ARTS GRADE 9 PRESENTATION TO STUDENTS

1. WESTERN
CLASSICAL ART
TRADITIONS

2. Timeline:
Ancient Art
(1,500,000 BC- 2,000
BC)
• Pre-historic art
• Egyptian art
Classical Art (2,000
BC-400 BC)
• Greek
• Roman
Medieval Art (400 BC-
1,400 AD)
• Byzantine
• Romanesque
• Gothic

3. PAINTINGS FROM THE
PREHISTORIC ERA
CAVE OF LASCAUX,
5000-10000 BC
-paintings were found inside the caves which may have been
their way of communicating with each other.
- for religious or ceremonial purposes
-prehistoric drawings of animals were usually correct in
proportion.
-was discovered on Sept. 12, 1940 and given statutory historic
monument protection
-the painting has nearly 2,000 figures composed mainly of
animals, human figures, and abstract design.

4. PAINTINGS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT
-the purpose of Egyptian paintings is to make the deceased
afterlife place pleasant.
-it emphasized the importance of life after death and the
preservation of the knowledge of the past
-paintings were highly stylized, symbolic, and showed profile
view of an animal or a person.
-main colors used were red, black, blue, gold and green
-the paintings of the walls on the tomb showed events of the
life of the king while he was still on earth and the scenes he
expects to encounter in the underworld afterlife.

5. PAINTINGS FROM THE PREHISTORIC
ERA
-dominant features in the painting were large animals native in the region.
Chambers inside the cave:
 The Great Hall of the Bulls
 The Lateral Passage
 The Shaft of the Dead Man
 The Chamber of Engravings
 The Painted Gallery
 Chamber of Felines

6. PAINTINGS FROM CLASSICAL ERA
-paintings during this era were mostly found in vases, panels, and
tombs
-they depict natural figures with dynamic compositions
-most subjects were battle scenes, mythological figures, and
everyday scenes
Most common methods of Greek painting:
1. Fresco- method of painting water-based pigments on a freshly
applied plaster usually on a wall surfaces.
2. Encaustic- developed by Greek ship builders, who used hot wax
to fill the cracks of the ship.

7. VASE PAINTING
Kerch Style also referred to as Kerch
vases are red, figured pottery named
after the place where it was found
Shapes commonly found are:
1. Pelike
2. lekanis
3. Lebes gamikos

8. JUDGEMENT OF PARIS
-paintings during this era were mostly found in vases, panels, and tombs
-they depict natural figures with dynamic compositions
-most subjects were battle scenes, mythological figures, and everyday scenes
Most common methods of Greek painting:
1. Fresco- method of painting water-based pigments on a freshly applied plaster
usually on a wall surfaces.
2. Encaustic- developed by Greek ship builders, who used hot wax to fill the
cracks of the ship.

9. PANEL PAINTING
-paintings on flat panels of wood, it
can be either a small, single-pieced
or several panels joined together.

10. PANEL PAINTING
-paintings on flat panels of wood, it can be either a small,
single-pieced or several panels joined together.

11. TOMB PAINTING
-was very popular during the
classical period.
-it uses the method frescos in either
tempera(water-based) or encaustic
(wax)

12. TOMB PAINTING
-was very popular during the classical period.
-it uses the method frescos in either tempera(water-based) or
encaustic (wax)

13. PAINTINGS FROM ROMANTIC ERA
- Most paintings were copied or imitated from
Hellenic Greek paintings
- Uses fresco technique
- Division of the wall into a multiple rectangular
areas (tic-tac-toe design)
- Multi-point perspective
- Has variety of subjects, animals, everyday life,
still life, mythological subjects, portraits, and
landscapes

14. MOSAIC
- An art process where an
image is created using an
assemblage of small pieces
of colored glass, stones, or
other materials

15. THE HEAD OF ALEXANDER
- An art process where an image is created using
an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass,
stones, or other materials

16. FRESCO FROM THE VILLA OF MYSTERIES
- An art process where an image is created using an
assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stones, or
other materials

17. BOSCOTRECASE
- An art process where an image is created using an
assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stones, or other
materials

18. BYZANTINE PAINTING
The lively styles of paintings
which had been invented in
Greece and Rome lived on in
Byzantine but this time for
Christian subjects.

19. BYZANTINE PAINTING
The lively styles of paintings which had been invented in
Greece and Rome lived on in Byzantine but this time for
Christian subjects.

20. ROMANESQUE PAINTING
It has a remarkable variety
of artistic traditions such as
modeling and treatment of
faces and draperies that
follow Byzantine convention

21. ROMANESQUE PAINTING
 It has a remarkable variety of artistic traditions such as
modeling and treatment of faces and draperies that follow
Byzantine convention

22. PAINTINGS FROM THE GOTHIC
ERA
-paintings have been confined in
the illumination of manuscript
pages and the painting of frescoes
on the walls of churches in
cosmopolitan style, elegant
manner, and sophistication.

23. PAINTINGS FROM THE GOTHIC ERA
-paintings have been confined in the illumination of
manuscript pages and the painting of frescoes on the walls of
churches in cosmopolitan style, elegant manner, and
sophistication.

24. PAINTINGS FROM THE GOTHIC ERA
-paintings have been confined in the illumination of manuscript
pages and the painting of frescoes on the walls of churches in
cosmopolitan style, elegant manner, and sophistication.

25. PAINTINGS FROM THE GOTHIC ERA