Transcript Famous Artists of Art History

Famous Artists of
Art History
Floral Design
Miss. Perry
Who are these people?
What?
• Researching and recognizing famous artists from
each art history time period
Who?
• The most common artists from each time periods
• These are general artists, not just floral designers
Why?
• They have been influential on the art industry
• They are recognized by art historians for their
accomplishments, and sometimes their success
Time Periods
Egyptian
Greek
Roman
Byzantine
Renaissance
Baroque - Flemish
Impressionism
Art Nouveau
Art Deco
Abstract - Modern
Egyptian Period
Although no known artists are
credited, it is apparent that Egyptian
art has had an influence on artists
over time
Instead of artists names, pieces of
artwork are identified by the ruler (or
pharaoh) of the time it was created
Head of Tutankhamen
1300s B.C.
During reign of King Tut
Greek Art
Known as classical art
Greeks are known for three main items:
• sculptures, temples, and vase paintings
In Greeks city-states courage, valor, and
independence where strongly held values as
seen in their artwork
The Greeks idealized humans, showing the
strong and youthful depiction of men and women
Their temples reflected their religious beliefs in
the gods
Parthenon, 500 BC
Regarded as one of the world's greatest cultural monuments
Built for the Greek goddess Athena, for saving Athens and Greece in the
Persian Wars
The temple is also known as a political statement showing the richness
and power of the city
Vases & Pottery, 500 BC
Red-figure pottery is a where
the design details and the
background are painted black,
while the figure itself is not
painted
This way, the figures take on
the reddish tone of Athenian
clay after it is burned (rusting
the iron in the clay)
Venus de Milo, 130 BC
Famous statue believed to depict
Aphrodite (called Venus by the Romans,
the Greek goddess of love and beauty)
It is a marble sculpture, slightly larger
than life size
Praised by artists and critics, who
regard it as the epitome of graceful
female beauty
Winged Victory of Samothrace
200 BC
Marble Sculpture of the Greek goddess
Nike (Victory)
Shows a mastery of form and movement
which has impressed critics and artists
Admired for its naturalistic pose and
draped garments
A cultural icon which strongly influenced
artists
Roman Art
Roman art became secular and usable, and
achieved grandness in scale, as seen in the
Coliseum
Romans developed the use of the arch, vault,
and dome
They also discovered concrete
All this allowed for grand architecture, as found
in religious buildings such as the Pantheon
These buildings had important influence far
beyond the Roman period
The Pantheon, built in 25 BC
Name means "Shrine of all the Gods“, built as a temple
to the seven gods in the Romans state religion
Christian church since the 7th century
The Colosseum, 70 AD
Also known as the Flavian
Amphitheater
Originally capable of seating
50,000 spectators, it was
once used for gladiator
combat
Byzantine Period
• Focuses mainly on religious subjects
with little room for artists’ personal
expression
• Domed churches and decorative
mosaics were characteristic
• In place of the nude, the figures of God,
Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, as well as
saints and martyrs of Christian tradition
were the entire focus of art
Pietro Cavallini
Italian painter and mosaic
designer, the leading artist
of his day
His two major surviving
works are mosaics of the
Life of the Virgin , 1291;
and a sectioned fresco, the
most important part of
which is a Last Judgment
He was the first artist to
make a significant break
with the stylizations of
Byzantine art
Pietro Lorenzetti
He and his brother, helped
introduce naturalism and
foreshadowed the art of the
Renaissance
He was responsible for an
emotional series of large panels
depicting "Crucifixion,
Deposition from the Cross, and
Entombment‘ as seen here
The facial expressions are very
geometric, as if bodies were
just glued on to a face, with no
relationship to each other
Activity
Choose either a vase,
sculpture, or temple to draw
as an example of Greek Art.
• Examples:
 Draw a vase with a
dark background and
leave the design light
(Dinuba Emperor, social
scene, cars, etc.)
 Draw a temple that
depicts what is
important to you, your
values or beliefs
After reviewing the artistic
examples from the Byzantine
period, draw your own for
your notebook.
• Examples:
 Draw a scene of a
family (royal, or
church, or
presidential) and show
gold plates behind the
heads.
 Draw a mosaic (put
the picture into little
pieces)