Chapter 3

Cards (38)

  • Ancient Art
    30,000 B.C.E. to 400 A.D.
  • Ancient Art
    • Provided a means to enforce religious and political order
    • No uniformity, art movement, or worldwide approach, appeal, or affect
    • Told stories, decorated utilitarian objects, and used to manifest the status of the owner
    • Characterized as stiff, explicit, and direct representation of life
  • Cradle of Civilization
    • Code of Hammurabi - a set of laws carved in stone and adorned by an image of King Hammurabi and the Mesopotamian god Shabash
  • Ancient civilizations created their own unique art
  • Ancient art is considered by some to be the foundation of all art history
  • Medieval Art
    Also called Middle Ages or Dark Ages
  • Medieval Art
    • Art subjects were initially restricted to the production of Pietistic painting (religious art or Christian art)
  • Renaissance Art
    • Period that immediately followed Middle Ages
    • Called rebirth or reawakening because of the renewed interest in the classical learning and values of Ancient Greece and Rome
  • Renaissance Art
    • Development of new technologies like the printing press
    • New system of astronomy
    • Discovery and exploration of new continents
    • Blossoming of philosophy literature, and art
  • Modern Art
    • Started because of the Industrial Revolution - characterized by rapid changes in transportation, production, and technology which immensely affected the social, political, and cultural conditions of life
    • Re-imagination and redefinition of works of art
  • Contemporary Art
    • The art of today
    • Have a diverse spectrum of interests, global influence, cultural diversity, and increasingly technological advancing world
    • Lack of uniform, organizing principle, or ideology
  • Contemporary Art Forms
    • Pop Art, Photorealism, Conceptualism, Minimalism, Performance Art, Installation Art, Earth Art, and Street Art
  • Religions greatly influenced Asian art
  • Common iconography in Asian art
    • Lotus - symbol of excellence and spiritual perfection
    • Wheel - represents doctrine preached in Buddha's first sermon
    • Halo - signifies transcendent radiance
    • Adornment - lavish jewelry and elaborate hairstyle
    • Multiple features - multiple arms or multiple heads that mean multiple power
    • Expressions - usually ugly and horrific as they are directed to the evil and ignorance
  • Functions of Asian Art
    • Worship
    • Glorification of the Royals
    • Education
  • Pre-Colonial Philippine Art
    • Significant changes in the way Filipino ancestors adorned themselves during the iron age
    • Weaving became a preoccupation for women
    • Apo Whang Od is the oldest known survivor of the traditional tattoo artists
  • Influences on Pre-Colonial Philippine Art
    • Negrito - zigzag designs on ancient lime tubes and ornamental carvings on combs
    • Indonesia - apparel of the people of Kalinga, Maranao, Manobo, and Bagobos
    • Malay - wood carvings in utensils, boats, and wooden shields of the people of Sulu and Mountain Province
  • Earliest art forms in the Philippines that have not yet been somewhat penetrated by Western influences are music and dance
  • Colonial Philippine Art
    • American and European influences became significantly dominant
    • Spanish missionaries used colorful pageantry of Roman Catholic Church
  • Significant Changes in Colonial Philippine Art
    • Sculpture - anitos became santos
    • Print - First book printed in PH: Doctrina Christiana en Lengua Espanol y Tagala
    • Furniture - Resembled those in conventos or churches
    • Metal Casting - Practiced in foundries, produced cannons, galleon fittings, bells
    • Textile Art - Nipis, Jusi
    • Illuminated Manuscripts
    religious texts embellished with rich colors which often featured the use of gold and silver
  • Stained Glass
    applied mostly exclusively to the windows of churches, cathedral, and castles. Small pieces of glass are arranged to form patterns or pictures
  • Leonardo Da Vinci
    called the ultimate "Renaissance Man"
  • Leonardo Da Vinci
    best known for works like Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, The Virgin of the Rocks
  • Michelangelo Buonarroti
    sourced inspiration from the human body
  • Michelangelo Buonarroti
    famous works: Pieta, David, ceiling painting in the Sistine Chapel
  • Raphael Sanzio
    Helearned from both da Vinci and Michelangelo
  • Raphael Sanzio

    Famous work: The School of Athens
  • Modern art
    Many modern artists started to make art about people, places or ideas that interested them, and of which they had direct experience.
  • The Interpretation of Dreams
    by Sigmund Freud (a psychologist) inspired artists to explore dreams and symbolism.
  • photography
    Invented in the 1830s which introduced a new method for depicting and reinterpreting the world (mostly more realistically)
  • :Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism
    great religions developed in Asia
  • mambabatok
    uses batok method where ink is carefully nailed on the skin of the individual
  • male
    protected the village from intruders
  • female
    aesthetic purposes
  • Santo Nino de Cebu
    oldest known relic handed from the period of Spanish colonization (Gift of Magellan to Hara Humamay (Juana), wife of Rajah Humabon.)
  • First book printed in PH
    Doctrina Christiana en Lengua Espanol y Tagala (Christian doctrines in Spanish and Tagalog Languages) by Juan de Plasencia
  • Furniture
    Classified into three: storage pieces (baul, aparador), rest pieces (rocking chairs), and lay-on pieces (beds, papag)