Produced their best works in

buildings like the stone

temples, statues, and painted
vases
First artists to establish mimesis
as a guiding principles of art

 The Archaic Period (800 600 B.C.E.)

During this period the artists were
focused on the linear geometric
tendency and stylized forms as
influenced by those from earlier
civilizations, such us those Mesopotamia
and Egypt.
Examples of these art forms were the
potteries with a variety of geometric
designs and highly stylized human
figures.

 KOUROS
Nude male figure, maybe
that of an athlete . The
influence of Egyptian sculpture
was shown in its frontality and
rigidity

One foot slightly forward, the

fist clenched at the sides with a
smiling feature, slightly bulging
eyes, and hair arranged in tight
geometric curls

 KORE
A fully clad female body, the
drapery of its robe made regular,
vertical folds.

 Classical or Hellenic Period (500 B.C.E.)

The Golden Age of Athens or the Age of
Pericles, after its great statesman, as it
marks the highest point of Ancient Greek
civilization.
Contains the mainsprings of the western
cultural tradition in the philosophy that
crystallized from the works of Socrates,
Plato, and Aristotle.
Sculpture evolved from frontal to truly 3
dimensional figures, realistic from every
angles

 Hellenistic Period (400-100 B.C.E.)

Refers to the period after the 5th Century
B.C.E., when Greek culture intermingled
with oriental influences and, together
with political instability of the time, gave
rise to a new set of aesthetic ideals.

 Two important historical events where

art became filled with vitality and
movement.
The defeat of Athens by its rival
military Sparta.
The successive conquest of the Greek
city-states by Alexander the Great

APOLLODORUS

Apollodorus Skiagraphos was an

influential Ancient
Greek painter of the 5th century
BC whose work has since been
entirely lost. Apollodorus left a
technique behind known as
skiagraphia, a way to easily
produce shadow, that affected
the works not only of his
contemporaries but also of later
generations.

ZEUXIS
was an innovative ancient (5th
century BC) Greek painter.
Although his paintings have not
survived, historical records state
they were known for their
realism, small scale, novel
subject matter, and independent
format.

ZEUXIS
His technique created volumetric
illusion through manipulating
light and shadow, a change from
the usual method of filling in
shapes with flat color. This new
effect eventually led to Italian
Renaissance "chiaroscuro.
Preferring small scale panels to
murals, Zeuxis also introduced
genre subjects (such as still life)
into painting.

PARRHASIUS
one of the greatest painters of Ancient
Greece. He was universally placed in the
very first rank among painters. His skillful
drawing of outlines is especially praised,
and many of his drawings on wood and
parchment were preserved and highly
valued by later painters for purposes of
study. He first attained skill in making his
figures appear to stand out from the
background.

According to a popular story, Zeuxis

and Parrhasius held a contest to
determine who was the more skillful
painter. Zeuxis painted a bunch of
grapes, which was so lifelike that birds
came to peck at the fruit.
Later, Zeuxis drew aside what seemed
to be a curtain covering his rivals
painting, he found to his dismay, that
the curtain he tried to draw was infact
the painting itself

 Roman Art
o Is very much indebted to the ancient
Greeks. The Greek art elements found
their way into Roman sculpture and
Architecture, and how those elements
were transformed by Roman artists and
engineers. Roman art retained the
importance of the human figure as main
subject.

 Roman Art
o In sculpture and painting, Roman works
reflected the tremendous influence
exerted by earlier Greek artists. Roman
sculptors adapted Greek forms and
techniques in arts. The Romans were
practical ad realistic people. They were
endowed with a keen, observant eye.
The Roman artists painted their
environment, developed new artistic
subjects such as still life and
landscapes, as well as architectural
motifs.

o The Romanesque period was a time

of strife and political insecurity
following the collapse of the Roman
Empire and is often referred to as
the Dark Ages or the Middle Ages.
o The sculpture of the Romanesque
Period was found mainly in
connection with architecture.

o The elongated faces of the saints

had an ecstatic, other worldly look.
o Their figures of unrealistic anatomy
feature a strange whirlpool on the
shoulders, belly, and knees which
seemed to be caught in a
suspended dance.

o Gothic is the term used to identify a

period that began around the
middle of the twelfth century and
lasted to the end of the fifteenth or
into the sixteenth century.

 Characteristics of Gothic Cathedral

Stone used in Building
Translucent stained glass
In the interior, ornaments of gold
and silver, precious stones and
exquisite tapestries.
It took many years to complete a
cathedral, and parts of the structiure
were added or modified at different
periods.

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