Art and Culture - Topics 3, 4 and 5

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  • Period: 150,000 BCE to 8000 BCE

    PALEOLITHIC

    The art and culture from this period were the work of the homo sapiens, who hunted using sticks and stone weapons. People on this era were nomads. One of the first art manifestations were the paintings found in caves.
  • Period: 8000 BCE to 4000 BCE

    MESOLITHIC

    It is considered to be like a bridge between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic. The most significant aspects on this period were the ending of the Ice Age and the development of agriculture and fishing. It is believed that the paintings were some of the first attempts to create a language through hieroglyphs. Being nomad was not a necessity anymore
  • Period: 4000 BCE to 2000 BCE

    NEOLITHIC

    The art expression on this time was strongly influenced by the changes in the social organization: people started settling down and the architecture began to be an important mean of expression. Big stones were arranged in certain shapes because of religious beliefs; these rocks are referred as megaliths.
  • 3100 BCE

    EGYPT

    EGYPT
    In Africa appeared one of the greatest civilizations of all time: Egypt. Settled near the Nile (meaning “river”) river, Egyptians made a lot of contributions to art and society, the pyramids, the mummifications process, the Sphinx and their temples, just to name a few.
  • 3000 BCE

    MESOPOTAMIA

    MESOPOTAMIA
    Mesopotamia is well known for creating the firsts monumental temples, irrigation systems, governments based on the city-states structure and the cuneiform writing system.
    Mesopotamians also were an important civilization because they created a writing system called cuneiform.
    Mesopotamian literature tried to discover the origin of gods and humans. One of the poems of the time was the Epic of Gilgamesh.
  • 1750 BCE

    HINDUISM

    HINDUISM
    A major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia, developed from Vedic religion.
  • Period: 550 BCE to 651

    PERSIANS

    Persian civilization was at the east of Mesopotamia, where today is Iran. That region was called the Fars.
  • 500 BCE

    GREEK SCULPTURE (ARCHAIC)

    GREEK SCULPTURE (ARCHAIC)
    The first period in Greek sculpture is called Archaic, it is represented by human statues in a very rigid posture and with the arms very close to the body. It is believed that this images were influenced by the Egyptian culture. Other characteristics are the long and curly hair and very few details in their clothes.
  • Period: 499 BCE to 400 BCE

    GREEK SCULPTURE

    Other representations are the ones from the Early Classical Style and the Classical Style. In the first Period called also Severe or Transitional. The classical style is the most important period for the Greek art. Some of the artworks from this period are still influential nowadays in our civilization. The art reflected the philosophy and the greatness of the Greeks. Some of the most influential sculptors were Polykelitos of Argos
  • Period: 490 BCE to 480 BCE

    GRECO-PERSIANS WARS

    Greece was a country that was not unified, because they didn’t have the same sense of identity. After defeating the Persians, they became the most civilized culture in the world.
  • 478 BCE

    THE PARTHENON

    THE PARTHENON
    the most recognizable building from the Acropolis of Athens. It used the method that you studied in the Neolithic topic, the post and lintel. It was the temple dedicated to Athena. Their architects were Callicrates and Ictinus. It was constructed with marble and it is very easy to appreciate the balance and order of it, creating a sense of perfection
  • 400 BCE

    TAOISM

    TAOISM
    the philosophical and religious system that intended to create peace with
    the “Tao", made a huge influence in the way of Chinese government 4th to 3rd
    centuries BC) –The most important poem of Taoism is the “Tao Te Ching” that
    influenced, with his philosophical way of expressing, the paintings in Chinese art; pottery
    and literature were influenced by magic and alchemy
  • 250 BCE

    CONFUCIANISM

    CONFUCIANISM
    it is a movement closer to ethical philosophy: to expand our sense of justice and a proper way to be in society. Confucianism uses a set of behaviors to make a well relation between human beings. If people acted in the correct way, society could function without a single problem.
  • Period: 247 BCE to 210 BCE

    QIN DYNASTY (CHINA)

    Was considered as the first dynasty with an emperor (Qin himself)
  • Period: 206 BCE to 220

    HAN DYNASTY

    After Qyn Dinasty, they got the power
  • Period: 100 BCE to 400

    ROMAN EMPIRE

    Roman Empire lasted nearly five hundred years; one of the secrets of its permanence was their ability to adapt very different cultures and make them their own. In that way, they assimilated laws, religions and language from other countries, instead of simply destroying them or impose their own government. One of the most influential civilization, for the Roman Empire, was Greece.
  • 600

    BUDDHISM

    BUDDHISM
    Buddhism is a path of practice and spiritual development leading to Insight into the true nature of reality. Buddhist practices like meditation are means of changing yourself in order to develop the qualities of awareness, kindness, and wisdom.
  • 600

    SIX CANONS

    SIX CANONS
    the first important work written about Chinese painting. Ho writes about six elements that he uses to criticize, judge or talk about a painting.