1. GREEK ART

Known as the ancestors of Western
civilization (Greeks)

Thought of the world in dualistic terms: fate
vs. free will, order vs. chaos, reason vs.
irrationality.

2. Geometric-Style Pottery
 The Dipylon vase
was used as
funerary markers
over burials.

3. “Kore and Kouros” (stone)

5. Vase Paintings (used in symposia)

7. “Women at a Fountain”

8. “Dancing Revelers”

9. The Classical Age

The Greeks were
attacked by the
Persians (Darius
and Xerxes).

Extends from the
end of Persian wars
to the death of
Alexander the
Great.

Characterized by
visual harmony and
heightened naturalism
in human form.

10. “Kritios Boy”

Calculated
assymetry,
standing at ease

Polished marble,
sensuousness,
indirect gaze

Representation of
movement
(hallmark)

12. “Zeus” (bronze)

13. “Discus Thrower” - Myron

14. “Spear Bearer” - Polykleitos

Harmony and
beauty based on
proportion

Contemplation of
harmonious
proportions is a
contemplation of
virtue.

15. “Aphrodite” - Praxiteles
 Viewer's role
changed, became
more complex and
invited physical and
emotional
engagement
instead of merely
respect.

16. 
Portraiture
emerged/ individual
likeness.

The Hellenistic
Period extended
from the death of
Alexander the
Great until Roman
rule.

17. ROMAN ART

Drew heavily on Greek art.

Featured “syncreticism”, an art that brings
together diverse elements to produce
something new with a powerful message-
bearing potential.

Greek sculptures became symbols of
wealth and status.

Gave rise to “historical relief”, which
represented actual events.

18. “Brutus”

19.  Portrait sculptures
were in the veristic
style.
 Made of stone and
represented men at
an advanced age
with the
distinguishing
marks played up.

20. “Funerary Relief of the Gesii”

21. 
Tombs were the
focus of funerary
rituals.

Stages for
displaying feats to
elevate family
status.

22.  Painted portraits
were attached the
faces of embalmed
mummies.
 Wooden panels
done in the
encaustic
technique.

23. “Augustus of Primaporta”
 Octavian became
the first Roman
emperor.

24. Wall Paintings
 Paint and stucco
were used to
imitate expensive
colored marble
paneling.
 This technique is
called
“incrustation”.

25. 
Architectural
technique was used
to suggest another
world beyond the
room.

28. 
Relief sculpture
was found in
marble sarcophagi.

Biographical
scenes and Greek
mythology were
popular subjects.

“Horror Vacuii”

29. RENAISSANCE

Interested in reviving the classical approach to
art.

New emphasis on glorifying the human figure.

Artists were considered celebrities and
geniuses, even divine.

30. “David” - Donatello

32. “Portrait of Ginevra de Benci” -
Leonard da Vinci

33. “Embryo in a Womb” and “Vitruvian
Man”

34. “David” by Michelangelo

36. “Awakening Prisoner”

39. BAROQUE

A style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily
interpreted detail to produce drama, tension,
exuberance and grandeur.

Dynamic movement and energy in human forms.

Came from the word “barroco” which means contorted
or grotesque.

Dramatic lighting and sweeping emotions.

40. “Self-Portrait” and “Medusa” -
Caravaggio

41. “The Rape of Proserpina” - Bernini

42. “Santa Cecilia” - Stefano Maderno

43. “David” - Bernini

45. ROCOCO

Preference for
gayer, lighter and
more decorative
effects in sculpture
and arts.

Statues were
created as pleasant
ornaments.

Diversion from real
life.

46. NEOCLASSICISM

Deliberate return to classical subject matter
and style.

Focused on progress and improvement of
life through science and knowledge.

Desire to control nature through science.

Rational and emotional survived side by
side in art.

Aggressively rejected Rococo art.

47. “Andromache Bewailing the Death of Hector”
- Gavin Hamilton

48. ROMANTICISM
- The enlightenment
seems to have
failed.
- Marked by social
turmoil and poverty.
- “Cult of the Invidual”
(in art)
- Not really a style but
an attitude to follow
one's genius.

49. “The Family of Charles IV” -
Francisco Goya

50. “The Black Paintings” - Goya

51. “The Third of May 1808”

52. Realism and Impressionism

Realism depicted
contemporary or
modern life which was
unembellished and
unidealized.

Subjet matter
included peasant life
and urban poor.
Impressionism was
characterized by bold
brushstrokes and
strong colors. The
sketchiness of the
works reflects the
impermanence of a
changing
contemporary world.

53. “Burial at Ornans” - Gustave
Courbet

54. “The Stone Breakers” - Gustave
Courbet
Courbet wanted to
create an art of
the people, not
the academy.
For Courbet,
contemporary
social conditions
were valid
subjects for
painting.

55. “Luncheon on the Grass” - Edouard
Manet

56. “Olympia” - Edouard Manet

57. “Impression, Sunrise” - Claude
Monet
Impressionism has a sketchy unfinished look to
express the feeling of the moment.

58. “A Bar at the Folies-Bergere” -
Edouard Manet

59. SYMBOLISM AND ART NOVEAU
- Coincides with the rise
of psychology, which
influenced key artists.
- Decadenced and
focused on personal
aesthetic.

60. “The Potato Eaters” - Vincent Van
Gogh

61. “Starry Night” - Vincent Van Gogh

62. “The Thinker” - Auguste Rodin

63. “The Walking Man” - Auguste Rodin

64. “Burghers of Calais” - Auguste
Rodin

65. ABSTRACT/MODERNIST
Fauvism was the first
major style of the 20th
century. Described as
an “orgy of pure
colors/wild beasts”.
“Woman With a Hat” -
Henri Matisse

66. Cubism presented a
new of thinking about
the purpose of art and
the language of
painting. It aimed to
present a new way of
seeing.
“The Weeping Woman” -
Pablo Picasso

67. “The Young Ladies of Avignon” -
Pablo Picasso

68. What is art and how
does art function?
– Marcel Duchamp
“Nude Descending a
Staircase” - Marcel
Duchamp

69. “Bicycle Wheel” - Marcel Duchamp

70. “The Newborn” and “Bird in Space” -
Constantin Brancusi

71. The Fountain by Marcel Duchamp
Dadaism
“Logic and reason only
led to war”.
The movement was
committed to
challenging the status
quo in politics as well
in culture.

72. Surrealism
Surrealism seeked to
“express the true
functioning of
thought in the
absence of control
exerted by reason.”
“Dreams are road to
the unconscious.”
(Sigmund Freud)

73. “The Lovers” - Rene Magritte

74. “The Persistence of Memory” -
Salvador Dali

75. By Claes Oldenburg

77. “Untitled” - Kiki Smith

78. Source:
Janson, H W, Penelope J. E. Davies, and H W.
Janson. Janson's History of Art: The Western
Tradition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice
Hall, 2011. Print.