Prehistoric and Greek

Prehistoric, Egypt & Greek ArtSculptureThe oldest surviving art objects are sculptures made from bone, ivory, stone or antlers. They are engraved, carved in relief or three-dimensional

Venus of Willendorf

Easter Island Monoliths

The Dying LionessCave PaintingMost commonly images of bison, deer, horses, cattle and boars that are pierced with arrowsLocated in far recesses of caves, away from the sunlit entrances

Cave Painting at Lascaux, France

Cave Painting at Lascaux, France

Cave Painting at Lascaux, FranceEgyptSculpture and paintings followed a rigid formula for representing the human figureEgyptSculpture:Standing or seated with few projecting breakable partsPose is always frontal & bisymmetrical with arms close to the torso

Egyptian Carving

Egyptian Carving (notice the size)

Egyptian Statues

Menkeur TriadEgyptPaintingsRigid figures often with one leg advancedSize indicated rank

Tomb of Rameses

Book of the DeadGreeceGreek artists achieves a breakthrough in realistic trompe loeil effects. Their paintings were so lifelike that birds would peck at the murals of painted fruit.

Still Life with Glass Bowl of Fruit and VaseGreeceVase PaintingEarliest style was red clay with black formsLater style was a black base with a red form

Dionysus in a Sailboat

Dionysus in a Sailboat- Detail

Medias Name Vase

Medias Name Vase-Detail

Hercules Attacking a CentaurGreece- SculptureContrappostoThe weight of the body rested on one leg with rest of the body realigned accordinglyIllusion of the figure in arrested motion

Contrapposto

Doryphoros by Polyskeitos

Discus Thrower

Aphrodite of KnidosGreece- ArchitectureGreek Temples became the standard for much of our modern architectureThink of all the banks, museums and buildings that look like Greek temples

Parthenon

Temple of PoseidonGreece- ArchitectureColumn Types:Doric: less embellishedIonic: scroll-work topCorinthian: stylized leaves on top

Greek Column Types