an aesthetic attitude dependent on principles based in the culture, art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome, with the emphasis on form, simplicity, proportion, clarity of structure, perfection, restrained emotion, as well as explicit appeal to the intellect.

The term used for art of the present day is

The type of art produced where artifacts made before there was a written record is called

art, painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and literature produced during the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuri in Europe under the combined influences of an increased awareness of nature, a revival of classical learning, and a more individualistic view of man.

derived from the French word rocaille, which denoted the shell-covered rock work that was used to decorate artificial grottoes.

sculpture was closely tied to architecture, since it was used primarily to decorate the exteriors of cathedrals and other religious buildings. The earliest sculptures were stone figures of saints and the Holy Family used to decorate the doorways, or portals, of cathedrals in France and elsewhere.  

typically associated with attributes such as emotionalism, elongated human figures, strained poses, unusual effects of scale, lighting or perspective, vivid often garish colors.

Churches used ____art, largely painting and sculpture, to communicate important things. For one, art was used as visual reminders of biblical stories, which helped teach the faith to an illiterate population