
B. Roman Era
The majority of the paintings were based on Hellenic Greek
paintings. Brightly colored backgrounds were created using the
Fresco technique. Animals, daily life, still life, mythological
subjects, portraits, and landscapes are all common subjects in
Roman paintings.
1.1 ARTWORK AND ARTIST IN CLASSICAL WHO
CREATED A PIECE RELATED TO PAINTING

A. CLASSICAL
PERIOD

Hades Abducting Persephone (4th century BCE) portrays the god of the

underworld in his chariot, abducting Persephone, while a woman at the
lower right looks up in horror.
2. ARCHITECTURE
A. Greek Era
Temples had a single shrine or space in the center of an aisle
flanked by rows of columns. The Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian
architectural orders were used to design these structures.
B. Roman Era
They constructed solid stone buildings for their own use and to
ensure the continuation of their glory. For public sports, baths,
and parade, the emperors built massive halls and arenas.
II.2 ARTWORK AND ARTIST IN CLASSICAL WHO
 CREATED A PIECE RELATED TO ARCHITECTURE

Parthenon, temple that dominates the hill of the Acropolis

at Athens. It was built in the mid-5th century BCE and
dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena Parthenos (“Athena
the Virgin”). The temple is generally considered to be the
culmination of the development of the Doric order, the
simplest of the three Classical Greek architectural orders.
3. SCULPTURE
A. Greek Era
Greek sculptures had progressed to the point that they could
depict all aspects of human anatomy and proportion. Rather
than representing pharaohs or gods, began creating life-size
sculptures.
B. Roman Era
Most Roman sculptures are made of monumental terra-cotta.
3.3 ARTWORK AND ARTIST IN CLASSICAL WHO CREATED A
PIECE RELATED TO SCULPTURE

This Roman bronze is a smaller copy of Myron's

Discobolos (460-450BC), which is, in the words
of art historian Kenneth Clark, “the enduring
pattern of athletic energy.”

C. MEDIEVAL 1. PAINTING
PERIOD A. Byzantine Painting
Paintings were created with colorful designs and Christian
themes. By the eleventh century, the Greek and Oriental styles
had merged into majestic, imposing portraits that decorated
 churches in large and small scales.
B. Romanesque Painting
Mosaics with a strict frontal pose are commonly found on the
walls of churches.
1.1 ARTWORK AND ARTIST IN MEDIEVAL WHO CREATED
A PIECE RELATED TO PAINTING

Empress Theodora and Her

Attendants, Basilica of San
Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, c.
547.

C. ARCHITECTURE
A. Byzantine Architecture
It resembles early Christian architecture in several ways.
The Byzantines mastered mosaic decoration and the use of
clerestory windows to carry light in from high windows
which is one of the advancements of Byzantine.
B. Romanesque Architecture
Romanesque churches' doorways are often grand sculptured
portals. Extensive stone sculpture is organized in zones to
match architectural elements around wood or metal doors.

2.2 ARTWORK AND ARTIST IN MEDIEVAL WHO CREATED A

PIECE RELATED TO ARCHITECTURE

Hagia Sophia in Istanbul,

Turkey.
 D. SCULPTURE
A. ByzantineSculptures
Social, daily life scenes, and natural motifs are the most
common themes in Byzantine sculpture. Symbols in the
form of animals were used, and examples are dove, deer
and peafowl.
B. Romanesque Sculptures
Reliquaries, altar frontals, crucifixes, and devotional
images are some of the notable sculptural items. For royal
and aristocratic patrons, small individual works of art were
usually made of expensive materials.
3.3 ARTWORK AND ARTIST IN MEDIEVAL WHO CREATED A
PIECE RELATED TO SCULPTURE

Last Judgment, by Gislebertus

(ca. 1130)

C. GOTHIC 1. PAINTING
PERIOD One of the advancements are in which paintings have been
restricted to the illumination of manuscript pages and the
painting of frescoes on church walls in a cosmopolitan, elegant,
mannered, and sophisticated style. Also, stained glass windows
were created to infuse warm and glowing color into the vast
stone interiors while also instructing Christians in their
religion.
1.1 ARTWORK AND ARTIST IN GOTHIC WHO CREATED A
PIECE RELATED TO PAINTING
The Lady and the Unicorn: À mon seul désir
 (Musée national du Moyen Âge, Paris)

2. ARCHITECTURE
Their architectural design in this era depicts pointed arch, high
ceiling vaults and stone vaulting borne. This design included
two new devices:
Pointed arch which enabled builders to construct much
higher ceiling vault
Stone vaulting borne on a network of stone ribs
supported by piers and clustered pillars.
2.2 ARTWORK AND ARTIST IN GOTHIC WHO CREATED A
PIECE RELATED TO ARCHITECTURE
Chartres Cathedral, also known as the
Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres, is a
Roman Catholic church in Chartres,
France, about 80 km (50 miles)
southwest of Paris and is the seat of the
Bishop of Chartres.
3. SCULPTURE
Gothic sculptures have more artistic freedom. Figures were
given their own unique attitudes rather than being forced into
patterns, making them more lively and believable.
3.3 ARTWORK AND ARTIST IN GOTHIC WHO CREATED A
PIECE RELATED TO SCULPTURE

The Resurrection of the Virgin

H. MODERN 1. PAINTING
PERIOD The origins of modern painting are difficult to pinpoint, but it
 is widely agreed that it began in nineteenth-century France. In
their rejection of conventional methods and subject matter, as
well as their expression of a more abstract personal vision, the
painters' Post-Impressionist predecessors can be seen as more
clearly modern. From the 1890s onwards, a series of diverse
movements and styles emerged, forming the center of modern
art and one of the pinnacles of Western visual culture.
1.1 ARTWORK AND ARTIST IN MODERN WHO CREATED
A PIECE RELATED TO PAINTING
Gustave Courbet: The Artist's
Studio
The Artist's Studio, showing
Gustave Courbet at the easel, oil on
canvas by Courbet, 1854–55; in the
Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
2. ARCHITECTURE
The rejection of revivals, classicism, eclecticism, and indeed all
modifications of past styles to the building forms of
industrializing late 19th- and early 20th-century society gave
rise to modern architecture. It also emerged from efforts to
design architectural forms and styles that would make use of
and represent newly available building technologies such as
structural iron and steel, reinforced concrete, and glass. Before
postmodernism took hold, modern architecture often meant a
rejection of the applied ornament and decoration that
characterized premodern Western structures. Modern
architecture has emphasized a strict focus on structures whose
rhythmical arrangement of masses and forms expresses a
geometric theme in light and shadow. This progression has
been linked to the new building styles required by a developed
society, such as office buildings housing corporate
management or government administration.
2.2 ARTWORK AND ARTIST IN MODERN WHO CREATED A
PIECE RELATED TO ARCHITECTURE
The Cathedral Church of Saint
Michael, commonly known as
Coventry Cathedral, is the seat
of the Bishop of Coventry and
the Diocese of Coventry within
the Church of England. The
cathedral is located in Coventry,
West Midlands, England.
1. SCULPTURE
Sculptors during this time period have prioritized style, shape,
and volume over depicting a particular subject. The use of
materials not commonly used in final sculptural concepts, such
as clothes, textiles, and other mixed media, became more
apparent. Artists began to use materials that had not previously
been used for fine art sculptures, as well as newly developed
materials, such as plastics. Materials that had been used in the
past gained greater significance in the modern period such as
aluminum, electricity for lights in sculpture and for motorized
movement, iron lead, steel and welded metals, wood, and found
objects.
3.3 ARTWORK AND ARTIST IN MODERN WHO CREATED A
PIECE RELATED TO SCULPTURE
unequivocal inscription, “Abandon hope,
Auguste Rodin, The Three Shades, before
1886, plaster, 97 x 91.3 x 54.3 cm. In
Dante’s Divine Comedy, the shades, i.e. the
souls of the damned, stand at the entrance
to The Gates of Hell, pointing to an all ye
who enter here”. Rodin assembled three
identical figures that seem to be turning
 around the same point

III. LAST PART IS ABOUT OUR REFLECTION/ INSIGHT AS TO HOW THE

DIFFERENT PERIODS OF THE ART IS INFLUENCIAL TO YOU AND TO
THE SOCIETY

Discuss the lessons REFLECTION/INSIGHT:

based on your insight Art is a part of who I am. For certain people, art can be thought to be
and reflection as to simply an outlet for their emotions. Since the very beginning of
how the art in the mankind, humans have continually used their creativity for
different periods everything from the construction of houses to painting on cave
comes in influence walls. Arts have evolved over time to include a variety of other
you as a society mediums. Interestingly, arts are now nothing like what they used to
be years ago as new techniques are constantly being developed and
technology quickly advances. It has often been said that art is not as
important as mathematics, science, and subjects that only require
logical thinking. Since early childhood, many parents encourage
their children to concentrate on “left-brain” subjects, as they are
more likely to bring success in the future. While this is true to some
degree, this subject can still be debated because artists are arguably
the ones who come up with the most innovative ideas. Rather than
generating ideas, the arts are primarily concerned with
communicating emotions. Even if this understanding is right, art can
still have a significant effect on the environment and even influence
people's lives. Looking into the past, people can see many ways
types of art such as architecture and painting have affected the
world. Many people consider art to be a wonderful way to
recognize and appreciate human creativity and abilities. Art
fascinates many people because of its sheer diversity and ability to
enhance, transform, and convince the whole world.

In the end, it is of great importance to many to appreciate art and

understand that a huge part of our world is made by artists. Things
we see daily, such as buildings, clothing items, advertisements,
appliances, and much more were once just an idea in someone’s
mind.