ARTS 9

QUARTER 1
Western
Classical Art
Traditions
Learning Competencies
• Analyzes art elements and principles in the production of work
following the style of a western and classical art- A9EL-Ib-1
• Identifies distinct characteristics of arts during the different art
periods- A9EL-Ia-2
• Discusses the use or function of artworks by evaluating their
utilization and combination of art elements and principles- A9PL-
Ih-2
• Compares the characteristics of artworks produced in the
different art periods-A9PL-Ih-4
Topics
I. Ancient Art
II. Classical Art
III. Medieval Art
Timeline

Ancient Art Classical Art Medieval Art

 PAINTINGS

Ancient Art Classical Art Medieval Art

TIMELINE
ANCIENT ART
PREHISTORIC ERA
Paintings

• Found inside the caves

• A way of communicating with each other.
• It may also be for religious or ceremonial purposes
• Paintings may be more an artifact of the archeological
evidence
 PREHISTORIC ERA
Paintings

• Painting were large animals

native in the region
• The painting has nearly 2,000
figures composed mainly of
animals, human figures and
abstract design.
PREHISTORIC ERA
Paintings

Cave of Lascaux
ANCIENT EGYPT
Paintings

• The purpose of Egyptian paintings is to make the deceased

afterlife place pleasant.
• Journey to the underworld introducing the deceased to the
gods of the underworld by their protective deities.
• It emphasizes the importance of life after death and the
preservation of the knowledge of the past.
• highly stylize, symbolic, and shows profile view of an animal
or a person.
ANCIENT EGYPT
Paintings Paintings from Sarcophagus of Tutankhamen

• The main colors used were red,

black, blue , gold and green
taken derived from mineral
pigments that can withstand
strong sunlight without fading.
ANCIENT EGYPT
Paintings

• Paintings of the walls on the

tomb shows 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.
CLASSICAL ART
CLASSICAL GREEK ERA
Paintings

• Most commonly found in vases, panels and tomb.

• It depicts natural figures with dynamic compositions.
• Most of the subjects were battle scenes, mythological
figures, and everyday scenes.
CLASSICAL GREEK ERA
Paintings

Most common methods of Greek painting:

• Fresco- water-based pigments on a freshly applied plaster
usually on a wall surfaces.
• Encaustic –hot wax to fill the cracks of the ship.
CLASSICAL GREEK ERA
Paintings

Vase painting
• Kerch Vases are red-
figured pottery named after
the place where it was
found.

Judgement of Paris
CLASSICAL GREEK ERA
Paintings

Vase painting
• Mostly scenes from the life of women (often
exaggeratedly peaceful), mythological beings that were
popular among the people of the black sea, or a scene
form mythical story or event.
• polycromy, combination of different colors specially
the brilliant one in an artistic manner
CLASSICAL GREEK ERA
Paintings
Vase painting
• pelike (wine container)
• lekanis (a low bowl with two horizontal handles and a low
broad foot)
• lebes gamikos (with high handles and lid use to carry bridal
bath)
• krater (bowl use for mixing wine and water)
CLASSICAL GREEK ERA
Paintings
Vase painting

• pelike (wine container)

CLASSICAL GREEK ERA
Paintings
Vase painting

• lekanis (a low bowl with two

horizontal handles and a low
broad foot)
CLASSICAL GREEK ERA
Paintings
Vase painting

• lebes gamikos (with high

handles and lid use to carry
bridal bath)
CLASSICAL GREEK ERA
Paintings
Vase painting

• krater (bowl use for mixing

wine and water)
CLASSICAL GREEK ERA
Paintings
Panel painting
• paintings on flat
panels of wood.
• It can be either a
small, single piece or
several panels joined
together.

Pitsa Panel
CLASSICAL GREEK ERA
Paintings

Tomb painting
• It uses the method
frescos either tempera
(water-base) or
encaustic (wax).
ROMAN ERA
Paintings

• Most of the paintings in this era were copied or imitated from

Hellenic Greek paintings.
• Fresco technique was used in brightly colored backgrounds.
• a wide variety of subjects, animals, everyday life, still life,
mythological subjects, portraits and landscapes
ROMAN ERA
Paintings

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 use for decorative art or
interior decorations
Head of Alexander
MEDIEVAL ART
BYZANTINE
Paintings
• For Christian subjects
• The Greek styles seem to
blend together in
magnificent, imposing
images, which adorned the
churches in large and small
forms.
ROMANESQUE
Paintings
• These are largely placed mosaics
on the walls of the churches that
follows a strict frontal pose.
• elongated oval faces, large staring
eyes and long noses, figures
against flat colored bands and
heavy outlining.
GOTHIC ERA
Paintings
• Illumination of manuscript pages
and the painting of frescoes on the
walls of churches in cosmopolitan
style, elegant, mannered and
sophisticated.
GOTHIC ERA
Paintings

• Subjects usually depicts popular

legends and love stories.
GOTHIC ERA
Paintings

• 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.