Lesson 3 - Artapp

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DON HONORIO VENTURA STATE UNIVERSITY
Villa de Bacolor, Pampanga
LESSON 3
THE WESTERN
ART HISTORY
MR. MHYKE VINCENT BUI PANIS, LPT
Instructor I
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Describe the history of Art in Prehistoric Civilization;
2. Discuss the Medieval arts in Europe;
3. Identify the famous artists in Western Europe; and

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Lesson Outline
1. Art in Prehistoric Civilization
2. Stone Tools for Art Making
3. Medieval Arts in Europe
4. Famous Artists in Western Europe
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ART HISTORY
• The history of art reflects the remnant of civilization,
the study of artworks, and the lives of artists
illuminate much about our shared past.
• The history of art also covers the entire history of
humankind since prehistoric times.
• Art History also provides valuable insights into the
past and existing cultures.
• Leroi-Gourhan (1967) lists three primary domains of
the expression of feeling associated to the first
periods of humanity (Psycho-physiological
Leroi-Gourhan
impressions; Magic-religious; and techno-economic).

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Art in Prehistoric Civilization

• “Prehistoric” - the time before written history.
• The writing developed in ancient Mesopotamia
before 3000 B.C.E.
• The oldest recognized decorative art forms -
Africa (100,000 BC.E.)
• Four main periods: Stone Age, Neolithic,
Bronze Age, and Iron Age (small sculptures and
cave paintings)
• Paintings, sculptures, engravings, and
potteries are expressions for beauty and
complex social and spiritual systems. Prehistory
• Animals are the favorite subjects.

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Art in Prehistoric
Civilization
Archaeologists have identified
Stone Age art, namely:
• petroglyphs (rock carvings
and engravings);
pictographs petroglyphs
• pictographs (graphic
imagery, symbols);
• ancient sculpture (totemic
statues, ivory carvings);
• and megalithic arts
(performs or any other works
associated with the formation
of stones). ancient sculpture megalithic arts
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Art in Prehistoric Civilization

• The oldest European cave art is the El
Castillo Cave (Cave of the Castle).
• Discovered in 1903 by Hermilio Alcalde del
Río.
• Hand stencils, claviforms (club shapes) and
disks made by blowing paint onto the wall in
El Castillo cave found that date back at least
40,800 years.
• Older than those of the Chauvet Cave,
Lascaux, Grotte de Cussac, Pech Merle,
El Castillo Cave
Cave of Niaux, and Font-de-Gaume.

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Stone Tools for Art Making

• Stones are classified as Mineral growth,
Sedimentary, Metamorphic, and Volcanic.
• The first stone tools (eoliths- believed to be
naturally produced by glaciation)
• organic materials (wood, bone, ivory, and
antler)
• Simple stone chopper (oldest human tools)
- Olduvai George in Tanzania.
Stone Chopper

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FOUR TYPES OF TOOLS IN

CREATING AN ART
2. Bifacial tools
• It is a hand ax prehistoric
1. Pebble Tools stone tool flake with two
• The tool contains a faces or sides.
rounded stone struck
some blows with a
similar stone used as a
pounder, which created
a serrated crest that
served as a chopping
blade.

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FOUR TYPES OF TOOLS IN

CREATING AN ART
4. Blade tools
• These are a Stone tool created by striking a long
narrow flake from a stone core. Lithic reduction.
3. Flake tools
• They are usually formed
by crushing off a small
or large fragment then
used as the tool.

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Medieval Arts in Europe
1. Illuminated Manuscripts (Illumination) 2. Metalwork

• They were colorful • produced beautiful jewels,
religious texts which sculptures, church doors.
often use of gold and
silver as its main
feature.

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3. Silversmith and Goldsmith 4. Paintings

• They were excellent artists who • Artists who were skillful in Iconography uses
created new shapes of jewelry. Fresco and panel painting with the religious theme
during the medieval period

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5. Bayeux Tapestry 6. Ceramics

• It is embroidery in colored wool. • They were hand shaped cooking pots, jars, and
pitchers.

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8. Heraldry
• It is the manner of designing coats of arms and
7. Stained Glass insignia.
• It is usually applied
exclusively to the
windows of medieval
churches, castles,
and cathedrals.

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Famous Artists in Western Europe
1. Donatello 2. Giotto di Bondone

• He learned the fabrication of metals and other substances • He worked for the Cathedral of San Francesco in
which known as metallurgy. He invented a technique known Assisi. He was invited to paint a mosaic over the
as schiacciato. entrance to St. Peter's Basilica.

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4. Giovanni Cimabue
3. Leon Battista Alberti • He made mosaics as well as paintings, which include
• He was hired by Pope the frescoes of New Testament scenes in the upper
Nicholas V in the renovation church of St. Francis of Assisi.
of the papal palace and of the
Roman bridge of Acqua
Vergine

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5. Filippo Brunelleschi 6. Fra Angelico

• He was a sculptor and • His most famous works of art include the Annunciation,
goldsmith in one of the The Madonna and Saints, and the Transfiguration of
Florentine workshops. Christ painting.

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7. Lorenzo Ghiberti
• He started work on the East Doors of the
Baptistery of San Giovanni. The Bronze
doors (10panels depicting scenes)

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LESSON 3
THE WESTERN
ART HISTORY
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Commission on Higher Education

Region III – Central Luzon

MR. MHYKE VINCENT BUI PANIS, LPT

MR. MHYKE VINCENT BUI PANIS, LPT

Art in Prehistoric Civilization

MR. MHYKE VINCENT BUI PANIS, LPT

Art in Prehistoric Civilization

MR. MHYKE VINCENT BUI PANIS, LPT

Stone Tools for Art Making

MR. MHYKE VINCENT BUI PANIS, LPT

FOUR TYPES OF TOOLS IN

MR. MHYKE VINCENT BUI PANIS, LPT

FOUR TYPES OF TOOLS IN

MR. MHYKE VINCENT BUI PANIS, LPT

Medieval Arts in Europe

1. Illuminated Manuscripts (Illumination) 2. Metalwork

MR. MHYKE VINCENT BUI PANIS, LPT

Medieval Arts in Europe

3. Silversmith and Goldsmith 4. Paintings

MR. MHYKE VINCENT BUI PANIS, LPT

Medieval Arts in Europe

5. Bayeux Tapestry 6. Ceramics

MR. MHYKE VINCENT BUI PANIS, LPT

Medieval Arts in Europe

MR. MHYKE VINCENT BUI PANIS, LPT

Famous Artists in Western Europe

1. Donatello 2. Giotto di Bondone

MR. MHYKE VINCENT BUI PANIS, LPT

Famous Artists in Western Europe

MR. MHYKE VINCENT BUI PANIS, LPT

Famous Artists in Western Europe

5. Filippo Brunelleschi 6. Fra Angelico

MR. MHYKE VINCENT BUI PANIS, LPT

Famous Artists in Western Europe

MR. MHYKE VINCENT BUI PANIS, LPT

MR. MHYKE VINCENT BUI PANIS, LPT

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