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    This document provides an overview of the history of art from prehistoric times through the modern era. It begins with Paleolithic and Neolithic cave paintings and sculptures from 25,000-8,000 BC. The Ancient Mediterranean section covers art of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Etruria, and Rome from 4000 BC-500 AD. The Medieval period saw church-influenced art like illuminated manuscripts from 500-1500 AD. The Renaissance revived Greco-Roman styles between the 14th-16th centuries in Italy. Baroque art responded to Mannerism with dramatic lighting effects in the 16th-17th centuries. Rococo was a curly, exuberant style in 18th century France

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    This document provides an overview of the history of art from prehistoric times through the modern era. It begins with Paleolithic and Neolithic cave paintings and sculptures from 25,000-8,000 BC. The Ancient Mediterranean section covers art of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Etruria, and Rome from 4000 BC-500 AD. The Medieval period saw church-influenced art like illuminated manuscripts from 500-1500 AD. The Renaissance revived Greco-Roman styles between the 14th-16th centuries in Italy. Baroque art responded to Mannerism with dramatic lighting effects in the 16th-17th centuries. Rococo was a curly, exuberant style in 18th century France

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    HISTORY

    OF ART
    PREHISTORY & ANCIENT HISTORY
    Paleolithic (25000 BC) & Neolithic (8000 BC)
    Cave paintings and clay figures

    Metal Age: use of copper, bronze, and iron


    ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN
    • Mesopotamia (4th millenium BC between Tigris and
    Euphrates)
    • Egypt (3000 BC)
    • Greece & Etruria (built on foundations of Egypt)
    • Rome (Derived from Greek, but with distinguishing
    features. Known for using concrete, and the invention
    of round architectural elements, such as the arch and
    dome
    MEDIEVAL

    • 500-1500 AD, respectively


    • Church highly influenced art-making
    • Sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, stain glass, metal
    work and mosaics. And lots of paintings of Madonna
    and Child
    MEDIEVAL

    • Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya): “Holy Wisdom”


    • Greek Orthodox Christian basilica
    • Constructed first in 537 AD, finished in 1453 AD
    • Most famous for its grand dome, the pinnacle feature
    of Byzantine architecture
    • Largest cathedral until 1520
    RENAISSANCE

    • French term meaning “rebirth”


    • Revival of Classical (Greco-Roman) learning
    • Occurred between 14-16th centuries
    • Valued nature, humanistic learning, and individualism
    • High attention to material and human body
    • Dominant in 15-16th c. Italy
    • Reached its peak in late 1500’s with Italian masters:
    Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Raphael
    BAROQUE
    • Responding to Renaissance ideals and Mannerism, and
    the political tensions of the time (Post-Reformation)
    • Introduced new techniques:
    Tenebrism: dramatic contrasting effects of light
    Chiaroscuro: treatment of light and dark
    Michelangelo’s David (1504) Bernini’s David (1624)
    ROCOCO
    • Response to Baroque with far less serious conceptual
    background behind each piece
    • Even more curly, exuberant and melodramatic
    • Developed in early 18th century France, and ended in
    the 1830’s
    NEOCLASSICISM
    • Predominant style of the 18th and early 19th c.
    • Return to Classical roots and ideals
    • Principles of order and reason
    REALISM
    • Concerned itself with how life was structured
    socially, economically, politically, and culturally
    in the mid-nineteenth century.
    • Considered start of “Modern Art”, around 1850
    “The Gleaners” (1857)
    Jean-Francois Millet
    “A Bar at the Folies-Bergere
    Edouarde Manet
    MORE

    MODERN ART
    COMING SOON.

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