Historical Development Of Art

• Prehistoric Art


  Refers to all artwork

  produced by ancient men

  before any preconceived

  culture and known

  methods of writing
• Painting or drawing of

  figures called

  “petrographs” or

  “petroglyphs” to

  portray a story ot to

  record history
• Generally believed that

  this was created by the

  “Modern Man”
• Cave Painting


  Involves the application of

  pigment on the walls,

  floors, or ceilings of ancient

  rock dwellings inhabited by

  prehistoric men
• “The Sistine Chapel of

  Paleolithic Art” – paintings

  found in 1870 at Altimira,

  Spain
• Paleolithic Period


  Time when the primitive

  cave artworks were

  created with the use of

  primitive tools by

  primitive men
• Neolithic Period


  Time when men began to

  develop culture and

  change his lifestyle
• Animals


  Mostly of horses

  and images of

  bison. Animals are

  painted larger than

  other images
• Signs


  Abstract symbols

  that are difficult to

  interpret because

  of their ambiguity,

  commonly

  associated with

  hunting equipment

  and the female

  form
• Humans


  Rarely depicted in

  caves, if shown,

  drawn as a cartoon

  lie silhouette
• Roman Art


  Began around 500 BC and

  ended at the fall of Rome

  in 1453 AD
• Medieval Period (450 CE to 1400 CE)


  All works of art

  are commissioned

  by religious

  authorities for

  churches/

  monasteries
• Early Medieval Art


  Predominantly

  related to

  constructing

  religious

  buildings, such

  as churches
• Romanesque Art


  Took shape in the

  11th century

  initially developing

  in France then

  spreading to Spain,

  Germany, Italy, and

  other regions
• Gothic Art


  Originated in the 12th

  Century with the rebuilding

  of the Abbey Church in

  Saint Denis, France
• Illuminated manuscripts


  religious texts decorated

  with rich colors, often using

  gold and silver
• Embroidery


  made of

  colored wool sewn

  together to form a

  continuous panel
• Metalwork


  transform

  beautiful metals into

  objects of adornment for

  the church
• Ceramic Art


  done

  handmade and not

  wheel-turned during

  this period
• Painting


  includes artwork

  in iconography, fresco, and

  panel painting
• Mosaics


  artful creation of

  pictures with the use of

  broken pieces of colored

  glass, rock, or any other

  material
• Stained glass


  makes use

  of fragmented pieces of

  glass set to look like an

  image or a picture
• Sculpture


  elongated style

  of statues used in

  Romanesque art, a more

  naturalistic style in the late

  12th and early 13th century
• Heraldy


  art and

  custom of creating

  coats of arms and

  badges of the nobles