The document provides a brief history of art styles from ancient Egypt through Cubism. It notes key characteristics of each style such as Egyptian art featuring two-dimensional bodies with stylized proportions. Ancient Greek art emphasized weight shift and curved lines while Ancient Roman art promoted power and realistic depictions. Medieval art was influenced by Christianity and transitioned from two-dimensional to three-dimensional paintings. The Renaissance featured apostles depicted as real people and developed linear perspective. Baroque art emphasized light, shadow, and theatrical effects. Neoclassicism drew inspiration from ancient Greek and Roman styles. Romantic art aimed to evoke feelings through heightened drama. Impressionism used short, thick brushstrokes and emphasized natural light. Post-Impression

1. History of
Art

2. Egyptian art
People were painted
two dimential (2D)
Bodies were stylized:
Head is in profile
Eye is front
Body is front
Feet are profile

3. Ancient Greece
Weight shift:
Bending
posture
Curved lines

4. Ancient Rome
Art was used
to promote
power
Beautification
of real people
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5. Medieval Art (Middle Ages)
Influenced by Christianity
Transition from 2D to 3D painting

6. Renaissance Influenced by Church
and Humanism –
apostles are depicted
as real people.
3D painting
Liner perspective
– composition
starts from
horizon line

7. Baroque – 1600’s
Rembrandt van Rijn, The Night Watch
•A de-emphasis of the
figure
• light and shadow
create theatrical effect
•Flowing lines
•Realism in all things
•And new subjects like
landscapes, still life and
self-portrait

8. Neoclassicism – 1800’sJacques-Louis David
The Coronation of Napoleon. 1806
•draw inspiration from the "classical" art and culture of Ancient
Greece and Ancient Rome
•Smooth paintings - no brushstrokes are seen

9. Romantic Art – 1800’s
Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, 1818
•Not about romance but about
awaking feelings
•Heightened the drama

10. Impressionism
Claude Monet, Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and
Her Son (Camille and Jean Monet), 1875,
•Short, thick
strokes of paint
•Colours are not
mixed
•The play of
natural light is
emphasized

11. Post - Impressionism
Self Portrait, C.1890 By Vincent Van Gogh
•Short, thick
strokes of paint
•Colours are not
mixed
•Ignored the rules
of natural
perspective

12. Symbolism
Edward Munch. The Scream
•Used symbols to
show the
meaning
•Metaphorical
(you need to
interpret it)

13. Surrealism
•Flowing lines
•Asymmetrical shapes
•Combines dream and
reality
•illogical scenes with
photographic
precision
•strange creatures are
developed from
everyday objects
•The Persistence of Memory,
oil on canvas, by Salvador
Dalí

14. Art Nouveau
•Flowing lines
•Asymmetrical shapes
•natural forms and
structures,
• the curved lines of
plants and flowers
•Alfons Mucha - F.
Champenois Imprimeur-
Éditeur

15. Cubism
•Unrealistic
shapes
•symbolism
•Weeping Woman
By Pablo Picasso