Arts

1. Painting, Sculpture, and
Architecture of
Prehistoric, Classical,
and Medieval Art

2. •Prehistoric Era known for art
created before the invention of
written language and record-
keeping such as cave paintings
and rock carvings.

3. PREHISTORIC PAINTING
•Their paintings were
found inside the
caves which may
have been their way
of communicating
with each other.

4. PREHISTORIC SCULPTURE
•Materials used
in sculptures
vary according
to region and
locality

5. PREHISTORIC SCULPTURE
•A sculpture
of a lady
with the
hood

6. PREHISTORIC ARCHITECURE
•Menhir: a huge stone
standing vertically on
the ground, usually
standing in the
middle of the field or
arranged in rows.

7. PREHISTORIC ARCHITECURE
•Dolmens: the word
dolmen originated
from the
expression
taolmaen, which
means “stone
table”.

8. PREHISTORIC ARCHITECURE
•Cromlech: a Brythonic
word where “crom”
means bent or curved
and “llech” which
means slab orflag
stones. Literally, it is a
circle of standing
stones.

9. •Egyptian Civilization was one of the
early civilization that have greatly
contributed in the development of art
religion, science and technology of
the world. Egyptian Art is primarily
religious in nature.

10. PAINTINGS OF ANCIENT EGYPT
•The purpose of
Egyptian paintings
is to make the
deceased afterlife
place pleasant

11. SCULPTURE OF ANCIENT EGYPT

12. SCULPTURE OF ANCIENT EGYPT
The most common
materials used for
sculptures are wood,
ivory, and stones.

13. Characteristics of the sculptures:
1. Symbolisms were
heavily used to
represent the gods

14. Characteristics of the sculptures:
2. Relief compositions were
arranged in horizontal lines
to record an event or
represent an action

15. Characteristics of the sculptures:
3. Most of the time, the gods
were shown larger than humans,
the kings larger than their
followers, and the dead larger
than the living.

16. Characteristics of the sculptures:
4. Empty space were
filled with figures or
hieroglyphics.

17. Characteristics of the sculptures:
5. All individual components
were all brought to the
plane of representation and
laid out like writing.

18. ARCHITECTURE OF ANCIENT EGYPT
Pyramids of
Giza
It is the most
substantial
ancient structure
of the world.

19. ARCHITECTURE OF ANCIENT EGYPT
Egyptian
Temples were
built to serve as
places of
residence for the
gods

20. ARCHITECTURE OF ANCIENT EGYPT
MastabaIt is a type
of Egyptian tomb in
the form of a flat
roofed, rectangular
structure with
outward sloping
sides.

21. ARCHITECTURE OF ANCIENT EGYPT
MastabaIt is a type
of Egyptian tomb in
the form of a flat
roofed, rectangular
structure with
outward sloping
sides.

22. •Ancient Greek Art depicts
naturalism. It portrays human forms
in a realistic and automatically
correct in manner. It has a
conservative form with a very
complex detail.

23. •Roman Art developed as a new
source of artistic creativity much
more progressive than the
conservative Greek art. The diversity
of its form and its variety inspired the
modern attitude in art.

24. •Byzantine Art was purposely made to
glorify the Christian religion and to
express in mystery . It is filled with
spiritual symbolism,and illustrates a love
for splendor. It was a combination of
Eastern (decorative art forms) and
classical Western art (Naturalistic Art)

25. •Romanesque Art was characterized by its
very vigorous style in painting and
sculpture, lavishly decorated manuscripts,
and retained many basic features of
Roman Architectural styles. It was also
greatly influenced by Byzantine art with a
highy innovative and coherent stlye.

26. •Gothic Art basic characteristics style
reinforce symbolic meanings. The
church symbolizes the transcendence
of the soul and the underlying
philosopy is to create buildings of
height and light.

27. •Gothic Art basic characteristics style
reinforce symbolic meanings. The
church symbolizes the transcendence
of the soul and the underlying
philosopy is to create buildings of
height and light.