ARTS MODULE 2 REPRESENTATIVE ARTWORKS ANDARTISTS FROM VARIOUS ART PERIODS

1. ARTS MODULE 2
REPRESENTATIVE
ARTWORKS AND
ARTISTS FROM
VARIOUS ART PERIODS

2. OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, the learners
will be able to;
• Analyze art elements and principles in the production of
work following the style of a western
and classical art;
• Identify distinct characteristics of arts during the
different art periods;
• Identify representative artworks and artists from
various art periods.
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Cave of Lascaux
(discovered
by Marcel Ravidat in
Montignac,
France on
September 12,
1940)

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Has nearly 2,000
figures composed
mainly of large
animals native in the
region, human figures
and abstract design
painted in a cave as a
way of
communicating each
other.

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Venus of
Willendorf
(found on August
07, 1908 by a
work man named
Josef Szombathy
in Willendorf,
Lower Austria)

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Carved from olitic
limestone showing
heavy breast and
large abdomen
believed to be a
charm to ensure
fertility

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Venus of
Brassempouy
(discovered in
a cave at
Brassempouy,
France in
1892)

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A sculpture carved
from a mammoth
ivory that showed a
lady with the hood
which represents the
human face and
hairstyle

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Menhir
A huge stone
standing vertically on
the ground usually
standing on the
middle of the field or
arranged in rows
Believed to be a
structure where
people buried their
dead

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DOLMENS
Stone table
consisting of two
huge standing
stones supporting a
horizontal giant
stone which served
as grave or as an
altar.

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CROMLECH
Circle of
standing stones
considered as a
temple where
rituals were
held

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The Sarcophagus
of Tutankhamen
(discovered by
Howard Carter on
November 04,
1922 in the valley
of the King, Egypt)

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Painted on the walls of
the tomb of King
Tutankhamen in the
XVIII Dynasty and shows
the life of the king while
he was still on earth and
the scenes he expects to
encounter in the
underworld after his
death.

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Queen Nefertiti Bust
(created in 1345 BC by
Thutmose in Ancient Egypt
and was discovered in
Amarna on December 06,
1912 by German Oriental
Society)

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A painted stucco-
coated limestone
bust of the Great
Royal Wife of
Egyptian Pharaoh
Akhenaten. Most
copied works of
ancient Egypt

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Statue of Pharaoh
Menkaure and his
Queen (discovered
by George Reisner
on January 18,
1910)

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Carved in a
smooth-grained
dark stone
called
greywacke or
schist that
created a sense
of eternity and
immortality.

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Pyramids of Giza
(2580 – 2560 BC)
Funerary structures in
limestone and granite
of the three kings of the
4th Dynasty namely:
Khufu (Cheops), Khafa
(Chepren) and
Menkaura (Mycerinus).

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Egyptian Temples
Served as places of
residence of the gods
and key centers of
economic activity and
official worship of the
gods. Materials used
were wood, reed
matting and mud brick

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Mastaba
Egyptian tomb in the form
of a flat roofed,
rectangular structure with
outward sloping sides
made of mudbricks or
stones marked as burial
sites of many eminent
Egyptians.

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Judgement of Paris
(575- 550 BC)
Painted on an amphora, a
black figure pottery from
Attica which displayed the
veneration of gods and
heroes in their
representation of myths.

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Pitsa Panel
(540 – 530 BC)
Discovered during
the 1930s in a
cave near the
village of Pitsa
Earliest known panel painting on thin wooden boards
or panels covered with stucco (plaster) and painted
with mineral pigments which depict religious scenes
connected with the cult of the nymphs.

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Tomb of the Diver
(built in 470 BC and was found by
the Italian archaeologist Mario
Napoli on June 03, 1968 in
Campania, Southern Italy)
It is a grave made of five local limestone slabs forming
the four lateral walls and the roof and slabs carefully
bonded with plaster considered as only example of
Greek painting with figured scenes.

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The Discobolus
(created on 460 – 450 BC by Myron of Eleutherae,
an Athenian Sculptor known for his bronze artworks
of athletes)
Figuring a youthful ancient Greek athlete throwing
a discus in which original sculpture was made of
Bronze but was lost, some copies were made out
of marble and smaller replicas were made of
bronze.

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The Parthenon
(constructed by 447
BC and completed
on 432 BC in
Athens, Greece by
Architects Iktinos
and Callicrates along
with a Sculptor
named Phidias)

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Greatest classical
temple dedicated to
the goddess
Athena, engineered
to correct an optical
illusion and served
a practical purpose
as the city treasury.

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Head of Alexander
(100 BC)
Mosaic illustrates a
battle in which
Alexander charges the
Persian King Darius in
the Battle of Issus.

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Boscotrecase, Pompeii
Fresco landscape
painting believed to
depict a ceremonial rite,
either a marriage or an
initiation of a woman in a
mystery cult.

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The Portonacio Sarcophagus
Carved in marble and used for
the burial of Roman General
involved in the campaign of
Marcus Aurelius which depicts
battle scenes between Romans
and Germans.

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Sarcophagus from Cervetiri
(late 6th century BC)
Made of Terra-Cotta
showing a husband
and wife reclining
comfortably as if
they were on a
couch.

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The Colosseum
(70-82 AD in Rome, Italy)
An oval amphitheater built
of travertine limestone,
tuff (volcanic rock) and
brick faced concrete used
for gladiatorial contests
and public spectacles.

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The Empress Theodora
(found in Basilica of San
Vitale in Italy)

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Mosaic of an
Asian Queen with
dark eyes and
hair with fierce
expression.

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The Barberini Diptych
(Louvre Museum)
It represents the emperor
Justinian I as triumphant
victor which consisted of
five ivory plaques fitted
together.

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Hagia Sophia
(Holy Wisdom in
Istanbul, Turkey
designed by Isidore
of Miletus and
Anthemius of
Tralles in 537 BC)

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Structure has Ashlar
brick and mortar joints
and is of masonry
construction which is one
of the biggest domes
ever created and
constructed originally as
a church but transformed
into a mosque.

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Christ in Majesty
(Circa 1123 by an
artist named
Master of Taull
located in
Barcelona)

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Spanish Fresco transferred
into a canvas in which Christ is
depicted in full frontal view with
the gospels in his left and his
right hand blessing the viewers
and was surrounded by the
mandorla (almond-shaped
frame).

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Last Judgement
(carved by
Gislebertus before
1135 in Cathedral
of Saint-Lazare in
Autun, France)

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Displayed in the
tympanum covered
with plaster and its
centre Christ is
enthroned in a gloriole
held by angels.

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The Norman
Crypt of
Worcester
Cathedral (rebuilt
by Alexander
Mason between
1224 and 1269
and finished by
John Clyve from
1360)

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Grand sculpted
portals in the
doorways of
Worcester
Cathedral.

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Lady and the
Unicorn Tapestry
(1506 - 1513)
Series of six tapestries
created in the style of
thousand flowers, often
considered as one of the
greatest works of art of
the Middle Ages in
Europe.

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Rose window
from the North
transept (designed
by Jean De
Chelles and Pierre
de Montreull in
1260)

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Stained glass
windows created to
transform the vast
stone interiors with
warm and glowing
colour.

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The Shepherd David
(13th century)
Gothic manuscript
illustration which
shows some realistic
detail and naïve
naturalism.

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Pulpit of Pisa Cathedral (sculpted
between 1301 and 1310 by Giovanni
Pisano)
One of the most
ichnographically dense works of
art in the history of art in Italy.
Crowded it with figures from the
Old and New Testament.

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Cathedral of Chartres or Notre
Dame Cathedral (1145- 1260)
The first high
Gothic cathedral
with thousands of
sculpted figures
and splendid
stained glass
windows.

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