Introducing
Your new presentation assistant.
Refine, enhance, and tailor your content, source relevant images, and edit visuals quicker than ever before.
Trending searches
THROUGH OUT THE AGES
SUBMITTED BY:
PINGUL, KATHLENE T. (A336)
Title: STONEHENGE
Artist/s: DRUIDS (CELTIC HIGH PRIESTS)
Year: 3000 BC to 2000 BC
Place of Exhibition:
SALISBURY PLAIN IN ENGLAND
Brief Description:
Stonehenge is a prehistoric ritual monument that was built between the late Stone Age (Neolithic) and the Bronze Age. It is the most prominent megalithic monument in England, with experts believing that it was a tribal meeting place or a religious center associated with astronomical observation.
There is clear archaeological proof that Stonehenge was used as a burial site at some stage in its long history, but most scholars believe it has served other purposes, such as a ceremonial site, a religious pilgrimage destination, a final resting place for royalty, or a monument erected to commemorate and maybe spiritually communicate with distant ancestors. Nonetheless, it aided our comprehension of Prehistoric Age ritual and mortuary traditions. Between 3000-2000 BC, it demonstrated approximately 2000 years of continuous use and monument construction. As such, it is a one-of-a-kind embodiment of our collective heritage.
Title: CATAL HUYUK
Artist/s: ANONYMOUS
Year: 7,500-5,700 BCE
Place of Exhibition:
Küçükköy, KONYA PROVINCE, TURKEY
Brief Description:
Catal Huyuk, which translates to "fork mound" in Turkish, is an archaeological site that sits atop what was once a river valley. The site, which has been inhabited by thousands of people for nearly 2000 years, shows how society changed during the transition from the Neolithic era (the Modern Stone Age) to the Chalcolithic period (the Copper Age), as well as from hunting and gathering to herding and farming, all while offering insights into how the town's protection and religion were provided for.
Catal Höyük is not the oldest or largest Neolithic site, but it is extremely significant to the beginnings of art. It witnessed the transition from subsistence hunting and gathering to increasing expertise in plant and animal domestication. We might think of it as a site whose past is about one of man's most significant transitions: from nomad to settler. It is also a place where we see art, both painting and sculpture, taking on a new significance in the lives of settled people.
Title: NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS
Artist/s: FRENCH ARTISTS
Year: 1163–1345
Place of Exhibition: PARIS, FRANCE
Brief Description:
It is the most well-known Gothic cathedral of the Middle Ages, notable for its scale, antiquity, and architectural interest. The Notre-Dame Cathedral has a choir and apse, a short transept, and a nave flanked by double aisles and square chapels.
Notre-Dame is widely considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture. Without a doubt, the architects who constructed cathedrals during the Medieval era were master craftsmen, but how they built on such a grand scale without modern tools is still awe-inspiring. They were able to adapt earlier building innovations pioneered by the Greeks and Romans and, in many respects, outperform them.
Notre Dame also tells us about Medieval priorities, primarily the Christian faith. This was the age of the crusades, and it's obvious that glorifying God was necessary enough for them to invest in cathedrals on the scale of Notre Dame.
Title: MONA LISA
Artist/s: LEONARDO DA VINCI
Year: 1503
Place of Exhibition: LOUVRE, PARIS
Brief Description:
Mona Lisa, also known as Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo, Italian La Gioconda, or French La Joconde, is an oil painting on a poplar wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci that is widely considered to be the world's most famous painting. The sitter's enigmatic smile and unproven identity have held the painting under scrutiny and fascination.
The Mona Lisa exemplifies Renaissance values such as secularism, realism, and individualism. The Mona Lisa exemplifies secularism because it is a portrait of a woman and has nothing to do with God. Because of the realistic colors and details on her clothing, realism is also evident in this painting. Individualism is also present in the image since it is a portrait of a single person. The Mona Lisa is the quintessential embodiment of Leonardo Da Vinci's work demonstrating the major Renaissance ideals.
Title: THE STARRY NIGHT
Artist/s: VINCENT VAN GOGH
Year: 1889
Place of Exhibition:
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NYC
Brief Description:
One of Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh's most famous works is The Starry Night, a moderately abstract landscape painting (1889) of an expressive night sky over a small hillside village. Van Gogh's use of swirls in this nocturne is probably its most appealing feature, and it's no surprise that it's become one of the most recognized paintings in the history of artistic expression.
Post-Impressionist Style paintings are largely viewed as giving a sense of emotional depth. The Starry Night is even darker, resembling some of Van Gogh's early pictorial attempts. This is generally due to his depressed condition. Despite the nighttime blues, he features a crescent moon and brilliant yellow-white stars. He had a deep love for the natural world, which provided him with solace. The artist wrote to his brother, "Hope is in the stars." As a result, The Starry Night painting is often perceived as conveying a message of hope which has motivated and influenced people to express their emotions through art.
Title: PROPPED
Artist/s: JENNY SAVILLE
Year: 1992
Place of Exhibition:
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Brief Description:
Jenny Saville's revolutionary painting is a striking self-portrait. Saville rose to prominence with her large portraits (often self-portraits) of women who do not conform to society's traditional beauty ideals, but who represent the vast variety of beauty in women.
Throughout art history, women have struggled to break free from the shackles of the muse and achieve parity with male artists. The battle for equality in the art world extends beyond recognition and exhibits to auction houses. But, Jenny Saville has broken the chain when she emerged as “the most expensive living female artist.”
Jenny Saville changed our way we view the female form in painting. Her art challenges notions of what a female nude should be, instead producing strong paintings that accept blemishes, folds, and cellulite.
For me, the most important era of art that has paved the way for influence and lasting effect is the Modern Period. Painting, graphics, sculpture, architecture, theater, dance, cinema, music, and literature have all evolved over time, but with the advancement of technology, the depiction and manner in which these elements were shown have also changed. Other forms of art emerged concurrently with the beginning of Modernism: photography, video art, and media art. As a result, art now portrays beauty in all of its forms, and man, nature, and human relationships, or man-nature relationships, are the foundations of knowledge and inspiration.