Ancient Art to

Romanticism

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Types of arts
Ancient Art to Romanticism Period
1.ANCIENT 5.BAROQUE
Literature
Art 6.ROCOCO
Music
2.MEDIEVAL 7.NEOCLASSICISM
Visual Art
3.RENAISSANCE 8.ROMANTICISM
4.MANNERISM
Ancient Art
Christel Reyes

4 , 000 BC - 400 AD
produced by advanced civilizations
Meso po tam ia , Egypt , G reece ,
and those of Americas
tells stor ies decorates utilitarian
objects,, displays religious and
symbolic imagery , and demonstrates
social status
depicts stories of rulers , gods , and
goddesses
Code of Hammurabi ( around 1792 BC ) Code of
Hammurabi
 Medieval Xzytle
Churc h o f Da skeo
the Middle ages
Resurrection
500 - 1400
fall of the Roman Empire until the Renaissance
in 1400 CE
three major periods of medieval art :
Bo ta nic a l Early Christian - by 5 th century
Ga rden - power of Church
Tunnel
Romanesque - beginning of the eleventh century
- churches and affluent families
Gothic - twelfth century
- timeless and stunning
landmarks
char acter ized by sur r ealistic im ager y ,
sacr ed arts , and nostalgic scenery
( current similarities in different places including Baguio )
 Renaissance
Ha nna h Gero mo
E a r ly R e n a issa n c e A r t ( 14 0 1 - 14 9 0 s)
R E N A IS S A N C E
1400-1600 M a s a c c i o ( 1401 - 1428 ) k n o w n f o r his f r e s c o e s
He b e c a m e h i g h l y i n f l u e n t i a l b e c a u se o f n a t u r e o f h i s w o r k a n d d e g r e e
R e n a i s s a n c e is a f r e n c h w o r d m e a n s “ r e b i r t h ”
o f naturalism
Focus o n n a t u r e and individualism
Origins of R e n a i s s a n c e F l o r e n c e in the R e n a i s s a n c e
F l o r e n c e , I t a l y -> M e d i c i f a m i l y s u p p o r t e d art s a n d h u m a n i s m
“ p r o t o -R e n a i s s a n c e ” p e r i o d (1280-1400)
G i o t t o ( 1267 ?- 1337 ) H igh R e n a issa n c e A r t ( 14 9 0 s - 15 2 7 )
most famous artist of the proto - 15 th c e n t u r y , R o m e b e c a m e t h e p r i n c i p a l c e n t e r o f R e n a i s s a n c e a r t
R
a devnaani sc e
sas ntceec h n i q u e o f h u m a n b o d y r e p r e s e n t a t i o n L e o n a r d o da Vi nc i , M i c h e l a n g e l o a n d R a p h a e l d o m i n a t e d t h e H i g h R e n a i s s a n c e
period
 Mannerism
Ja nielle Aba dilla

1527-1580
Mannerism -> maniera = “ style ” o r “ stylish
style ”
Exaggerates art qualities such as proportion ,
balance , and ideal beauty
elongated limbs , small heads , stylized features
asymmetrical o r unnaturally elegant
focus o n the style and technique outweighed
Venus, Cup id , Fo lly a nd the meaning of the subject matter .
Time by Ag no lo
Bro nzino
 The Ca lling o f Sa int

Baroque
Ma tthew 15 9 9 - 16 0 0 by
Ca ra va g g io

Thierry
Austria
160 0 - Characterized by grandeur and
1750
Star ted in Italy but richness as well as splendor and
influential acr oss co untr ies in flourish for God
Eur ope and
colonies in America Baroque artists were stylistically
Bar oque touched alm ost all complex .
for
of m s , from stunning paintings ,
art Intense contrast between light
ornate and over - the - top visual arts and dark along with energetic
and architecture up to vivid music . compositions matched by rich
Art was used as a weapon in the color palettes were used by the
religious wars. painters .
Dramatic realism characterizes
these paintings which can be
seen in the works of Caravaggio
and Rembrandt .
The Return o f the Pro diga l
So n 16 6 1- 16 6 9 by
 Wieskirc he Pilgrima ge
Rococo
Churc h 17 5 4 by Nikka Buena o bra
Zimmerma nn bro thers

1723-1759, France
“ Late Baroque ”
“ r o co co ” = r o caille ( French fo r r o ck and
shell garden ornamentation )
Buildings are reformed with softer designs than
that of the grand Baroque style
Used in large structures with social and cultural
status
Rococo style in architecture is airy and
decorative in contrast to the heaviness in
Baroque
Rococo style of painting :
>soft colors and curvy lines
>love, nature , amorous encounters , and youth
Triumph of Venus 1740
by François Boucher
 Neoclassicism
Wendell Dela Cruz
KEY IDEAS & AC C O M P LISHM EN TS :
DEFINITION :
paintings were serious , unemotional ,
Neo - classicism from Greek νέος nèos ,
and sternly heroic .
" new " and Greek κλασικός klasik όs ,
Co m petes with Ro m anticism . A
" of the highest rank ")
reaction against the
Oa th o f Ho ra tii
gr andeur
and decorative of Baroque art and of
HISTORICAL TIME AND PLACE : (17 8 4 )
the Rococo school
1750-1850; Born in Rome and spread all
over Europe

CHARACTERISTICS :
based from classical Rome and Greece
in antiquity , with principles of
simplicity , symmetry , and mathematics
uses classical themes and subject The I nterventio n o f
matter , using archaeologically correct Na p o le o n Cro ssing
Sa bine Wo men
the Alp s (18 0 1)
settings , color , and clothing . (17 9 9 )
ARTWORKS BY JACQUES- LOUI S

Liberty Leading the People 1830
by Eugene Delacroix
The Wanderer Above
the Sea and Fog 1818
by Caspar David Friedrich
Romanticism
Ma rk
Va lerio
1780-1850
Europe
Rejects calm , harmony , balance , and rationality .
Emotion over Reason , Irrational over Rational
Interest in nature
Plein air , a man ner of painting outdoors o r in
any
open air .
inspired by the Enlightenment , an intellectual ,
philosophical , and literary movem ent which
focuses o n the individual .
Landscapes , religion , revolution
 SynthC yrine Sa no

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Anc ie nt Medieval Renais sance Ma nne rism
Art

Ba ro q ue Ro c o c o Neoclassicism Romanticism