WESTERN ART HISTORY HUMANITIES I MS JONA VICTORIANO

WESTERN ART HISTORY HUMANITIES I MS. JONA VICTORIANO, M. A.

WHAT IS WESTERN ART? • “The term ‘Western art’ largely describes the art of western Europe, but is also used as a general category forms of art that are now geographically widespread but have their roots in Europe. ” (https: //www. artgallery. nsw. gov. au)

I. PRE-HISTORIC PERIOD II. ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PERIOD III. GREEK PERIOD IV. MEDIEVAL PERIOD V. RENAISSANCE PERIOD

I. PREHISTORIC ART

DIVIDED INTO THREE PERIODS: 1. Stone Age 1. a Paleolithic (c. 1, 500, 000 to c. 8000 B. C. ) 1. b Mesolithic (8000 to 6000 B. C. ) 1. c Neolithic (c. 6000/4000 B. C. to c. 3000 B. C. ) 2. Bronze Age (characterized by the use of bronze) 3. Iron Age (characterized by the use of iron or steel)

TYPES OF MEGALITHIC ART:

MENHIRS

DOLMENS

CROMLECHS

TOOLS USED DURING THE STONE AGE PERIOD:

PEBBLE TOOL • The tool contains a rounded stone struck some blows with a similar stone used as a pounder, which created a serrated crest that served as a chopping blade.

BIFACIAL TOOL • It is a hand ax prehistoric stone tool flake with two faces or sides.

FLAKE TOOL • These hand tools were used during Stone Age. They are usually formed by crushing off a small or large fragment then used as the tool.

BLADE TOOL • This is a stone tool created by striking a long narrow flake from a stone core. This procedure of cutting the stone and creating the blades is called lithic reduction.