7. Roman Painting
• Portray rituals, myths, landscapes,
still-life and scenes in their daily
activities.
• “Aerial Perspective” colors and
outlines of more distant object are
softened and blurred to achieve
spatial effects.
• Found in cities of Pompeii and
Herculaneum
9. Medieval Painting
• Categorized according to its distinctive
stylistic traits
• Anglo-Irish Art
– Flourished from the 7th-9th Century
– Art of Intricate Calligraphic Designs
• Romanesque Art– 11th-12th Century
– Classical, highly charged, and Energetic
drawing style
• Gothic Art
– 12th century-Italian Renaissance
– Painting was entirely the product of of the
monasteries
10. • Lindisfarne Gospels-are
illuminated Books
produced by monks on
Northumberland
England.
• The Three Magi
• The Hours of Jeanne
d'Evreux is
an illuminated book of
hours in the Gothic style.
11. Renaissance Painting
• Reflects the
revival of
interest in
classical
culture and
strong belief in
individualism.
• Expulsion from
Paradise by
Massacio
18. 2. Relief Sculpture
This type of
sculpture projects
into space from a
flat background.
Relief sculptures
are designed to be
viewed only from
one side.
19. Sculpting Techniques
Modeling – a soft pliable material is
built up and shaped. Media such as
clay, wax and plaster are used in
modeling
Carving – the sculptors cuts, chips
or drills from a solid mass of material
to create a sculpture. Wood and stone
are the most common carving media
20. Casting – in casting molten
metal or another substance is
poured into a mold and allowed
to harden
Assembling – a variety of
different materials are gathered
and joined together to make a
sculpture
21. Egyptian Sculpture
Egyptian sculpture
includes statues or figures
representing kings
(pharaohs), armies, servan
ts and various animals.
Pallete of King Narmer is
one of the oldest Egyptian
Sculpture
22. Greek Sculpture
Greeks are
masters of stone
carving and bronze
casting
Most famous
Sculptors were
Phidias, Polyclitus,
Praxiteles and
Lysippus
23. Roman Sculpture
The Romans were avid
collectors ad imitators of
Greek sculpture
Their distinctive
contribution to the
sculpture was the
realistic representation
of images and figures
25. Renaissance
Sculpture
Shows strong interest in the
ancient past
Donatello was the greatest
sculptor of the early
Renaissance. He was a master
of stonecutter, he also had a
great understanding of human
behavior as in his work
entitled Mary Magdalen