Art of Emerging Europe

Ancient Greece
• Man is at the center of the society

Four Periods of Greek Art

• Geometric

• Archaic

• Classical

• Hellenistic
 Geometric Period
• A time when Greece was starting to get back from their Dark Ages

• A period when geometric shapes and patterns have taken the

spotlight in most of the artworks
 Archaic Period
• The period when human figures were emphasized

Lacoon and his sons Farnese Hercules

 Classical Period

• The peak of Greek sculpture and architecture

• The time when the Greeks rebuilt their temples and focused on
creating artworks
Dresden Zeus Parthenon
 Hellenistic Period

• The time of Alexander the Great

• Art primarily focused on showcasing emotions and depicting reality

The Winged Victory of
Samothrace
 Rome

• One of Western Europe’s mightiest empires.

• Romans invoked the principles of realism in most of their

works, highlighting the features of human beings.

• Romans were also known to be master builders.

Aqueduct of Segovia
 Renaissance Art

• Artists valued the “individual”as a subject of arts.

• Most artworks emphasized naturalism.

• Most artists also added perspective of depth wherein spaces

were explored in different artworks.

• Renaissance artists also gave importance to non-religious

themes or subjects.
 Mannerism

• From the Italian word “maniera” which means “style” or

“manner”

• Artworks showcased distorted figures, two-dimensional spaces,

discordant hues and colors, an lack of defined focal point
Madonna with long neck
Parmigianino
 Baroque and the Rococo

• Rome was the birthplace of the Baroque period, which

according to some historians was a response to Protestantism.

• The time when Italy in particular strengthened not only their

religion but also other aspects like politics and art.

• Expansion was the central theme of this period.

Santa Maria della
Salute, Venice
Church of St. Ignatius, Rome
 Neoclassicism

• Transpired during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

• The art movement that aims to revive the influences of Greek

and Roman into art and architecture.

• There was a call to veer away from extravagance in terms of

style and form of the Baroque period.
Academy of Athens
 Grande Odalisque
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
 Romanticism

• The central themes of this movement include the emphasis on

the goodness of mankind.

• Most works promoted justice, equality and social order.

• Artists also emphasized emotions and feelings of man.

Liberty Leading the
People
 Realism

• Focuses on the accuracy of details that depict and somehow

mirror reality.

• There is little room for imagination in this movement.

• Heavily influenced by Hellenistic Greek culture.

Whistler’s Mother
James Abbott
McNeill Whistler
 Impressionism

• A style of painting that emerged in the mid to late 1800s.

• The style allows the artist to emphasize the immediate

impression he has of a particular event or scene.
The Cliff Walk at
Pourville
Claude Monet