Greek pottery is an ancient art of great importance and variety.

These are dominated by mythological and Homeric themes, ephebes and family scenes.

They are based on alternating the red color of the fired clay with the black of the glaze. applying thinner brushstrokes or scraping the top layer for details.

They drew in the walls of the caves.

They used natural dyes to paint: blood, herbs, mud...

They drew hunting scenes, animals...

Mosaics were made from tiny coloured stones which

they called tesserae and they were stuck to the floor with

mortar (cement).

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

Columns were used to support the most precious buildings.

It was rural architecture: castles and churches or cathedrals were built in this style.

They were, in general, small in size, badly decorated and dark.

Its walls were very wide and needed reinforcements to hold them, called buttresses.

The most important feature of Gothic architecture was the

They invented a technique called sfumato which was to follow you with your gaze.

They also started to paint with more volume.

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

They used a technique called pointillism. The aim was to make it look like abstract art from close up and like a well-drawn picture from a distance.

There are many artists of the baroque style here you have some of them: Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Rubens, Velázquez, Poussin and Vermeer.

This style of art has: realism, rich and intense colours, and strong lights and shadows.

In this art style the detail and the exesivity of decoration were valued.