Amphorae were ancient storage vessels typical of Greek pottery.

The Greek amphora is an ancient clay vessel.

Normally, the amphorae were decorated with friezes or olympic games scenes.

A place where you would always find a mosaic in rome was on the window sills at the entrance of the house.

To make mosaics you had to have a lot of experience because the pieces were very small and delicate.

Columns were used to support the most precious buildings. They also had a decorative use.

The ribbed vault, the flying buttresses and windows with patterns (of stone lace called tracery) were very important during the Gothic period.

The cathedrals were higher and brighter. Windows were decorated with stained glass.

Gothic art used stone combined with large expanses of glass.

They invented a technique called sfumato which consisted of drawing blurry or imprecise edges.

They also started to paint with more volume.

The art of the sculptures was so well done that (with so many details).

Impressionism painters used small, visible brushstrokes that offered the bare impression of form, unblended color and they put emphasis on the accurate depiction of natural light.

Impressionism was characterized by its persistent experimentation with lighting.

Normally painters painted scenes of daily life in a creative way.

Real people, religious scenes, portraits and still lifes were depicted. This was because at that time people's view of the world was pessimistic.

Another consequence of this pessimism was reflected in his pictorial style, through the use of the technique of tenebrism and the depiction of motifs of death.

Baroque art is characterized by realism, rich and intense colors, and strong lights and shadows, as opposed to Renaissance art. Chiaroscuro was an important technique at that time.