Is a term used to describe a period of history when stones were used to make tools

Stone Age for survival. It conjures an image of men and women dressed in skins, huddling
before a fire in a cave

Storytellers Some artifacts in form of cave paintings and sculpture s would serve as the _______

14000-2000 BCE From what year to what year is the stone age

Paleolithic The late years of the old stone age

Mesolithic Middle stone age

Neolithic The new stone age

Belief system on spiritual, Early people produced sculpture, paintings, and architectural structures that reflect
social, political, and economic their?
matters

Lime stones-precious gems, Works of art and architecture were created from
and metals

Religious symbols, a wide

array of organisms from The most ancient artworks depict what?
nature and everyday life

Humans, animals, and natural To complement the stability and sense of permanence, early humans also turned to
habitats the creation of paintings and sculptures that depict

Art, religion and life Central to the representation of the early civilizations would be the establishing of
possible linkages among ______

Paleolithic Art Is a product of climate change

Caves Became protective havens for the early humans

Lascaux, France Where one of the cave paintings is found?

“Hall of Bulls”

Paleolithic Period What period was the Hall of Bulls created?

 Naturalism It is important to take note that the paintings evoke _____ which is evidently seen
through the contours of the animal’s body and their dark colors

Ground pigments blown

through reeds or hollowed out Early humans have their own version of spray-painting techniques by using
bones

Three dimensional forms The techniques of foreshortening and contrasting lights and shadows created the
illusion of _______ and seemingly real representation of animals

Ornamental Artworks can be considered ____ but there is little evidence to back up this notion

Venus of Willendorf This figure is an abstracted woman from highlighted body parts associated with
fertility

Neolithic Art This kind of art developed especially when life for the early humans has become
more stable. They have learned to cultivate land and domesticate animals

4000 BCE There were several monumental and architectural structures erected.
Stonehenge

Temple; complex calendar Some regard it as _____ while others regard it as ______ that tracks the movement
of both the sun and the moon

Fertile Ribbon Starts from the banks of the Nile River, which flows north of Africa and ventures
into the Mediterranean.

Old, Middle, New The Egyptian civilization can be divided into 3 periods

Afterlife During the afterlife, it is evident that religion was bound to the _____

Tombs Not only for keeping bodies of important people, importantly the pharaohs; they
also serve as a shelter for the next journey

Profile; pelvis/legs/upper What is prominent in the human figures inside the tombs; what body parts were
torso/ eyes prominent; what are in frontal view
Unification of the Upper and King Narmer’s Palette was a symbol of the _________
Lower Egypt

The choice of materials in sculpture because they want them to withstand any
Ka or soul condition; permanence is important because these sculptures will serve as the
shelter of the _______ once the remains of the mummy disintegrates

Old Kingdom What era were the Pyramids built?

Ropes and Pulleys The stacking process of the Egyptians showed advancements since they already
used a system of

Shift of political hierarchy One of the key features of the Middle kingdom is the _____

King Mentuhotep The king in the Middle Kingdom when Egypt got back on track. Art had references in
the old kingdom

Hyksos The invaders of Egypt. Asiatic Tribe introduced Bronze Age weapons and horses

Living rocks Mortuary Temples are carved out of _______, served not only a sanctuary for the
dead but a place of worship for the living

King Akhenaton
(Old Name : Amenhotep) and New kingdom, Amarna Revolution; Tel El Amarna: New Capital
Queen Nefertiti

Aton Sun God who was the basis of the name of king Akhenaton

Monotheism The religion during the reign of Akhenaton

Howard Carter, 1922 Who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen (Died 18)

Greeks Were known to place prime importance in the use of reason.

 Man The center of the society

Humanist Ideals Is reflected in Greeks’ democratic form of govt

Geometric Was a time when Greece was starting to get back from the onslaught of what
seemed to be their Dark Ages. Geometric shapes and patterns were in their artwork

Archaic Placed importance on human figures; result of their trading

Classical Greeks found themselves rebuilding their temples and focusing on creating
artworks

Hellenistic The Time of Alexander the Great. Art was primarily focused on showcasing
emotions and depicting reality

Laccoon and His Sons Trojan priest and his son being strangled by serpents. Sculpture

Dionysus The god of fertility- started the Greek theater .

Roman Republic Established around 500 BCE (Example art Poseidon and Medusa)

Hellenistic the Roman civilization came from this period

Stern harsh and strong Characteristics or roman art

Emperor Vespasian Who is the emperor who ordered the construction of Colosseum

Platus and Terence Writers of comedy during the Grecian times

Middle Ages The period between the decline of the Roman empire and the renaissance

Church Central authority of the preceding number

Romanesque(Old
Roman)(1050-1200) and 2 Periods of cathedral styles
Gothic (Vulgar and
barbarian)(1200-1500)
 Renaissance Artists valued the individual as a subject of arts. Period to empower the individual.
(Example: David by Michelangelo)

Naturalism The preceding question emphasizes what? It is also and influence of humanism
since there was a great emphasis on proportionality of the human body

False. It did. Most of the True or false? The artworks did not remain religious in the renaissance.
artwork

Was a product of the renaissance period. Artists observe nature and try their best to
Mannerism emulate it based on their observations. Distorted, 2d, discordant hues and colors
and lack of defined focal point

Baroque/ (barocco/ Irregularly shaped pearl. Artists used colorful palettes and ornamentation in their
Portuguese) works (Example of art: The Assumption of Mary by Titian)

1600-1750 Year of the baroque

Vivaldi, Corelli, Monteverdi/ Baroque composers from Italy and parts of Europe. Performances were more
Bach and Handel accessible to middle class and the masses (baroque music)

French Revolution(1789) or When did the neoclassicism started (modern art)

1863

Neoclassicism It is aimed to rekindle the influences of the Greek and Roman into art and
architecture. (Example art: Antonio Canova, “Paolina Borghese as Venus Victrix”

Human reason and keeping These principles were also the dominant principles of the Enlightenment period
society and order

Highlighted heroic elements into their work. Patriotic and nationalistic movements.
Romanticism -French Revolution
-Emphasis: Goodness of mankind. Justice equality and social order

Work focuses on the accuracy of the details that depicts and somehow mirrors
Realism reality
-Little room for imagination
Influence by Hellenistic/ human body
 -France
-Break from the tradition of European Paintings
-Mid to late 1800
Impressionism -Incorporated scientific principles to achieve a more distinct representation of color
-Immediate impression (can be seen in brush strokes and the lights and shadows
used by the artist
(Example: The Harbor at Lorient Berthe Morisot

-France
Post-Impressionism -result of both the influence and rejection of impressionism.
-Led to the development of individual styles that gave emphasis to defining from
with the use of broken colors and short brush strokes

Paul Cezanne, Georges Seurat, Example artists of post impressionism

Paul Gaugin and Van Gogh

Neo-Impressionism -considered as a response to empirical realism of impressionism.

-Rely on a systematic and scientific techniques that have predetermined visual
effects not only on the art itself but also how the audience perceive the artwork

Georges Seurat Recorded sensations on a more scientific manner

-Pointillism

Henri-Edmond Cross,
Maximilien Luce, and Camille Other example of neo-impressionist artists
Pissarro

-1890-1910
-Estados Unidos and Europa
Art Nouveau -Ornamental style of art that uses long organic lines
Defining characteristic: asymmetrical line
-break to conservative historicism
-Manifested in jewelry, glass design among others

-France
-Pure vibrant colors (Straight from the paint tubes)
Fauvism -Just like impressionist, paint directly from nature
-They introduced and promoted a picture space that is defined by the movement of
the color
 -1907-1914
-France
Cubism -Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque
- 2 dimensional surface of the picture plane
-No perspective, foreshortening, and modeling
-Art is not nature

Futurism -Italy
- Speed energy, dynamism and power of machines.
-Common Themes, restlessness and fast pace of modern life
-Impacted poetry and visual arts