renaissance, baroque and medieval period

Arts 9

1. Introducing Western and Classical Art Traditions

2. Ancient Art Egyptian Art Greek Art

3. Roman Art Medieval Art

4. Ancient Art - consists of many artistic forms, including utilitarian objects, architecture, religious pieces, and fine art objects. The earliest known form of ancient artwork is ancient paintings in form of cave paintings featuring human forms and animals painted on cave walls using natural pigments.

5. cave of Cave of Lascaux - The animal figures words to tell a story or send a message.

6. cave of Venus of Willendorf - It may have been a statue of a goddess, a fertility symbol, a self-portrait, or a symbol of prosperity

7. Three Main Types of Megalith Stones 1. Menhir 2. Dolmens 3. Cromlech

8. 1. Menhir - huge vertically standing stone on the ground.

9. 2. Dolmens - stone table; form of table consisting of two hugw standing stones supporting horizontal giant stone; believed as grave or altar.

10. 3. Cromlech - circle of standing stones

11. Egyptian Art art  and architecture, the architectural monuments, sculptures, paintings, and applied crafts of ancient Egypt.

12. cave of S arcophagus of T utankhamen - (a box-like stone container) held not one but three coffins in which to hold the body of the king. The outer two coffins were crafted in wood and covered in gold along with many semiprecious stones, such as lapis lazuli and turquoise.

13. Queen Nefertiti - was a queen of Egypt and wife of King Akhenaton, who played a prominent role in changing Egypt's traditional polytheistic religion to one that was monotheistic, worshipping the sun god known as Aton.

14. T he temple of Abu Simbel was constructed as a place for people to worship Pharaoh Ramses II as a god following his death, as well as to be a show of power toward the recently conquered territory of Nubia.

15. Pyramid Of Giza -served as the tomb of pharaoh Khufu, who ruled during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.

16. Greek Art emphasized the importance and accomplishments of human beings. Even though much of Greek art was meant to honor the gods, those very gods were created in the image of humans. Much artwork was government sponsored and intended for public display.