Prehistoric art includes paintings found in caves from the Paleolithic era dating back thousands of years. One notable example is a cave painting discovered in 1940 in France containing nearly 2,000 figures of animals, humans, and abstract designs. Ancient Egyptian paintings emphasized the importance of the afterlife, featuring themes of introducing the deceased to underworld gods. Greek paintings were commonly found on vases, panels, and in tombs, depicting battle scenes, mythology, and daily life. Frescoes and encaustics were popular techniques. Roman paintings covered a wide variety of subjects and landscapes, building on Greek styles.
3. Pre-historic includes all human
existence before the emergence of
writing. Their art is of interest not only
to the art historians but also to
archeologist and anthropologist, for
whom the art is only one clue- along
with fossils, pollens and other finds to
an understanding of early human life
and culture.
5. Paintings found inside the cave 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. The painting has nearly 2,000 figures
composed mainly of animals, human figures and abstract design.
6. Painting from Ancient Egypt
The purpose of Egyptian paintings is to make the deceased
afterlife place pleasant. With this in mind, themes include
journey to the underworld introducing the deceased to the
gods of the underworld by their protective deities.
It emphasizes the importance of life after death and the
preservation of the knowledge of the past.
Most paintings were highly stylize, 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. The paintings of the walls on the tomb shows 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
10. Paintings from Classical Greek Era
most commonly found in vases, panels
and tomb.
most of the subjects were battle
scenes, mythological figures, and
everyday scenes It reveals a grasp of
linear perspective and naturalist
representation
11. Most common methods of Greek painting:
1. Fresco- method of painting water-based
pigments on a freshly applied plaster usually on a
wall surfaces. Colors are made with grind powder
pigments in pure water, dry and set with a plaster
to become a permanent part of the wall. Ideal for
murals, durable and has a matte style.
2. Encaustic– developed to use by Greek ship
builders, who used the hot wax to fill the cracks of
the ship. Soon pigments (colors) was added and
used to paint a wax hull.
13. Vase painting
Kerch Style also referred to as Kerch Vases are red-figured
pottery named after the place where it was found.
Shapes commonly 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 carry bridal
bath)
4. krater (bowl use for mixing wine and water)
14. Kerch Style
In Vase painting, most common
motifs were mostly scenes from
the life of women (often
exaggerately idyllic),
mythological beings that were
popular among the people of
the black sea, or a scene form
mythical story or event. It used
a technique called polycromy,
combination of different colors
specially the brilliant one in an
artistic manner.
15. Panel Painting
There are paintings on flat panels of wood. It can
be either a small, single piece or several
panelsjoined together. Most of the panel paintings
no longer exist because of its organic composition.
The earliest known panel painting is the Pitsa Panel
(Archaic Period between 540 and 530 B.C.E.)
17. .
Tomb / Wall Painting
Tomb or wall painting was very popular
during the classical period. It uses the
method frescos either tempera (water-
base) or encaustic – a paint consist of
pigment mixed with beeswax and fixed with
heat after it application(wax). It has a
sharp, flatly outlined style of painting and
because it uses water-based materials,
very few samples survived.
19. The image was painted using a true fresco technique with a
limestone mortar. It depicts a symposium scene on the wall Most
of the paintings in this era were copied or imitated from Hellenic
Greek paintings. Fresco technique was used in brightly colored
backgrounds; division of the wall into a multiple rectangular
areas (tic-tac-toe design); multi- point perspective; and a
tropme-l’-oeil effect- a style of painting in which things are
painted in a way that makes them look like real objects
Roman paintings have a wide variety of subjects, animals,
everyday life, still life, mythological subjects, portraits and
landscapes.
The development of landscape painting is the main innovation of
Roman painting from Greek painting.
20. Activity “Rock my World”
Experience how the pre-historic people were able to make an
artwork all over the caves; create your own version of cave art
using a stone as your canvass or working material and another
stone as your medium to make your artwork.
Materials
Flat rock in any shape
Rocks with sharp edges
21. desired design
2. Put varnish using a mixture of white glue diluted in water
to preserve your design on the rock.
3. Design should reflect the characteristic of a pre-historic artwork.
4. You may also use the themes,
motifs or patterns that show your
regional identity.