QUIZ

• Art Appreciation

  • Art History
• Pre-historic era


  All human existence before the emergence of writing
• Art is only one clue - along with fossils - to an understanding of early human life and culture
• Paintings from the pre-historic era


  • Found inside caves, may have been a way of communicating or for religious/ceremonial purposes
• Pre-historic sculptures


  • Materials used vary by region, archaeologists believe they are a result of natural erosion rather than human artistry
• Pre-historic architecture


  • Based on megaliths (large stones), including menhirs, dolmens, and cromlechs
• Pre-historic art is not easy to understand, but it provides clues for archaeologists to understand Stone Age civilization
• Cave of Lascaux, 1

  • 5000 - 10000 B.C. - Stone Age image
• Purpose of Egyptian paintings

  To make the deceased afterlife place pleasant, emphasize importance of life after death and preservation of past knowledge
• Characteristics of Egyptian sculptures

  • Symbolic elements used, relief compositions in horizontal lines, gods/kings/dead shown larger than humans, empty spaces filled with figures or hieroglyphics, all components brought to the plane of representation
• Horus


  Ancient Egyptian god in the form of a falcon, whose right eye was the sun or morning star
• Anubis


  Ancient Egyptian god of funerary rites, protector of graves, and guide to the underworld
• Pharaohs


  Kings of ancient Egypt
• Greek art


  Holds significant place in history of art and culture, spans period from 900 to 30 BCE, divided into four periods
• Paintings from Classical Greek era

  • Found in vases, panels, and tombs, depict natural figures with dynamic compositions, mostly related to mundane life and literature, scenes from epics/myths and everyday activities
• Classical Greek era


  480 to 323 BC
• Famous art pieces from Classical Greek era

  • Fallen Warrior from Temple of Aphaia, Discobolus, Riace bronzes, Goddesses from east pediment of Parthenon, God from the sea (Zeus or Poseidon), The Siren vase, Motya charioteer

  
• The Parthenon


  • Greatest Classical Temple, ingeniously engineered to correct optical illusions
• Pre-colonial arts in the Philippines (before 1521)

  • Receptacles, Textile Weaving, Jewelry, Pottery, Sculpture, Architecture
• Pottery in pre-Hispanic Philippines

  • Classified by shape, method of decoration, and type of design (abstract or representational)
• Manunggul Burial Jar


  Symbol of Philippine pre-historic artifacts, found in Palawan, representation of soul of dead person being transported to afterlife
• 3 different styles of native dwellings in the Philippines

  • Bahay Kubo, Ifugao House, Maranao House
• 2 types of Muslim art in the Philippines

  • Sarimanok, Naga
• Arts of the Mountain Province

  • Woodcarving is an important skill, iron melting and bronze-casting are other skills, art is divided into ritualistic (Bulul) and decorative (Bihang)
• Art movements


  • Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism and Realism, Post Impressionism, Neo impressionism, Symbolism and Art Nouveau
• The Renaissance was the period from the 14th to the 17th century when there was a revival of interest in classical Greek and Roman art, literature, learning, and values.
• Renaissance artists were interested in realism and perspective, which allowed them to create more lifelike images on their canvases.
• During this time, many famous works of art were created that still inspire people today.