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LESSON 1
 Western
Classical
PRE-TEST
Art
Traditions
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Identify what art
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forms
Artis illustrated
in each slide
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Western sculpture
Classical curving
Art
architecture
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painting
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Classical
Art painting
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Western painting
Classicalsculpture
Art
curving
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architecture
Western
Classical
Art painting
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Western painting
Classicalsculpture
Art
handicraft
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architecture
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Classical
Art handicraft
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Western painting
Classicalsculpture
Art
handicraft
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architecture
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Classical
Art architecture
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 painting
Western
Classical sculpture

Art handicraft
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architecture
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Art sculpture
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Ancient Art
Classical
1,500,000
Art BC -2.000,BC
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Pre-Historic Era
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Pre-Historic
Art Era
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Pre-Historic Era
 Include all human existence before
Classical
emergence of writing


Art
Understanding of early human life and
culture. Traditions
 Pre-Historic
WesternPainting may
be: Classical
 found inside the caves
 way of communication
Art to each
other.
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 Use for religious or ceremonial
purposes
 Pre-Historic Painting
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features: Classical
 Large animals
Art
 human figures
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 Abstract desgn
Pre-Historic Painting
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Art
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great hall of bulls in cave of Lascaux
Pre-Historic Painting
Western Cave of Lascaux

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Art
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Pre-Historic Painting
Western Cave of Lascaux

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Art
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Pre-Historic Sculpture
Western
Materials used in sculptures
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vary according to region and
locality. Art
 Frequently carving may have
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mythological or religious
significance.
Pre-Historic Sculpture
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. Classical
Art
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Pre-Historic Sculpture
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. Classical
Art
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Pre-Historic Architecture
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 Megaliths (a big rock)Greek word
Classical
Lithos (stone) and Megas (big).
 Made of huge stone blocks which
Art
were probably intended for burial.
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 Provided plenty of legends and
superstition.
 During this era, stones and rocks were
 Pre-Historic Architecture
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Three main types of megalith stones
..
Menhir: a huge
1.
Classical
stone
standing vertically on
Art
the ground, usually
standing in the middle
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of the field or arranged
in rows.
 Pre-Historic Architecture
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Three main types of megalith stones
.2.
Classical
. Dolmens: the word dolmen
originated from the expression

Artare in a
taolmaen, which means “stone
table”. These structures
form of table consisting of two
huge standing stonesTraditions
supporting a horizontal giant
stone. It is believed that it
served as grave or as an altar.
 Pre-Historic Architecture
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Three main types of megalith stones
.
.3.
Classical
Cromlech: a Brythonic
word where “crom”
Art
means bent or curved and
“llech” which means slab
Traditions
or flagstones. Literary it
is a circle of standing
stones.
 Pre-Historic Architecture
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Three main types of megalith stones
..
. Classical It is a temple where rituals were
held. The structure and the
movement of the sun in the sky has a
Art relationship in terms of identifying
the change of the seasons which

Traditionshelped the primitive men on their

rituals and on their agricultural
practices.
WesternANCIENT
Classical
EGYPT
Art
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 Western
ANCIENT
EGYPT
Classical
. Art
It is known for stylized portrayals of people
Traditions
and for objects that were used for religious
and ceremonial purposes.
 ANCIENT EGYPT PAINTING
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The purpose of Egyptian paintings
 Is to make the Classical
deceased afterlife place pleasant.
 It emphasizes the importance of life after death
and
past.
Art
. the preservation of the knowledge of the

 Most paintingsTraditions
were highly stylize and symbolic,
and shows profile view of an animal or a person
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. Art
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Tutankhamun cartouches
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. Art
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Mummification in Ancient Egypt
 ANCIENT EGYPT PAINTING
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 The main colours used were red, black, blue, gold,
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and green derived from mineral pigments that
can with stand strong sunlight without fading.
. paintings of
 The Artthe walls on the tomb show
events of the life of the king while he was still on
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earth and the scenes he expected to encounter in
the underworld after his death.
 ANCIENT EGYPT PAINTING
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. Art
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 ANCIENT EGYPT PAINTING
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Hieroglyphics –system of writing

Classical
. Art
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 ANCIENT EGYPT SCULPTURE
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Symbolic elements :

• Classical
• Forms
hieroglyphics
• relative size
. Art
• Location
• Materials

• Traditions
• Color
Actions
and gestures.
 ANCIENT EGYPT SCULPTURE
Western
Their tombs required the
Classical
most extensive used of
sculpture. The most
. Art materials used
common
for sculptures are wood,
Traditions
ivory, and stones.
 ANCIENT EGYPT SCULPTURE
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• CharacteristicsClassical
of the sculptures:
• 1. Symbolisms were heavily used to represent the
. They wereArt
gods. represented as composite
creatures with animal heads on human bodies.
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• 2. Relief compositions were arranged in horizontal
lines to record an event or represent an action.
 ANCIENT EGYPT SCULPTURE
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3. Most of the time, the gods were shown larger
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than humans, the kings larger than their followers,
and the dead larger than the living.
•4.
. Empty space
hieroglyphics.
Art
was filled with figures or

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• 5. All individual components were all brought to
the plane of representation and laid out like writing.
 ANCIENT EGYPT SCULPTURE
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Nefertiti Egyptian Queen Bust
Classical
Sculpture from BERLIN MUSEUM

Realistic, with heavy

. Art lidded eyes, slender
neck, determined
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chin and pure profile
under her heavy crown.
 ANCIENT EGYPT SCULPTURE
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The pharaoh Menkaure and his
ClassicalQueen, stone

Portrait represent rigid

. Art postures and were
simple and powerful with
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very little show of private
emotions.
 ANCIENT EGYPT
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ARCHITECTURE

Classical
This architectural style was developed
. Art
during the pre-dynastic period 4,000 BC.
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Characteristics of Egyptian Architecture:
 ANCIENT EGYPT ARCHITECTURE
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1. The structure has thick sloping walls with few

Classical
openings to obtain stability.
2. The exterior and interior walls along with columns
and piers were covered with hieroglyphics and pictorial
.
frescoes Artpainted in brilliant colors.
and carvings
 3. Ornamentations were symbolic including scarab
(sacred beetle), Traditions
solar disk and vulture; common motifs
(palm leaves, buds, flower of lotus, and papyrus plants.
 ANCIENT EGYPT ARCHITECTURE
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Temples were aligned with astronomically
Classical
significant events like solstices (comes from the
Latin word sol, meaning sun and stitium meaning
stoppage,
. as
Art
the sun appears to stand still
first day of winter) and equinox (a time or date
on the

Traditions
when day and night are of equal length) with
precise measurements required in determining the
moment of that particular event.
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. Art
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PYRAMID OF GIZA
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Pyramids of Giza- It is the most
Classical
substantial ancient structure of the
.
world. Art
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 Western
Mastaba It is a type of
Egyptian tomb in the
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form of a flat roofed,
rectangular structure
. Art with outward sloping
sides. It was made of
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mud bricks or stone.
MASBATA