Development of Western Art

Development of
Western Art
Western Art
Is the portrayal, in two or three dimensions, of

the history, people, landscape and wildlife of
the area confined to the western regions of
North America, in a highly realistic or realistic
impressionist style and is inextricably linked to
the culture of the American west.
Art history was like a relay-race of artist, each
passing the baton on from one to the next,
building up a cause-and-effect chain of history
and development.
Prehistoric Art
(40,000-4,000 B.C)
Art from this period relied on

the use of natural pigments
and stone carvings to create
representations of objects,
animals and rituals that
governed a civilization’s
existence. Lascaux cave paintings, Paleolithic Era
Ancient Art
(30,000 B.C – A.D. 400)
The medium of the work of art

from this period varied depending
on the civilization that produced it,
but most of art served similar
purposes: to tell stories, decorate
utilitarian, objects like bowls and
weapons, display religious and
symbolic imaginary and
demonstrate social status. Many Mesopotamia, Code of Hammurabi, 1754 B.C
works depict stories of rulers,
Gods, and Goddesses.
Medieval
(500-1400)
Art produced during this
time was centered around
the church. This period was
also responsible for the
emergence of the illuminated
manuscript and gothic
architecture. Definitive
example of influential art
from this period include the
catacombs in Rome, Hagia Cimabue, Crucifix 1288
Sophia in Istanbul.
Renaissance
(1400-1600)
Approximately covering the years

1300-1600, the renaissance saw a
blossoming of all of the arts,
paintings, sculpture, music and
architecture. From Italy to
Netherlands, the Renaissance
combined a revival of classical
learning from ancient Greece and
Rome with an increased
awareness of nature and a more The Birth of Venus (c.1485)
individualistic view of man.
Mannerism
(1527 - 1580)
Mannerist artists emerged from the
ideals of Michaelangelo. Raphael, and
other Late Renaissance artists but
their focus on style and technique
outweighed the meaning of the subject
matter. Often, figures had graceful,
elongated limbs, small heads, stylized
features and exaggerated details. This
yielded more complex, stylized
compositions rather than relying on
the classical ideals of harmonious Bronzino, Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time, 1540
composition and linear perspective
used by their Renaissance
predecessors.
Baroque
(1600 - 1750)
The Baroque period that
followed Mannerism yielded
ornate, over the top visual arts
and architecture. It was
characterized by grandeur and
richness, punctuated by an
interest in broadening human
intellect and global discovery.
Baroque artist were stylistically Lot and his Daughters (c.1614)
complex.
Racoco
(1699 - 1780)
Roughly spanning 1720-
1780, the Racoco was in
many ways an extension of
the Baroque, pushing the
decorative and theatrical
aspects of art with an
emphasis on asymmetry,
Venus and Amor (1742)
curved forms and bright
colours.
Neoclassicism
(1750 - 1850)
As its name suggests, the

Neoclassical period drew upon
elements from classical antiquity.
Archeological ruins of ancient
civilizations in Athens and Naples
that were discovered at the time
reignited a passion for all things
past, and artists strove to recreate Jacques- Louis David, Napoleon
the great works of ancient art. This Crossing the Alps, 1801
translated to a renewed interest in
classical ideals of harmony,
simplicity and proportion.
Romanticism
(1780 - 1850)
An important style in the modern

history of art, romanticism saw the
emergence of a new conception of
art as an expression of the
individual artist and an “authentic”
response to the world of sensory
experience especially its vastness
and unpredictability of nature.
Another defining Romantic ideal
was an appreciation for nature.
Romantics artist emphasized the The Hiker above the sea of fog (c.1817)
individual and imagination.
Impressionism
(1865 - 1885)
Impressionist painters sought to

capture the immediate impression
of a particular moment. This was
characterized by short, quick
brushstrokes and an unfinished
sketch-like feel. They used modern
life as their subject matter, painting
situations like dance halls and
sailboat regattas rather than
historical and mythological events. Claude Monet, impression, Sunrise, 1899
Post - Impressionism
(1885 - 1910)
Post-Impressionism painters
worked independently rather than
as a group, but each influential
Post – Impressionist painter had
similar ideals. They concentrated
on subjective visions and
symbolic, personal meanings
rather than observations of the
outside world. This was often
achieved through abstract forms. Georges Seurat, A Sunday afternoon on
the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1886
Expressionism
(1905 – 1920)
Emerged as a response to
increasingly conflicted world
views and the loss of
spirituality. Expressionist
sought to draw from within the
artist, using a distortion of form
and strong colors to display
Landscape with Factory Chimney (1910)
anxieties and raw emotions.
Cubism
(1907 – 1914)
Cubism was established by Pablo

Picasso and Georges Braque, who
rejected the concept that art should
copy nature. They moved away from
traditional techniques and perspectives:
instead they created radically
fragmented objects through abstraction.
Many Cubist painters works are marked
by flat, two dimensional surfaces,
geometric forms or “cubes” of objects
and multiple vantage points. Often, their
subject weren’t even discernible. Portrait of Daniel –
Henry Kahnweiler, 1910
Futurism
(1910 - 1930)
A style of painting and sculpture that

forwent conventional depictions of
reality in favour of fractured forms
that expressed the idea of the
dynamism, the energy and movement,
the modern life. Occurring mainly in
Italy, Futurism had its own peculiar
features as an art movement. It
celebrated speed, technology, youth
and modern objects such as the car
and the industrial city.
Elasticity (1912)
Art Deco
(1909 – 1939)
Art Deco also emphasized the

motion and thrill of the modern,
mechanized world, this time
applied to mass-produced
fashion and individually crafted
luxury items. It overturned
traditional elegance in preference
for a highly stylized and
geometric style that symbolized
wealth and sophistication.
F. Champenios Imprimeur-Editeur (1897)
Abstract
Expressionism
(1940)
Took its inspiration from

European painters working
in abstraction such as
Wassily Kandinsky. It tended
to reject all recognizably
realistic forms and used
colour and texture as the
primary tool for expression. Multiform (1948)
Contemporary Art
(1970 - present)
Contemporary art is really a catch-all term

for all art that has come after the Second
Wall War. As such, it encompasses many
themes and styles, and takes us up to the
present day. It trends to treat everything
as open question, including our news ,
our politicians our institutions, our
culture and our grand narratives. Change
is everywhere about us, so our
perspectives must continue to change Puppy (1992) by Jeff Koons
too. Contemporary art has these ideas at
its heart.
THANK YOU !!!
ALVIN JOHN C.
DALOCANOG
BPED – II B

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Development of

Is the portrayal, in two or three dimensions, of

Art from this period relied on

The medium of the work of art

Approximately covering the years

As its name suggests, the

An important style in the modern

Impressionist painters sought to

Cubism was established by Pablo

A style of painting and sculpture that

Art Deco also emphasized the

Took its inspiration from

Contemporary art is really a catch-all term

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