Painting2Photography Task 10 & 6- Time line

Stone age: 30,000 b.c- 2500b.c

Cave paintings are found all over the world for example in Spain, France, N.America, S.America, Africa, India and Australia. The hand prints on the cave wall are thought to be from a 13 year old boy marking his journey into manhood. I think this type of art is quite close to photography because they wanted to document moments in their life or victories for example after cave people drew their pictures on the cave of animals they left the animals bone underneath their painting. 

Cave Paintings:

Stonehenge:

Woman of Willendorf:

Mesopotamian: 3500 b.c - 539b.c 

From the Ancient Greek: "land between rivers" referring to modern-day Iraq, north eastern Syria, south eastern Turkey and southwestern Iran. Around 150 BC, Mesopotamia was owned by the Parthians. It was a constant battleground between the Romans and Parthians. The romans managed to control some parts I think that is why the Standard of Ur was created and the stele of vultures to show the soldiers marching and fighting.  

Stele of Hammurabi's code: 1780b.c

Stele Of Vultures 

Gate of Ishtar 

The standard of Ur:

 Peace

War

Egyptian 3100b.c - 30b.c

Most of the Egyptian art comes from tombs and monuments. Symbolism was very important in Egyptian art consisted of Egyptian gods and goddesses, animals, pharaoh's regalia and colours. Ancient Egyptian art is a detailed representation of gods, humans, heroic battles, nature, and providing solace to the afterlife. Egyptian art consisted of one law: representation of Pharaohs, gods, man, nature and the environment remained consistent for thousands of years. The Egyptian art  included architecture, pottery, sculptures, hieroglyphics and paintings.

Imhotep Statue:

Step Pyramids Of Djoser:

Great Pyramids:

Bust Of Nefertiti:

Tomb Paintings/Afterlife:

King Narmer (First Egyptian King)

 United Upper/Lower Egypt 3100 b.c

Sphinx:

Cleopatra:

Greek and Hellenistic 850b.c - 31b.c

There are 3 types of Greek art: the Archaic, the Classical and the Hellenistic. Art developed at different speeds in different parts of Greece which caused different forms of art, and varied to a degree from artist to artist. There was no straightforward transition from one artistic period to another. I remember the Greek art mostly for the Olympic statues.

Athens defeats Persia at Marathon 490 b.c

Peloponnesian wars 431 b.c - 404 b.c 

Alexander the greats conquests 336 b.c - 323 b.c

Alexander in battle

Alexander's empire

Parthenon

Myron

Phidias - Sculptor

Roman 500 b.c - a.d 476

Major forms of Roman art are architecture, painting, sculpture and mosaic work. More of the artwork includes metal-work, coin-die, gem engraving, ivory carvings, figurine glass and pottery. Roman artists had much Ancient Greek art to copy and much of it was found in Roman art through books and teaching. Many Roman artists came from Greek provinces.

Colosseum

 Augustus of primaporta proclaimed emperor 27 b.c

 Assassination of Julius Caesar 44 b.c

Diocletian splits the empire a.d 292

A bust

Rome falls a.d 476

Trojans column

Pantheon

Indian, Chinese and Japanese 636 b.c - 1900 a.d

Chinese art  has varied throughout history, split into periods by the ruling of China and changing technology. Different forms of art have been influenced by great philosophers, teachers, religious figures and even politician leaders. Chinese art include fine arts, folk arts and performance arts.

Indian art is classified into specific periods, each period representing religious, political and cultural developments. The earliest examples are the petroglyphs dating to before 5500 BC. The work continued for several millenniums.

Japanese art also includes architecture and is classed as works of art produced in Japan from the beginnings of human existance sometime in the 10th millennium BC to the present. Japanese art covers a range of art styles and media, ancient pottery, sculpture in wood, bronze, ink painting on silk and paper, and other types of works of art.

Gu Kaizhi

Li Cheng

Birth of Buddha 563 b.c

Silk lake opens 1st century b.c

Spread of Buddhism

Byzantine and Islamic a.d 476 - a.d 1453

 Islamic art includes calligraphy, painting, glass, ceramics, and textiles, as well as many others. Islamic art isn't restricted to religious art but developed from many sources such as  Roman art, early Christian art, and Byzantine styles were taken over in early Islamic art and architecture.

Hagia Sophia

Mosque of Cordoba 

Iconoclasm controversy 726 a.d - 834 a.d when Emperors, leaders and councils of the Orthodox Church imposed a ban on religious images or icons.

Byzantine mosaics 

Islamic architecture

Middle ages 500-1400

Middle ages art is classified into major periods and styles. This includes some early Christian art and Byzantine art. 

Early Christian art covers the period from around 200 until a Byzantine style in about 500. From the start of the period the main pieces of Christian art are the tomb-paintings of Rome and a number of mosaics in churches. Over this period late Roman art went through a baroque phase causing classical style to be abandoned.  Christianity became a influence on imperial art. Influences from Eastern parts of the Empire—Egypt, Syria and beyond.

Celtic art

Battle of Hastings

Black death

Early and high Renaissance (1400-1550) -

The Renaissance was a movement that covered from the 14th to the 17th century beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and spreading to the rest of Europe. Some famous artists include: Michelangelo, Filippo Brunelleschi, Sandro Botticelli, Donatello and Leonardo da Vinci. 

Ghiberti's doors 

Door of the North 

Door of the south

Gate of paradise

Mannerism (1527 - 1580) -

Mannerism is a period of European art that emerged from the Italian High Renaissance. Mannerism is famous for its intellectual sophistication as well as its artificial (as opposed to naturalistic) qualities. 

Baroque (1600-1750) - 

The style started around 1600 in Rome and spread to most of Europe. Some artist's include Peter Paul Rubens, Caravaggio and Rembrandt. Architecture is important as well as paintings in this era.

Neoclassical (1750 - 1850) - 

Neoclassicism is the name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts such as literature, theatre, music, and architecture that are inspired from the classical art  of ancient Greece and ancient Rome. One particular movement was dominant in Europe from the mid-18th to the 19th centuries. Famous artists include Jacques Louis David, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Jean-Baptiste Greuze and Antonio Canova.

Romanticism (1780-1850) - 

Romanticism was an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe and strengthened in reaction to the Industrial Revolution. 

Realism (1848-1900) -

Realism art was for celebrating working class and peasants. Some famous artists were Courbet, Corot, Daumier and Millet.

Impressionism (1865-1885) -

Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of artists based in Paris whose independent exhibitions brought them to rise during the 1870s and 1880s in spite of opposition from the art community in France. Famous artists include Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Camille Pissarro. This era was for capturing the effects of natural light.

Post impressionism (1885-1910) -

Post-Impressionism describes the development of French art since Manet.
The artists continued using vivid colours, thick application of paint, distinctive brush strokes, and real-life subject matter, but they were more inclined to emphasize geometric forms, to distort form for expressive effect, and to use unnatural or arbitrary colour. 

Cubism, Futurism, Suprematism and Constructivism (1905-1920) -

This era was about the pre and post world war 1 art experiments and new forms to express modern life.

Dada and Surrealism (1917-1950) -

Surrealism began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members.

Surrealist works feature the element of surprise and comparisons. Many Surrealist artists and writers regard their work as an expression of the philosophical movement.

Expressionism and pop art (1940s-1950s) -

This art era is pure abstraction and expression without form. Popular artists include Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.

Postmodernism and Deconstructivism (1970 - now)-

This era is art without a centre focus  but reworking to mix past styles. Some artists include Cindy Sherman, Gerhard Richter and Zaha Hadid. Representing communism collapsing in Eastern Europe and USSR.