History of Classic Art

History of

Classic Art

​Ancient Greece (700-480 B.C.)

​Doric

Ionic

Corinthian

​Greek's most important contribution to ART is columns.

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Which order is your FAVOURITE?

• DORIC

• IONIC

• CORINTHIAN

​The Greeks had their Gods and Goddesses.

Aphrodite

Artemis

Athena

Demeter

Hera

Hestia

Persephone

Eros

​The Greeks had their Gods and Goddesses.

Ares

Zeus

Poseidon

Hades

Dionysus

Hephaestus

Apollo

Hermes

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Which is your FAVOURITE god/goddess?

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​Ancient Rome (625 BC - 476 AD)

​The Romans copied the Greeks Gods and Goddesses.

Venus

Diana

Minerva

Ceres

Juno

Vesta

Proserpina

Cupid

​The Romans copied the Greeks Gods and Goddesses.

Mars

Jupiter

Neptune

Pluto

Bacchus

Vulcano

Apollo

Mercury

The Romans were very good Sculptors, Architects and Engineers

​Laocoon and his Sons

Anonymous

s. I

📍 Pio Clementino Museum, Vatican City

Coliseum

Anonymous

72-80

📍 Rome

Pont du Gard (France)

Anonymous

s. I

📍 Gard (France)

Roman Empire

117 AD

The Roman Empire lasted about 1000 years

476 AD

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Middle Ages (476 AD - 1492)

Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.

Sinai Pantocrator

Anonymous

s. 6 AD

📍 Monastery of St Catherine, Mt. Catherine,

Mount Sinai, Egypt

Pantocrator of the Apse of Saint Clement of Tahull

Master of Tahull

c. 1123

📍 National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC), Barcelona

Romanesque Architecture

Gothic Architecture

​thick, sturdy walls

rounded arches

small windows

ribbed vaults

pointed arches

large stained glass windows

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What do you prefer?

• Romanesque

• Gothic

Romanesque Architecture (10th-12th Centuries)

​Thick, sturdy walls

Small Windows

Round Arches

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Select 3 characteristics of ROMANESQUE STYLE:

• stained glass windows

• small windows

• thick walls

• round arches

• pointed arches

Gothic Architecture (12th - 16th Centuries)

​Ribbed Vaults

Stained Glass Windows

Pointed Arches

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Select all the characteristics of GOTHIC STYLE

• stained glass windows

• small windows

• flying buttress

• round arches

• pointed arches

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What STYLE is this church?

📍San Pedro de la Nave, Zamora (Spain)

• Romanesque

• Gothic

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What STYLE is this fresco?

📍Crypt of Santa María del Perdón, Aragon (Spain)

• Romanesque

• Gothic

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What STYLE is this church?

📍Santa Maria of Burgos, Castilla León (Spain)

• Romanesque

• Gothic

Multiple Choice

What STYLE is this church?

📍San Esteban de Sos del Rey Católico, Aragon (Spain)

• Romanesque

• Gothic

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What STYLE is this church?

📍Santa María de Lebeña, Cantabria (Spain)

• Romanesque

• Gothic

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What STYLE is this cathedral?

📍Catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia, Barcelona (Spain)

• Romanesque

• Gothic

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What STYLE is this cathedral?

📍Santa María de la Sede Cathedral, Seville (Spain)

• Romanesque

• Gothic

​The Hague Illustrated Bible

Anonymous

s. XIII

📍 National Library of the Netherlands

Majesty

Duccio di Buoninsegna

1308-1311

📍 Catedral de Siena (Italy)

Stained Glass Windows P R O J E C T

Mev, Museu d'Art Medieval, Vic, Spain — Google Arts & Culture

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Long Neoclassicism | Renaissance (XIII - XV)

The printing press helped people share knowledge and information faster and more easily. With paper, books and texts could be made and shared in bigger numbers.

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The invention of
the Printing Press (Gutenberg, c. 1440)

Ancient works were rediscovered, copied, and studied, influencing art, science, and thinking.

Classical myths go viral.

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Leonardo

da Vinci

Donatello

Raffaello

Michelangelo

Leonardo

Donatello

Raffaello

Michelangelo

Leonardo

Donatello

Raffaello

Michelangelo

Leonardo da Vinci

​Fresco

​Fresco painting is like painting on wet plaster. Artists paint directly to the wall or the ceiling. The colours soak into the wet plaster and become part of the surface as it dries.

​Pigment

​Wet plaster

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What do you need to paint a FRESCO?

• pigment

• wet plaster

• egg yolk

• oil

• acrylic paint

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The School of Athens, Fresco by Raffaello.

​Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 355–415 CE) was a renowned philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer in Roman Egypt.

​Astrolabe
(a tool for measuring celestial positions)

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Renaissance artists paint believable spaces.

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They use the Conical Perspective.

​Tempera

Tempera painting is like using special paints mixed with eggs. Artists mix colours with egg yolks and paint on prepared surfaces like wood or canvas.

​Pigment

​Egg Yolks

Canvas

​Tempera

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What do you need to paint with TEMPERA painting?

• pigment

• wet plaster

• egg yolk

• oil

• acrylic paint

​Oil painting

Oil painting is like using paints that are mixed with oil. Artists mix colors with a special oil, like linseed oil, and paint on surfaces like canvas or wood.

​Pigment

​Oil

​Canvas

​Oil painting

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What do you need to paint with OIL painting?

• pigment

• wet plaster

• egg yolk

• oil

• acrylic paint

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• Yes, I do

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