PERIOD CHARACTERISTIC

1. ANCIENT GREECE • VALUED POETRY, DRAMA AND PHILOSOPHY.

• GEOMETRIC SHAPES, PATTERS WERE DEVELOPED.
• THE PERIOD OF DRAMA AND THEATRE BEGAN.
2. ANCIENT ROME • MASTER BUILDERS OF GRAND MONUMENTS AND
ARCHITECTURAL INFRASTRUCTURES LIVED DURING THIS
ERA
3. MIDDLE AGES • DOMINANT FIGURE WAS THE CHURCH, WHICH
HIGHLIGHTED THE RELIGIOUS FOCUS DURING THIS ERA.
4. RENAISSANCE ART • VALUED THE “INDIVIDUAL” AS SUBJECT OF ARTS
• ARTWORKS EMPHASIZED NATURALISM.
• THEATRICAL PLAYS WERE RESTORED.
5. MANNERISM • PRODUCT OF RENAISSANCE.
• ARTWORKS WERE DEFORMED.
• THERE ARE COMPLICATIONS IN COLOURS AND LACK OF
DEFINED FOCAL POINT OR IMPORTANCE ON COLOURS
6. BAROQUE AND ROCOCO • ARTISTS IN THIS PERIOD USED COLOURFUL PALETTES IN
THEIR WORK AND FOR DECORATIONS.
• RELIGION, POLITICS AND ART WERE STRENGTHENED
• MUSIC THRIVED
7. NEOCLASSICISM • A DOMINANT ART MOVEMENT IN EUROPE THAT
BROUGHT BACK THE INFLUENCES OF GREEK AND ROMAN
INTO ART AND ARCHITECTURE.
8. ROMANTICISM • AN ART MOVEMENT THAT USED THE NEOCLASSICIST’S
THEME AS A GOOD START.
• EMPHASIZED THE FEELINGS AND GOODNESS OF
MANKIND.
• PROMOTED JUSTICE, EQUALITY, AND SOCIAL ORDER.
9. REALISM • FOCUSING ON THE ACCURATE DETAILS THAT
ILLUSTRATES REALITY.
• HUMAN BODY WAS EMPHASIZED.
• IDEALISTIC ARTWORKS WERE REPLACED.
10. IMPRESSIONISM • A MOVEMENT THAT STARTED IN FRANCE AND BROKE
EUROPEAN TRADITION PAINTINGS.
• STYLE OF PAINTING THAT EMERGED IN THE MID TO
LATE 1800s.
• ALLOWED ARTISTS TO EMPHASIZE THEIR WORKS
THROUGH BRUSHSTROKES, COLOURS, LIGHTS AND
SHADOWS.
11. POST-IMPRESSIONISM • DEVELOPED INDIVIDUAL STYLE LIKE USING BROKEN
COLOURS AND SHORT BRUSHSTROKE.
• SOME FAMOUS ARTWORKS BECAME THE FRAMEWORK
OF THE CONTEMPORARY TEACHINIQUES AND TRENDS IN
THE 2Oth CENTURY.
12. NEO-IMPRESSIONISM • A RESPONSE TO EMPIRICAL REALISM OF
IMPRESSIONISM.
• ARTISTS IN THIS ERA DEPENDED ON SYSTEMATIC AND
SCIENTIFIC TECHNIQUES THAT SET VISUAL EFFECTS ON
HOW THE PEOPLE PERCEIVED THE ART.
13. ART NOUVEAU • ORNAMENTAL OR DECORATIVE STYLE WAS THE
DOMINANT THEME.
• USED ORGANIC LINES THAT WERE PHYSICALLY SHOWN
LIKE GLASS DESIGNS.
14. FAUVISM • USED VIBRANT COLOURS THROUGH SQUEEZING THE
PAINT TUBE DIRECTLY TO THE CANVAS.
• PROMOTED A PICTURE SPACE THAT IS DEFINED BY
COLOURS’ MOVEMENT.
15. CUBISM • VISUAL ART STYLE INTRODUCED BY PAOLI PICASSO AND
 GEORGES BRAQUE BETWEEN 1907 AND 1914.
• TWO-DIMENSIONAL PICTURE PLANE SURFACE
• NEW ILLUSTRATION OF REALITY THAT APPEARED AS
BROKEN OBJECTS FOR THE AUDIENCE.
16. FUTURISM • AN EARLY 20th CENTURY MOVEMENT THAT STARTED IN
ITALY.
• HIGHLIGHTED THE SPEED, ENERGY, DYNAMISM, AND
POWER OF MACHINES.
• INFLUENCED POETRY AND VISUAL ARTS THE MOST.
• EMBRACING ORIGINALITY.

EVALUATION
1. What period do you find art amazing?

The period that I find art amazing is during the Baroque and Rococo era
because it was the time that music boomed. I find it amazing for the fact that
expansion of art was the dominant theme and plus I really like listening to
Baroque music.

MODULE 9
ACTIVITY: Compare and contrast modern art from contemporary art using
a Venn Diagram.

MODERN ART CONTEMPORARY ART

• started after the 1960s
• started about in the
19th and early 20th • more on about
centuries experimentation and
Both are considered
freedom
• created on canvas revolutionary that
influenced the changes of • society is the primary
• an expression of
art in every period. focus
individuality
• can be found on any
• subjective
types of art
representation of the
chosen themes • focuses on social,
political, and cultural
views.
EVALUATION
What is the relevance of these contemporary artworks in the present time?
The relevance of contemporary artworks in the present time, is the potential
ability of present artists to kindle or express feelings and emotions through artworks that
can communicate with a diverse world