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• Most common paintings in Classical Greek depict symbols with dynamic masterpieces about everyday scenes, fight scenes, and mythological figures, showing a grasp of linear perspective and naturalist design
• Kerch Vase Painting:

  • Red-figured pottery named after Kerch, the ancient Pantikapaion on the Black Sea
  • Common motifs: scenes from women's lives, polychromy (combining different colors)
  • Shapes commonly found: krater, lebesgamikos, lekanis, pelike
• Panel Painting:

  • Famous for beautiful altarpieces
  • Paintings on small wooden or metal boards
  • Primitive known old panel painting: Pitsa Panel (540-530 B.C.E.)
• Tomb/Wall Painting:

  • Used encaustic (wax) or tempera (water-based) as fresco methods
  • Colors made with grind powder stains in clean water and set with plaster
• Medieval Arts in Europe (843 B.C.E.):

  • Religious in nature, commissioned by the Catholic Church
  • Includes pietistic painting, ceramics, frescoes, mosaics, goldsmith and silversmith work, stained glass, illuminated manuscripts, and heraldry
• Ceramics:

  • Hand-shaped cooking pots, jars, and pitchers made from clay, earthen elements, powders, and water
• Fresco:

  • Method of painting in water-based pigment applied to plaster on wall surfaces
• Mosaics:

  • Crafting figures with small pieces of colored glass or other materials, used in early Christian churches and cathedrals
• Goldsmith and Silversmith:

  • Created jewelry and religious items with precious materials for the church
• Stained Glass:

  • Used in medieval castles, churches, and cathedrals to create pictures or patterns with small pieces of glass
• Illuminated Manuscripts:

  • Colorful religious texts often using gold and silver, enhanced with bright colors by Illuminators
• Metalwork:

  • Skilled metalworkers created religious objects for church decorations, including jewels, sculptures, and church doors
• Heraldry:

  • Designing of arms and insights creating coats of arms using various materials like embroidery, paper, painted wood, stonework, and stained glass
• Bayeux Tapestry:

  • Embroidery in colored wool, consisting of long strips of linen sewn together to form a continuous panel