This document discusses different periods and styles of painting throughout history, beginning with prehistoric cave paintings and continuing through Western classical traditions including Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic, and other periods. It provides information on common subjects, materials, techniques, and purposes of paintings during each era. Elements of art and principles of design are also defined.

2. YOUR TARGETS
•ANALYZESART ELEMENTSAND PRINCIPLES INTHE
PRODUCTION OFWORK (PAINTINGS) FOLLOWINGTHE
STYLE OF AWESTERN AND CLASSICALART. (A9EL-IB-1)
•IDENTIFIES PAINTINGS FROM DIFFERENTART PERIODS.

3. • Painting Is An Important Form In The
Visual Arts, Bringing In Elements Such
As Drawing.
• MOST PAINTING IS CREATED WITH
PIGMENT IN LIQUID FORM AND
APPLIED WITH A BRUSH

5. PAINTING FROM THE PREHISTORIC ERA
WESTERN CLASSICAL ART TRADITIONS

6. PAINTING FROM THE PREHISTORIC ERA
• Painting during the prehistoric Era were found inside caves’
• These symbols for these people paintings may be considered more an
artifact of ARCHELOGICAL EVIDENCE than a true picture of human’s
first created art.
• Dominant features in the painting were large animals native in the
region. Prehistoric drawings of animals were usually correct in
proportion.

7. CAVE OF LASCAUX, 1
5000-100000 B.C.,
AGE
IT WAS DISCOVERED ON
SEPTEMBER 12, 1940.
THE PAINTING HAS NEARLY
2, 000 FIGURES COMPOSED
MAINLY OF ANIMALS,
HUMAN FIGURES, AND
ABSTRACT DESIGN.

8. EGYPTIAN PAINTINGS
WESTERN CLASSICAL ART TRADITIONS

9. EGYPTIAN PAINTINGS
•THE PURPOSE OF EGYPTIAN PAINTINGS IS TO MAKE THE
DECEASED PERSON’S AFTERLIFE PLACE PLEASANT.
•MOST PAINTINGS WERE HIGHLY STYLIZE AND SYMBOLIC,
AND SHOW PROFILE VIEW OF AN ANIMALS OR PEOPLE.
•THE DOMINANT COLORS USED WERE RED, BLACK, BLUE,
GOLD, AND GREEN DERIVED FROM MINERAL PIGMENTS
THAT CAN WITHSTAND STRONG SUNLIGHT WITHOUT
FADING.

10. PAINTING FROM
SARCOPHAGUS OF
TUTANKHAMEN
XVIII DYNESTY
1362 A.D.-1253 BC
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11. ELEMENTS OF ARTS –THE BUILDING BLOCKS OR INGREDIENTS OF ART.
• COMPONENTS:
• LINE - A CONTINUOUS MARK MADE ON A SURFACE .BY A MOVING POINT.
• COLOR - CONSISTS OF HUE (ANOTHER WORD FOR COLOR), INTENSITY
(BRIGHTNESS) AND VALUE (LIGHTNESS OR DARKNESS).
• VALUE - THE LIGHTNESS OR DARKNESS OF A COLOR.
• SHAPE - AN ENCLOSED AREA DEFINED AND DETERMINED BY OTHER ART
ELEMENTS; 2-DIMENSIONAL.
• FORM - A 3-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT; OR SOMETHING IN A 2-DIMENSIONAL ARTWORK
THAT APPEARS TO BE 3-DIMENSIONAL.
• SPACE - THE DISTANCE OR AREA BETWEEN, AROUND, ABOVE, BELOW, OR WITHIN
THINGS.
• TEXTURE - THE SURFACE QUALITY OR "FEEL" OF AN OBJECT, ITS SMOOTHNESS,
ROUGHNESS, SOFTNESS, ETC.

12. PRINCIPLES OF ART
• BALANCE - the way the elements are arranged to create a feeling of stability in a work.
• EMPHASIS - the focal point of an image.
• CONTRAST - a large difference between two things to create interest and tension.
• RHYTHM & MOVEMENT - a regular repetition of elements to produce the look and feel of
movement.
• PATTERN - repetition of a design.
• UNITY& HARMONY - when all the elements and principles work together to create a pleasing
image.
• VARIETY - the use of differences and change to increase the visual interest of the work.
• PROPORTION - the comparative relationship of one part to another with respect to size,
quantity, or degree.

13. PAINTINGS FROM CLASSICAL GREEK ERA
•PAINTING DURING THE CLASSICAL ERA WERE MOST COMMONLY
FOUND IN VASE, PANELS, AND TOMB . IT DEPECIT NATURAL
FIGURES WITH DYNAMIC COMPOSITIONS.
•COMMONLY USED SUBJECTS: BATTLE SCENE, MYTHOLOGICAL
FIGURES, AND EVERYDAY SCENES.

14. MOST COMMON METHOD OF GREEK
PAINTING
• 1. FRESCO — TECHNIQUE OF WATER-BASED PIGMENTS ON
A FRESHLY APPLIED PLASTER IN MANY CASES ON A WALL
SURFACES.
•2. ENCAUSTIC — DEVELOPED BY GREEK SHIP BUILDERS,
WHO USED PIGMENTED WARM WAX AND MOLDERS TO
FILL THE CRACKS OF THE SHIP.

15. JUDGEMENT OF
PARIS
(370-330 B.C.)
Vase painting
painting
Kerch Style also referred to
as Kerch Vases are red,
figured pottery named after
the place where it was once
found.
Shapes generally found are:
1. pelike (wine container)
2. lekanis (a low bowl with two horizontal handles
and a low broad foot)
3. lebes gamikos (with high handles and lid use to
raise bridal bath)
4. krater (bowl use for mixing wine and water)

16. PANEL PAINTING
They are art work on flat
panels of wood. It can be
each a small, single-
pieced or
several panels joined
together. Most of the
panel artwork no longer
exist because
of their organic
composition.
PITSA PANEL

17. TOMB/WALL PAINTING
Tomb or wall portray was very
famous in the course of the
classical period. It makes use
of the method frescos in both
tempera (water-based) or
encaustic (wax). It has a
sharp, flatly outlined fashion of
painting and due to the fact it
makes use of water-based
materials,very few samples
survived. TOMB OF THE DIVER
(Paestrum 480 BCE)

18. PAINTINGS FROM THE ROMAN ERA
Most of the artwork in this technological know-how have been copied or imitated
from Hellenic Greek paintings.
Roman artwork work have a significant vary of subjects,
animals, day-to-day life, still life, mythological subjects,
portraits, and landscapes.
The improvement of panorama painting is the predominant
innovation of Roman painting from Greek painting.

19. Mosaic
It is an artwork where an
image is created with the
use of an assemblage of
small pieces of colored
glass, stones or unique
materials.
This approach is used
for ornamental art or
indoors decorations.
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20. BYZANTINE PAINTING
The active patterns of paintings
which had been invented in
Greek and Rome lived on in
Byzantium however this time for
Christian subjects.
By the eleventh century, the
Greek and Oriental patterns
seem to combo collectively in
magnificent, imposing images,
which adorned the churches in
massive and small forms.
Fresco from the Villa of Mysteries
Pompeii 80 BC

21. ROMANESQUE PAINTING
These are ordinarily positioned mosaics on the walls of the church structures that follow a strict frontal
pose.
It has an amazing range of
creative traditions such as
modeling of faces and
draperies that examine
Byzantine convention
while the refreshingly
decorative feeling comes
from southern French
styles.
CHRIST IN MAJESTY

22. PAINTINGS FROM THE GOTHIC ERA
Paintings have been
constrained in the
illumination of manuscript
pages and the painting
frescoes on the partitions of
church buildings in
cosmopolitan style, stylish
mannered, and
sophisticated.

23. Lady and the Unicorn tapestry
1506-1513
Subjects generally depict famous legends and
love stories. Patterns like mille fleur or thousand
flowers show off have an impact on which can
additionally have been
due to the Crusades.

24. Rose window from the North transcept
about 1230
Stained glass home domestic windows had
been created to transform the massive stone
interiors with warmness and glowing color and
at the equal time to instruct Christians in their
faith.