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History of Cave Paintings (40000-10000 BCE)

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History of Cave Paintings (40000-10000 BCE)

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The earliest cave drawings have been found, dating back at least 64,000 years to Neanderthals in Spain.

The Spanish caves of La Pasiega, Maltravieso, and Ardales are where the artwork in the caves were discovered.

They are thought to have existed 20,000 years before the arrival of modern humans in Europe.

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Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. “Decorated Cave of Pont D’Arc, Known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont D’Arc, ArdèChe.” UNESCO World Heritage Centre,

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The Caves at Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc (30,000 B.C.)

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The Caves at Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc (30,000 B.C.)

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The world's earliest and best-preserved figurative drawings have been found in a cave in France.

About 20,000 years ago, a boulder fall shut the cave, keeping it that way until it was discovered in 1994.

In addition to numerous human footprints, it has 4,000 prehistoric faunal remains that have been inventoried.

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artincontext. “Sumerian Art - The Pottery, Carvings, and Architecture of Sumer Art.” Artincontext.Org

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Semi-precious stones, shells, wood, red limestone, and metals like gold, silver, and copper were some of the materials used.

Numerous other Sumerian artifacts, including statues, sculptures, figurines, ceramics, and other items, have also been uncovered.

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The most famous prehistoric ruin in England, according to archaeologists, was constructed over time.

Neolithic Britons dug a sizable circular ditch and henge using crude tools.

John Aubrey, a 17th-century antiquarian, gave the name Aubrey holes to deep excavations inside the circle.

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Similar to their earlier Stone Age ancestors who survived in small bands as hunter-gatherers during the previous Ice Age, Neolithic humans employed stone tools.

When some human populations decided to entirely abandon their nomadic ways and start farming, the Neolithic Era began.

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A recreation of a human skull that was created in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic era around 9,000 BC.

It is one of the earliest forms of sculptural portraiture in art history as well as one of the oldest types of art in the Middle East.

This was also sometimes looked at as paying a final respect to an ancestor.

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In terms of painting and sculpture, ancient Egyptian art was full of symbols, and was very unique.

These sculptures were made in a way of saying goodbye to the ancestors by creating a statue or monument of them.

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Fattouh, Magdy. “Pyramid of Khafre.” Egypt Time Travel, 15 June 2020, https://egypttimetravel.com/pyramid-of-khafre/

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The Pyramid of Khafre at Giza (2,570 BCE)

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The Pyramid of Khafre at Giza (2,570 BCE)

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Only around 10 meters lower than the Great Pyramid, the Khafre Pyramid is the second-largest pyramid in Egypt.

The upper portion of the structure still has some of the original structure.

Its pyramid complex has been kept better than others because of a unique building technique.

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These sculptures that the Greeks had created were made to capture a moment in history by making it as precise and accurate as possible.

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Medieval Europe & the Byzantine Empire: C. 400 – 1300 – Smarthistory. https://smarthistory.org/tag/medieval-byzantine/

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The Medieval and Byzantine Eras (400 – 1300)

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The Medieval and Byzantine Eras (400 – 1300)

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The Roman Empire continued to live on during the Byzantine Era.

Byzantine art was tied specifically to religion.

Ivories, metalwork, and airy mosaics are hallmarks of Byzantine art.

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Arts of the Islamic World – Smarthistory. https://smarthistory.org/arts-of-the-islamic-world/. 

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Islamic art encompasses all artistic mediums created in the Islamic World, in contrast to the phrases Christian, Jewish, and Buddhist art, which solely refer to the religious art of these religions.

All works of art created in regions where Islam was the official religion or the religion of the ruling class are collectively referred to as Islamic art.

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Islamic art brings out all artistic mediums created in the Islamic World, in contrast to the phrases Christian, Jewish, and Buddhist art, which solely refer to the religious art of these religions.

All works of art created in regions where Islam was the official religion or the religion of the ruling class are collectively referred to as Islamic art.

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During the thirteenth century, Italian artists began to move away from the Italo-Byzantine style.

The Roman artist Pietro Cavallini created frescoes and mosaics featuring solid, detailed figures.

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Florence in Early Renaissance (1397-1495)

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Florence in Early Renaissance (1397-1495)

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The Renaissance is usually believed to have its origins in Florence.

This city was the birthplace of the early artists and painters of the time.

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Pope Julius II selected Bramante as his artist to work with, and the two of them came up with a design for a new church to replace the Old St. Peter's church.

The dome of Donato Bramante's Tempietto is based off of a classic temple design.

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End of Renaissance & Reformation (1500-1600)

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End of Renaissance & Reformation (1500-1600)

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An important development in the history of art was preparing everyone to move on and embrace change.

The purpose of Renaissance was to get everybody ready to start seeing a change in the way art was presented.

The purpose of reformation was getting everyone ready to notice that there will be a change in religions, such as some breaking.

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The Baroque: Art, Politics, & Religion in the 17th Century Europe

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The Baroque: Art, Politics, & Religion in the 17th Century Europe

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Artists began trying out new ways to get the viewer of the art piece more involved in a more unique way.

Artists like Caravaggio adopted a dramatic and forceful realism.

Others had a basic style, influenced by the High Renaissance's vivid color scheme and idealized shapes.

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The "Age of Reason," otherwise known as the Enlightenment, was a period of logical thinking.

Centuries of tradition and custom were pushed aside in hopes of having independence.

Saw the advent of the "modern world" in parallel with changes in business and politics.

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Following the French Revolution, the Romantic movement took off in France.

There hasn't been any French Romanticism since artists worked with genres with different topics.

A pan-European movement began in England in the middle of the eighteenth century.

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The Impressionists rejected traditional themes and welcomed modernism.

Impressionism was considered a joke to people who didn't like it, but ended up being incredibly popular.

The technique of freehand drawing, painting, or painting outside, was used by the artists.

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The abstract art that developed in the 1960s and 1970s was the response to cubism.

Picasso was inspired by George Braques' art style when creating his pieces of cubism.

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Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, and Jackson Pollock were pioneers of abstract expressionism.

Abstract Expressionism is made up of stray brushstrokes and vibrant colors.

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The art style known as surrealism aims to create unimaginable pieces by surreal imagery and the combination of seemingly unrelated subjects.

Dada is an artistic movement that is made up of an unpredictable traditional aesthetic and cultural ideals.

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Contemporary art is made up of the random forms of thought brought out visually. .

Many modern artists reference others cultural or personal identities in their works.