LESSON 5

READING ARTS
History
 Hello!
I am Rocella L. Magday
Your teacher in Art Appreciation

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 TOPIC
20TH
TH CENTURY
PREHISTORIC
MODERN ART

MIDDLE AGES 19TH

TH CENTURY

RENAISSANC
BAROQUE
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 Art history is the study of art objects in
relation to their historical context. Art
historians investigate the meaning of visual
arts (painting, sculpture, and architecture) at
the time of their creation. (https
://www.iesa.edu )

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PREHISTORIC ART

 CAVE PAINTINGS

 VENUS FIGURINE

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 MIDDLE AGES
 Feudal system – Europe (kings, lords, knights,
vassals, and peasants).
 The Collapse of Roman Civilization
 The transition period of Renaissance and the
age
of discovery

 GOTHIC ART was a style of medieval art that

developed in Northern France 

 Characterized by 5 key architectural elements: large

stained glass windows, pointed arches, ribbed vaults,
flying buttresses, and ornate decoration.
GOTHIC ART
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 RENAISSANCE
3 Great masters
1. Leonardo da Vinci
2. Michelangelo
3. Raphael

 TYPES OF ART
 Painting
 Sculpture
 Architecture
Renaissance art was produced during the 14th, 15th, and 16th  Music
centuries in Europe. Renaissance coincided with social and  Literature 
economic changes such as the secularization of daily life and
rise of the money-credit economy. The period included a
revival of classical learning and a more individualistic view
of man.
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 BAROQUE
Great Artist
1. Velázquez
2. Caravaggio
3. Rembrandt
4. Rubens
5. Poussin
6. Vermeer.
ARTWORK
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa  Grandeur
 Sensuous Richness
Baroque art is characterized by great drama, rich,
deep colour and intense light and dark shadows.  Drama
Baroque artists chose the most dramatic point, the  Dynamism, Movement
moment when the action takes place, instead of the  Tension
calm rationality of Renaissance art.  Emotional Exuberance

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 20th CENTURY
 The newness of a new era was embraced by
20th art.
 Abstract Expressionism evolved into various
styles
 The most prominent and influential of which
was Cubism, which rejected realistic
representation and traditional aesthetics.

Abstract Art by Singulart

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20th CENTURY
Society Artists Were Painting Highly Complimentary Portraits That Portrayed
Wealth, Beauty And Good Taste.

The Artist's Role Was To Beautify The Subject Of Each Painting, Making
Them Appear More Attractive, Thinner, Paler And More Beautiful.

GREAT ARTIST
 Pablo Picasso
 Jackson Pollock
 Claude Monet
 And more

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 19th CENTURY
Great Artist
https://
www.thefamouspeople.com/19t
h-century-painters.php
130 artist
Vincent van Gogh
Pablo Picasso ARTWORK
Claude Monet  Neoclassical painting
William Blake   Romantic painting
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa Henri Matisse  Pre-Raphaelite
The Apotheosis of Homer by Jean-Auguste- Diego Rivera painting
Dominique Ingres, 1827. The painting shows the
ancient writer Homer being crowned by a winged
Paul Gauguin  Impressionist
figure representing Victory. Other figures Etc.  paintings
represented in the painting include Dante, Virgil,
Raphael and Moliere. Louvre Museum, Paris. ©  Realism
Wikimedia Commons.

https://www.mayfairgallery.com/blog/19th-century-european-painting-styles-movements/
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 MODERN ART
 Art has an impact on society because it can change people's minds, instill values, and translate
experiences across space and time. Art is communication in this sense; it allows people from
various cultures and eras to communicate with one another through images, sounds, and
stories.
ART STYLES
  Neo-Impressionism  Metaphysical painting
 Symbolism  De Stijl
 Fauvism  Dada
 Cubism  Surrealism
 Futurism  Social Realism
 Expressionism  Abstract Expressionism
 Suprematism  Pop art
 Constructivism.  Op art
 Minimalism and Neo-
Expressionism

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 MODERN ART EXAMPLE OF ART
STYLES

Cubism
Dada

Surrealism

Suprematism
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 REFERENCE
 Websites
 https://www.mayfairgallery.com/blog/19th-century-european-painting-styles-movements/
 https://www.google.com/search?
q=20th+century+characteristics+of+arts&bih=625&biw=1366&hl=en&sxsrf=AOaemvI6Z-
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+arts&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBggAEBYQHjoHCAAQRxCwAzoHCAAQsAMQQzoF
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EByAEJwAEB&sclient=gws-
wiz&ved=0ahUKEwjiwMGZi6PzAhWa0GEKHRL7DQUQ4dUDCA4&uact=5
 Google.com – images & text
 BOOK:
 Roldan, Albert Napoleon J. (2019), Art Appreciation – Module book, Quezon City: Rex
book store.

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