WESTERN

CLASSICAL ART
TRADITION
 7 ERA’S IN WESTERN CLASSICAL ART

PREHISTORI ANCIENT
C ERA EGYPT
ROMAN ARTERA’S
ANCIENT
GREEK ART
BYZANTINE ROMANESQU
ERA GOTHIC EERA
ERA
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 Prehistoric Era
Characteristics:
❑ Paintings are found inside caves as
source of communication.
❑ Religious or ceremonial purpose.
❑ Paintings as artefact than true picture.
 Painting inside
Cave of Lascaux
 Ancient Egypt
Characteristics:
 Make deceased afterlife place pleasant.
❑ Theme: Journey of the dead to underworld
by their protective deities.
❑ Importance of Life after death and the
preservation of the life from the past.
❑ Paintings are stylize and use frontalism.
Paintings from the Sarcophagus of
Tutankhamen XVIII Dynasty
(1362 A.D- 1253 BC)
 Classical Greek Era

Characteristics:
❑ Paintings are commonly found in vases,
panel and tomb.
❑ Themes: Battle scenes, mythological
figures, and everyday scenes.
 Classical Greek Era
Methods:
❑Panel painting- paintings on flat
panels of wood.
❑ No longer exist due to its organic
“Pitsa Panel”
composition.
 Ancient Roman
Characteristics:
❑Landscape painting is the main
innovation during the period.
 Ancient Roman
Methods:
❑ Mosaic- An art process where an
image is created using an assemblage
of small pieces of colored glass,
stones or the other materials.
Head of Alexander
 Byzantine Painting
Characteristics:
❑ Lively styles of painting.
❑ Christian subject.
The court of Empress Theodora, Mosaic
Theodora is
an Asian
queen with
dark eyes
and hair with
fierce
expression.
 Romanesque Painting
Characteristics:
❑ It shows Mozarabic influence.
 Christ in Majesty
Characteristic:
❑ Christ wears greyish, white robe with
blue mantle.
❑ “Mandorla”- Italian term for “almond”,
used to describe an enclosure surrounding
holy figures in painting.
 Gothic Era Painting
Characteristics: .
❑ Subject: depicts legends and love stories.
❑ Stained glass windows were created during
the era.