WESTERN

CLASSICAL
ART
TRADITIONS
- Gr. 2
9 - Inquirer
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 PAINTINGS

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 Paintings From The Pre –
Historic Era

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 Cave of Lascaux, 1
5000 – 10000 B.C. – Stone Age
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Paintings From Ancient Egypt

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 The paintings of the walls on the tomb show events of the life
of the king while he was still on earth and the scenes he
expects to encounter in the underworld after his death.
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 Paintings from Sarcophagus of Tutankhamen XVIII
dynasty
1362 A.D. – 1253 B.C.
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 Paintings From Classical Greek Era

Most common methods of Greek Painting:

1. Fresco – method of painting water – based

pigments on a freshly applied plaster usually on a
wall surfaces. Colors are made of ground powder
pigments mixed in pure water, dried, and set with
plaster to become a permanent part of the wall.
Ideal for murals, durable, and has a matte style.
2. Encaustic – developed by Greek ship builders , who
used hot wax to fill the cracks of the ship. Pigments
(colors) were added and used to paint a wax hull.
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 Judgements of Paris
370 – 330 B.C.

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 Paintings From Classical Greek Era
Vase Painting

 Kerch Style also referred to as Kerch Vases are red, figured

pottery named after the place where it was found.
Shapes commonly found are:
1. Pelike (wine container)
2. Lekanis (a low bowl with two horizontal handles and a
low broad foot)
3. Lebes gamikos (with high handles and lid use to carry
bridal bath)
4. Monday,
Krater (bowl use for mixing wine and water)
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 Panel Painting

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 Pitsa Panel
Archaic Period between 540 and
530 B.C.E.

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 Tomb/Wall Painting

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 Tomb of the Diver
Paestrum 480 B.C.E.
 In Tomb paintings, artists rely on the shade and hues of paint to crate depth and
life – like feeling.
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 Paintings From The Roman Era

Mosaic
It is an art process where an image is created using
an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass,
stones, or other materials.
This technique is used for decorative art or interior
decorations.

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Head of Alexander
 The full image is a
roman floor mosaic
in the House of Fun
Pompeii, dated 100
B.C. The whole
mosaic depicts the
battle between the
armies of Alexander
the Great and
Darius III of Persia.

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 Fresco from the Villa of Mysteries
Pompeii 80 B.C.
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 Boscotrecase,
Pompeii
 This fresco painting
was believed to
depict a ceremonial
rite, either marriage
or an initiation of a
woman in a mystery
cult.

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 Paintings From The Roman Era
Byzantine Painting

The lively styles of

paintings which had been
invented in Greek and
The Court of Empress
Rome lived on in Theodora, mosaic
Byzantium but this time 6th Century AD San Vitale, Ravena
for Christian subjects.  By the 11th century, the Greek and
Oriental styles seem to blend
together in magnificent, imposing
images, which adorned the
churches in large and small forms.
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 Fresco from the Villa of Mysteries
Pompeii 80 - BC
 Theodora was an Asian Queen with dark
eyes and hair with fierce expression;
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Paintings From The Roman
Era
Romanesque Painting

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 Christ in Majesty
Painting from the Church of Saint
Clemente, Tahull, Lerida Spain, c.
1123 Musue Nacional d’Art de
Catalunya, Barcelona
 Christ wears a greyish, white robe
with a blue mantle. Underneath
the Mandorla (Italian word for
“almond,” used to describe an
enclosure surrounding holy figures
in painting) is a black band with
white writing. Each side of the
center window are three arches
resting on columns of capitals in
green, red, and black and in
between of the figures of Virgin
Mary and five saints are columns
of vertical, wavy line patterns.
 This mural painting has been
moved to Barcelona and replaced
by a replica.
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Paintings From The Gothic
Era

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 Lady and the Unicorn tapestry
1506 - 1513

 Subjects usually depict popular legends and love stories.

Patterns like mille fleur or thousand flowers show influence
which may have been due to the Crusades.
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 Rose Window from the North transcept
About 1230
 Stained glass windows were created to transform the vast
stone interiors with warm and glowing color and at the
same time to instruct Christians in their faith.
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 The Shepherd David
13th century, Gothic manuscript illustration
 The painting shows some realistic details and naïve
naturalism.
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