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cave paintings, venus figurines, Greek standard or beauty, the birth of the classical age, Romans

prehistori

3 periods of prehistoric

paleolithic, mesolithic, neolithic

old stone age

paleolithic

middle stone age

<p>mesolithic</p> Signup and view all the answers

new stone age

<p>neolithic</p> Signup and view all the answers

the longest phase of human history

<p>paleolithic / old stone age</p> Signup and view all the answers

most outstanding feature of paleolithic age

<p>homo sapiens</p> Signup and view all the answers

nomadic hunters and gatherers, who sheltered in caves, used fire and fashioned stone tools, their cultures are identified by distinctive stone tool industries

<p>paleolithic people</p> Signup and view all the answers

there is evidence of communal hunting, constructed shelters, and belief systems centering on magic and supernatural

<p>upper paleolithic</p> Signup and view all the answers

rock carving and paintings reached their peak in the _______ culture of _______ man

<p>Magdalenian and Co-Magnon</p> Signup and view all the answers

the death of artistic freedom due to canonical standards of visual interpretation, the rise of gothic art especially in gothic churches

<p>middle age</p> Signup and view all the answers

popular art in middle age

<p>stained glass windows and illuminated manuscripts</p> Signup and view all the answers

revival of artistic genius, there the term renaissance man was derived because of man's intellectual achievements in the arts and sciences, the time of masters

<p>renaissance</p> Signup and view all the answers

masters of renaissance

<p>donatello, da vinci, michaelangelo, raphael, van evck</p> Signup and view all the answers

lines which converge into one or more distant vanishing points, one of art world's most ingenious discoveries

<p>linear perspective</p> Signup and view all the answers

formulated the principles of perspective, allowing for more realistic and spatially

<p>Filippo Brunelleschi and Leon Battista Alberti</p> Signup and view all the answers

grandiose and orniate art, artistic innovation

<p>baroque</p> Signup and view all the answers

spotlight effect is called _____ or in extreme usage _______

<p>chiaroscuro and tennebrism</p> Signup and view all the answers

artists to note on baroque

<p>caravaggio from Italy, velasquez from Spain, poussin from France and antonio gaudi</p> Signup and view all the answers

designer of sagrada familia chapel in Barcelona

<p>Antonio Gaudi</p> Signup and view all the answers

emergence of isms, photography comes into scene

<p>19th century</p> Signup and view all the answers

greek and roman classics revived

<p>neoclassicism</p> Signup and view all the answers

art became more non representational, abstracted scupltures emerged

<p>20th century modern art</p> Signup and view all the answers

Garish colors explored in ______

<p>fauvism</p> Signup and view all the answers

simplified forms in paintings by _______

<p>picasso and matisse</p> Signup and view all the answers

art movements in 20th century

<p>cubism, futurism, constructivism, expressionism</p> Signup and view all the answers

purely geometric art

<p>mondrian's</p> Signup and view all the answers

the art movement that defies logic

<p>dadaism</p> Signup and view all the answers

stepping into the dreamworld

<p>surrealism</p> Signup and view all the answers

Jackson Pololock became famous as Jack the Dripper and paved the way for american abstract expressionism

<p>american art blossoms</p> Signup and view all the answers

dadaism, surrealism, american art blossom, mobile sculptures

<p>art during the wars</p> Signup and view all the answers

mobile sculptures

<p>Alexander Calder</p> Signup and view all the answers

Color Field

<p>Rothko</p> Signup and view all the answers

highly experimental and redical, pop art, minimalism, birth of conceptual art, photography is further developed, new expressionism, contemporary art

<p>20th century to contemporary</p> Signup and view all the answers

defines consumer culture

<p>pop art</p> Signup and view all the answers

works that dominates pop art

<p>Ansy Warhol</p> Signup and view all the answers

glorifying the simplest elements

<p>minimalism</p> Signup and view all the answers

photography is further developed which paved way to art movement called

<p>photorealism</p> Signup and view all the answers

characterized by strong subject matters

<p>neo expressionism or new expressionism</p> Signup and view all the answers

a very diverse art scene, the rise of appropriation, photo derived works, graphic style of art, experimental works, multimedia and multi modal art

<p>contemporary art</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Prehistoric Art

  • 3 periods of prehistoric art: Old Stone Age, Middle Stone Age, and New Stone Age
  • The longest phase of human history, characterized by nomadic hunters and gatherers
  • Most outstanding feature of Paleolithic Age: nomadic hunters and gatherers who sheltered in caves, used fire, and fashioned stone tools

Paleolithic Age

  • Cultures are identified by distinctive stone tool industries
  • Evidence of communal hunting, constructed shelters, and belief systems centering on magic and supernatural
  • Rock carving and paintings reached their peak in the Upper Paleolithic culture of Cro-Magnon man

Classical Age

  • The birth of the Classical Age, marked by the rise of Greek and Roman classics
  • Greek standard or beauty: idealized human forms and proportions
  • Venus figurines: early examples of prehistoric art, depicting the female form

Middle Ages

  • The death of artistic freedom due to canonical standards of visual interpretation
  • Rise of Gothic art, especially in Gothic churches
  • Popular art in Middle Age, characterized by grandiose and ornate art

Renaissance

  • Revival of artistic genius, giving rise to the term "Renaissance man"
  • Intellectual achievements in the arts and sciences, marking the time of masters
  • Masters of Renaissance: characterized by lines that converge into one or more distant vanishing points
  • Formulated the principles of perspective, allowing for more realistic and spatially aware art

Baroque

  • Artistic innovation, characterized by grandiose and ornate art
  • Spotlight effect is called Chiaroscuro, or in extreme usage, Tenebrism
  • Artists to note: Antoni Gaudí, designer of Sagrada Familia Chapel in Barcelona

18th and 19th Centuries

  • Emergence of Isms, photography comes into scene
  • Greek and Roman classics revived, leading to the development of Neoclassicism

20th Century

  • Art became more non-representational, abstracted sculptures emerged
  • Fauvism: characterized by Garish colors
  • Cubism: simplified forms in paintings by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque
  • Art movements in 20th century:
    • Purely geometric art (De Stijl)
    • Surrealism: stepping into the dreamworld
    • Dadaism: the art movement that defies logic
    • Jackson Pollock became famous as Jack the Dripper and paved the way for American Abstract Expressionism
    • Mobile sculptures
    • Color Field
    • Pop art: defines consumer culture, works that dominate pop art, glorifying the simplest elements
    • Minimalism: birth of conceptual art
    • Photography is further developed, leading to the rise of new expressionism and contemporary art
    • Contemporary art: a very diverse art scene, characterized by the rise of appropriation, photo-derived works, graphic style of art, experimental works, multimedia and multi-modal art

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