HISTORY

OF ART
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 History of
Asian Art
Asian art is diverse and rich, spanning
thousands of years and dozens of
countries. It is known for its ritual bronzes,
beautiful ceramics, jades, textiles, poetic
painted landscapes, garden design, elaborate
goldwork, extraordinary temples, shrines,
pagodas and stupas, woodblock prints, shadow
puppets and the highest art form in East Asian
art calligraphy.
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 History of Western
Art
Art historians describe the history of Western
art in terms of successive periods and or
movements, including Classical, Medieval,
Byzantine, Romanesque, Renaissance,
Baroquem Rococo, Neolassicism,
Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism,
Modernism and Postmodernism.

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 Pre-colonial art
period
Age of Horticulture/Neolithic period
(6185 to 4400 BC)
Metal Age (3190 to 190 BC)
Iron Age(200BC to 1000BC)
Pre-colonial traditional art have
religious symbols, everyday activity
such as fishing, farming, etc.
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Spanish Colonial Art
Period (1521-1898)
Introduced formal painting,
sculpture and architecture which
was inspired by the Byzantine,
Gothic, Baroque and Rococo art
styles.
Spanish colonialism lives on with
the Filipino “antique” furniture and
carving designs.
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 American Colonial Art Period
(1898-1946)
The American brought in Education and
Value Formation, with both following
the “American way of life”(Allice
Guillermo,Sining Biswal,1994,p.4)
Painting themes still largely favored
genre paintings, landscapes and still
life; portraits are reserved for high
ranking officials with a more academic
approach to make the subject more
formal
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