This document provides information on paintings from three early periods: pre-historic, Ancient Egypt, and Classical Greek. Pre-historic cave paintings depicted animals and may have been used for communication or ceremony. Egyptian paintings emphasized the afterlife, using symbolic, stylized figures and bright colors. They decorated tombs to guide the deceased. Classical Greek paintings featured naturalistic figures and compositions on vases and tombs, revealing perspective and realistic representation.

1. WesternClassicalArt
Tradition:
ThePaintingofPre-Historic,
Ancient
Egypt,ClassicalGreek,and
RomanEra

2. 1. Paintings from the Pre-historic
Era
2. Paintings fromAncient Egypt
3. Paintings from Classical Greek
Era

3. PREHISTORIC ERA
.Their paintings were found inside the
caves which may have been their
way of communicating with each
other.
• It may also be for religious or
ceremonial purposes.

4. PREHISTORIC ERA
• These paintings may be more an
artifact of the archeological evidence
than a true picture of humans’ first
created art.
• Prehistoric drawings of animals
were usually correct in proportion.

5. Cave ofLascaux
Pre-historic era

6. Cave ofLascaux
Pre-historic era
The dominant features in the painting were
large animals native in the region.
It was discovered on 12 September 1940 and
given statutory historic monument protection.

7. PAINTING FROM ANCIENT EGYPT
-The purpose of Egyptian paintings is to
make the deceased afterlife place
pleasant.
-It emphasizes the importance of life
after death and the preservation of the
knowledge of the past.

8. PAINTING FROM ANCIENT EGYPT
-highly stylized, symbolic, and shows
profile view of an
animal or a person. The main colors used
were red, black, blue, gold and green
taken derived from mineral pigments that
can withstand strong sunlight without
fading.

9. PAINTING FROM ANCIENT EGYPT
-uses art as part of their everyday
life. The paintings of the walls on the tomb
show events of the life of the king while he
was still on earth and the scenes he expects
to encounter in the underworld
after his death.
Egyptian artworks
involve the depiction
of many gods and
goddesses, of whom
the Pharaoh was one.

10. PAINTING FROM ANCIENT EGYPT
Hieroglyphics writing -is a system of writing
that employs characters instead of
words, it was used in Ancient Egypt.

11. Paintings from Sarcophagus of
Tutankhamen
The paintings of the walls on the tomb
shows XVIII Dynasty 1362 A.D. – 1253 BC
events of the life of the king while he
was still on earth and the scenes he
expects to encounter in the underworld
after his death

12. Paintings from Sarcophagus of
Tutankhamen

13. PAINTINGS FROM CLASSICAL GREEK ERA
Paintings during the classical era
were most commonly found in vases,
panels and tomb. It depicts natural
figures with dynamic compositions.
Most of the subjects were battle
scenes, mythological figures, and
everyday scenes. It reveals a grasp of
linear perspective and naturalist
representation.

15. VASE PAINTING - Pottery/ Vase Painting
was one of the old traditional arts of the
Greeks. The decoration on the jars and
vase showed the application of laws of
unity and proportion. Kerch Style also
referred to as Kerch Vases are red,
figured named after the place where it
was found

18. Calyx-crater (mixing
bowl)
Greek era

19. Hieroglyphics
Egyptian era

20. Enthroned Madonna and Child
Byzantine era

21. Venus ofWillendorf
Pre-historic era

22. Rose window
Gothic era

23. Aphrodite (fresco)
Roman era

24. TheMorgan Leaf
Romanesque era

25. Questions:
1.What did you see on the
pictures, what is common to the
pictures being shown?
2.How do we identify objects,
person, and others?

26. ACTIVITY: DESCRIBE ME!
1. You will be grouped into three and you
willbe given an assignedtopic
Group 1 – Pre-historicPaintings
Group 2 – Paintings fromAncient Egypt
Group 3 – Paintings from ClassicalGreek
Era
(10 minutes)

27. 2. Each group will describe the
paintings according to their
characteristics and functions.
Each group will fill in their
answers and be ready to share
their outputs in the class.

28. Period/Era of
Painting
Characteristics
of Painting
Function of
Painting
Pre-historic
Era Painting
Ancient Egypt
Painting
Classical
Greek
Paintin

29. GROUP PRESENTATION
Guide questions:
1. How will you describe
each painting?
2. What are
characteristics
period?
the different
of each art
(10 minutes)

30. 3. What are the functions of each
painting?
Each group will choose a representative
to present and give brief explanation
about their output. (Two minutes will
be given for each group)

31. DISCUSSION
Distinct Characteristics of
Artworks in Pre-historic,
Ancient Egypt and Classical
Greek Era
(5 minutes)

32. Pre-historicArt
- classified into three periods such
as; Paleolithic (Old Stone Age),
Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age), and
Neolithic (New Stone Age) Eras

33. Egyptian Art
-primarily religious in nature

34. Ancient GreekArt
-depicts naturalism.
-portrays human forms in a realistic
and anatomically correctmanner.
-has a conservative form witha very
complex detail.

35. QUIZ
Get ½ crosswise.
Test I. Directions: Classify each
paintings according to art period.
• Pre-historic Art
• Egyptian Art
• Ancient Greek Art
(10 minutes)

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40. Test II. Choose two art paintings
period and compare.

41. AGREEMENT
Bring the following materials
for tomorrow’s activity:
1. flat rock of any shape
2. rocks withsharp edges
3. varnish
4. white glue

43. Prepared by:
Merra Mae Ramos