Art History (FF237)

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Byzantine  Art ¡ General  Characteristics: -A lmost entirely concerned with religious expression; specifically in translation of church theology into artistic terms.                                   Byzantine Art:Revival and Development(c.843-1450) ¡ Byzantine Icons -Small and easily transportable. -The best known form of Byzantine art. -The first icon was painted by St Luke the Evangelist. -Icons became increasely popular in Byzantium in the 6th and 7th centuries.

Romanticism Place: Central Italy, then extends throughout the Roman Empire. Year: 700 Years Before AD to 475 AD Artistic Features: Get inspired from Greek art, full of richness of color , beauty and balance Influence of: Greek, Etruscan and the art of colonies. Influence on:  Byzantium, Romanes and later influenced on European Art Catan Art  Materials used Enchanted, Tempera and Fresco. Main charateristics Mostly the interior decoration art. The image looks three dimensions above the 'two-dimensional wall'. There is the use of optical illusion. Mural on graves, temples and houses (Pompeii). Trials on science into lines and air perspectives and the use of light and dark effects. Rich colors and prioritize line elements in his paintings. Art Sclupture Materials used Stone, marble, bronze and metal for small statues Main features Mostly for architectural decoration. Trials are not profound by using ideas from Greec...

Egyptian Art  Artistic Features : O Stiff, O Monumental, O Grave design, O Religious (artistic rights of the clergy) O Free of any kind of paint on architecture and artarca because of its hot climate ART OF CATAN : § Material that use    using a variety of different colour, it also uses         tempera, animal fat and papyrus leaf scrolls - The main of chareteristic in art of catan i. Most are devoted to grave mural ceremonies. The use of shadow shades, colours, patterns and lines. More to daily and uses for decorative. ii. Mostly two dimensions without a shadow or a perspective effect iii. Figures are usually in a static state, for example, a brown-man image, a yellow-haired woman, a profile head with a forward-looking eye shape, his shoulders are also painted as seen from the front view, but the waist and hips are drawn from the side view. both legs of the figura lie flat on the bac...

pictographs definition :  • “Pictograph” / “pictogram” came from two L atin words which are “ pictus ” (painting) and “graph” / “gram” (drawn or written). • Pictograph that represents one particular idea usually referred as “ideogram”. Types of pictographs : • Most artworks were created inside rock shelters or deep caves. • Parietal art: - Abstract symbols - Hand stencils (handprints, palm prints) - Rock engravings (painted, unpainted) - Cave painting (monochrome, polychrome) characteristics : • Characterized by their stereotyped execution,  - Standardized at least within their group or locality. examples : • Red- ochre blobs among the El C astillo C ave paintings - Upper paleolithic - Have been uranium/ thorium dated which is from 39, 000 BCE - About the time that anatomically modern man first set foot in europe Purpose, function or idea behind pictographs: • Describes an image, sign or symbol (to express idea or inf...

Definition of ‘prehistoric’ and ‘ancient • PREHISTORIC 1) Merriam- webster - of relating to, or existing in times antedating written history. 2) OXFORD DICTIONARY - Connected with the time in history before information was written down. • ANCIENT 1) MERRIAM- WEBSTER - having had an existence of many years. 2) OXFORD DICTIONARY - Belonging to a period of history that is thousands of years in the past. PREHISTORIC petroglyphs definition • Derived from the greek word “ petra ” (stone) and “ glyphein ” (to carve) • Such as cupules, rock carvings and engravings • Use to describe image on a rock surface by: - Scouring - Scratching - Engraving - Chiseling - Carving etc. Different Between  Petroglyphs And Rock Art -Petroglyps is a narrow type of a stonework. • " Ro ck art” embraces 3 types of art: - Petroglyphs - Pictographs - Megalithic art examples : • Oldest petrog...