Art Appreciation

1. Prehistoric Art/Stone Age (40,000 B.C – 2300 B.
C)
The three-art form were cave painting, rock engraving and miniature figurative
carvings. Prehistoric Art to artifacts from ancient civilizations such as
Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome wort was done with stone tools.
 Hall of Bulls
2. Mesopotamian (3500 B.C – 539 B.C)

Warrior art and narration in stone belief.
 Standard of UR
3. Egyptian (3100 B.C – 30 B.C)

Art with an afterlife focus, pyramids, and tomb painting
 Bust of Nefertiti
4. Greek and Hellenistic (850 B.C – 31 B.C)

Greek idealism, balance, perfect proportions, and architectural orders (Doric,
Ionic, Corinthian)
 Parthenon
5. Indian, Chinese, and Japanese (653 B.C – A.D 1900)

Serene, Meditatine art, and arts of floating world
 Gu Kaizhi
6. Byzantine and Islamic (A.D 476 – A.D 1453)

Heavenly Byzantine Mosaics Islamic architecture and amazing maze-like design
7. Renaissance
Rebirth of classical culture and Monalisa
8. Baroque (1600 – 1750)

Splendor and flourish for God; Art as of weapon in the religious wars.
 Massacre of the Innocents
9. Romanticism (1780 – 1850)

The triumph of imagination and individuality
 Two Men Looking at the Moon
10. Realism (1840 – 1900)

Celebrating working class and Pleasants: En Plein Air Rustic Painting
11. Impressionism (1865 – 1885)

Capturing Fleeting Effects of Natural light
 The Harvest
12. Post Impressionism
Post-Impressionist such as Vincent Van Gogh, continued to develop vivid colors,
dynamic brush work.
 Starry Night
Greek and Hellenistic
Hellenistic art is the art of the Hellenistic period generally taken to

begin with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and end with the
conquest of the Greek world by the Romans, a process well underway
by 146 BCE, when the Greek mainland was taken, and essentially
ending in 30 BCE with the conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt following the
Battle of Actium.
Prehistoric Art
Refers to the period prior to the existence of written history.
Throughout this time period, they worked using tools made of stone.
The three main art forms where cave paintings, rock engraving and
miniature figurative carvings
Egyptian (3100 B.C. – 30 B.C)

The ancient Egyptian civilization lasted over 3000 years and
demonstrated incredible continuity. Busts and statues of royal figures
were a major part of Egyptian art as well, which has many of its own
unique artistic periods. Egyptian art is a huge umbrella term for an
entire culture, after all. Ancient Egyptian art is the painting, sculpture,
architecture, and other arts produced by the civilization of ancient
Egypt in the lower Nile Valley from about 3000 BC to 30 B.C.
Indian, Chinese, and Japanese (653 B.C – A.D 1900)
Babur receives a courtier by Mirza Farrukh Baig (1589)
Admonitions of the court Instructress by Gu Kaizhi

The great wave of Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai (1829 – 1832)
Mesopotamian (3500 B.C – 539 B.C)

The Baroque period developed after the Renaissance and Mannerism art periods. It brought
with it new perspectives about life, art, religion, and culture. The Baroque style moved away
from the severe elements depicted by the Protestant style. The Catholic Church supported the
development of Baroque with its origins in Rome, Italy, and eventually in European countries
like northern Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Austria, southern Germany, and Russia. Below, we
discuss this decorative and fanciful art period.
Baroque art of any kind was inseparably linked to the Catholic Church. In fact, the Church
informed what art should look like in order to have a desired effect upon the people. It was
made to inspire grandeur and awe in the people who experienced it and became a wholly new
sensory experience.
The term "post-Impressionism" was invented by the English painter and critic Roger Fry as he
prepared for an exhibition at the Grafton Gallery in London in 1910
The Post-Impressionists were an eclectic bunch of individuals, so there were no broad, unifying
characteristics. Each artist took an aspect of Impressionism and exaggerated it.
For example, during the Post-Impressionist movement, Vincent van Gogh intensified
Impressionism's already vibrant colors and painted them thickly on the canvas (a technique
known as impasto). Van Gogh's energetic brushstrokes expressed emotional qualities. While it
is difficult to characterize an artist as unique and unconventional as van Gogh, art historians
generally view his earlier works as representative of Impressionism, and his later works as
examples of Expressionism (art loaded with charged emotional content)

Renaissance
Rebirth of classical culture and Monalisa
Realism (1840 – 1900)
Celebrating working class and Pleasants
Byzantine and Islamic (A.D 476 – A.D 1453)

Heavenly Byzantine Mosaics Islamic architecture and amazing maze-like
design
Art Name: Hagai Sophia by Emperor Constantine
Impressionism (1865 – 1885)

Capturing Fleeting Effects of Natural light
Art Name: The Harvest by Vincent Van Gogh

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1. Prehistoric Art/Stone Age (40,000 B.C – 2300 B.

2. Mesopotamian (3500 B.C – 539 B.C)

3. Egyptian (3100 B.C – 30 B.C)

4. Greek and Hellenistic (850 B.C – 31 B.C)

5. Indian, Chinese, and Japanese (653 B.C – A.D 1900)

6. Byzantine and Islamic (A.D 476 – A.D 1453)

8. Baroque (1600 – 1750)

9. Romanticism (1780 – 1850)

10. Realism (1840 – 1900)

11. Impressionism (1865 – 1885)

Greek and Hellenistic

Hellenistic art is the art of the Hellenistic period generally taken to

Egyptian (3100 B.C. – 30 B.C)

Babur receives a courtier by Mirza Farrukh Baig (1589)

Admonitions of the court Instructress by Gu Kaizhi

Mesopotamian (3500 B.C – 539 B.C)

discuss this decorative and fanciful art period.

prepared for an exhibition at the Grafton Gallery in London in 1910

characteristics. Each artist took an aspect of Impressionism and exaggerated it.

examples of Expressionism (art loaded with charged emotional content)

Byzantine and Islamic (A.D 476 – A.D 1453)

Art Name: Hagai Sophia by Emperor Constantine

Impressionism (1865 – 1885)

Art Name: The Harvest by Vincent Van Gogh

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