ARTS 9

1st Quarter

PRE- HISTORIC
ERA
● Their paintings were
found inside the caves
which m a y have been
their wa y of
com m unica ting with
each other
● It could be for religious and ceremonial purposes
● Prehistoric drawings of animals were usually correct in
proportion
● Materials used in sculptures vary according to region and
locality
● Frequently ca rving m a y ha ve m ythologica l or religious
significance
● Man developed a form of architecture based on megaliths ( a
big rock) from the Greek word lithos (stone) and megas (big).
● During this era, stones and rocks were associated with divinity

ANCIENT EGYPT
● The purpose of Egyptian paintings is to make deceased
afterlife place pleasant.
● Themes include journey to the underworld introducing the
deceased to the golds of the underworld by their protective
deities.
● It emphasizes the importance of life after death and the
preservation of th knowledge of the past.
● Most paintings are
highly stylized,
sym bolic, a nd
showed profile view
of an animal or a
person.
● Ma in colors were
red, black, blue,
gold, and green
derived from
m inera l pigm ents
that can withstand
strong sunlight
without fading
● The paintings of the
walls on the tomb
showed events of the
life of the king while
he was still on earth
and the scene he
expects to encounter
in the underworld
after his death.
● Symbolic elements such a s
form s, hieroglyphics, rela tive
size, location, materials, color,
actions, and gestures were
widely used.
● Most common materials used
for sculptures are wood, ivory,
and stones
CLASSICAL GREEK ERA
● Paintings were most commonly found in vases, panels, and
tomb.
● Depicts natural figures and dynamic compositions
● Subjects were battle scenes, mythological figures, everyday
life and everyday scenes

Most Common Methods of Greek painting:

1. Fresco - water-based pigments on freshly applied plaster
usually on a wall surfaces.
2. Encaustic - developed by Greek ship builders, who used hot
wax to fill the cracks of the ship.
3. Kerch Style - referred to as Kerch Vases are red, figured
pottery named after the place where it was found

● Early greek sculptured were tensed and stiff, their bodies were
hidden within enfolding robes
 ● After three centuries of experiments, Greek sculptures finally
showed all the points of human anatomy and proportion
● Popular style was the Hellenistic style
● Three architectural style or orders:
DORIC IONIC CORINTHIAN

PANEL PAINTING
● Paintings on flat panels of wood
● Ex: Pitsa Panel

TOMB/WALL PAINTING
● Uses the metho of frescos in either tempera (water-based) or
encaustic ( w a x )

ROMAN ERA
● Most of the paintings in this era were coied or imitated from
Hellenic Greek paintings
● Fresco technique was used and a tropme-l’-oeil effect
● Have wide variety of subjects, animals, everyday life, still life,
mythological subject, portraits, and landscapes
● Most roman sculptures are m a d e of monumental terra-cotta.
MOSAIC
● Image is created using an assemblage of small pieces of
colored glass, stones, or other materials

BYZANTINE
● Paintings are Christian subjects
● The dominant themes are religious, everyday life scenes, and
motifs from nature
● Its architecture has a lot in common with early Christian
architecture

ROMANESQUE ERA
● Romanesque paintings are largely places mosaics on the
walls of the churches that follow a strict frontal pose
● Some of the famous sculptural pieces are reliquaries, altar
frontals, crucifixes and devotional images.
● The doorways of Romanesque’s churches are often grand
sculptured portals

GOTHIC ERA
● Paintings have benn confined in the illumination of
manuscript pages and the painting of frescoes on the wall
churches in cosmopolitan style, elegant manner, and
sophistication
● Sculptures have a greater freedom of style. They no longer lay
closely agaunst the wall, begun to project outward
● Design in gothic architecture include two new devices: pointed
arch which enables builders to construct much higher ceiling
vaults and stone vaulting borne on a network of stone ribs
supported by piers and clustered pillars