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These painting were some of the first cave paintings discovered. These were pound in southwestern France. Most of the paintings here were made in direct contrast with what they saw. They were made out of things they found in the environment that they could paint with.
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This painting was created on such a large scale what shows its importance. Again it is depiction of something in their environment. The painting was created to show what was going on in the outside world.
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This depicts a Bison with its intestines coming out. It is glorifying the hunt and what humans have to do to survive. It is also glorifying the animal and what it means to them in their society.
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This one of the 7 wonders of the world is what we think of we think of Egypt. It had a reference to the sun it took a very long time to build.
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Khafra was an ancient Egyptian king of the 4th Dynasty during the Old Kingdom
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The Sphinx is carved from the bedrock of the Giza plateau, and it appears that the core blocks used to construct the king’s valley temple were quarried from the layers of stone that run along the upper sides of this massive image
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This Is and Image of Tutankhamun’s tomb. During this period People were buried in this tombs They were decorated with gold and other jewels
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This was the make for the inner most coffin of this tomb. Another porting of the burial where they would create these mask to cover the faces of the dead.
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This is one of the first marble stages created. The rigid stance with the one leg forward us something that we see in many sculptures.
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This was a portion of greek pottery. It sympolizizev Achilles and one of his tributes to greek societies.
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This is an example of early sculptures that were created. We see that only his body was kept the legs and arms must have fell off.
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Greek art also revived a lot around architecture. The buildings that they were building were very modern for their time. They used different techniques to create the columns and capitals.
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This sculpture is representing motion. The greeks really tried to make their figure look as real as possible This piece is from the olympic games which was a very special event during this time.
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Mary gave birth to Christ in a stable while the animals watched. In works of art, Joseph, Mary’s husband, often sits off to the side and sleeps.
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Alter-pieces were very prominent during this time They were created in churches all over the world to present what they believed in.
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Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Double Portrait (1434) shows a well-to-do couple. The text in the back of the image identifies the date and Jan van Eyck as the artist. There are many meaning that can be taken from this image.
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The angel Gabriel visits Mary to announce to her that she will be the mother of God. At this moment, Jesus Christ miraculously conceived, and God is made flesh and blood.
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The subject of the Last Supper is Christ’s final meal with his apostles before Judas identifies Christ to the authorities who arrest him.
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The Mona Lisa was originally this type of portrait, but over time its meaning has shifted and it has become an icon of the Renaissance—perhaps the most recognized painting in the world. The Mona Lisa is a likely a portrait of the wife of a Florentine merchant.
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The narrative begins at the altar and is divided into three sections. In the first three paintings, Michelangelo tells the story of The Creation of the Heavens and Earth; this is followed by The Creation of Adam and Eve and the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden; finally is the story of Noah and the Great Flood
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Caravaggio turned to a powerful and dramatic realism, accentuated by bold contrasts of light and dark, and tightly-cropped compositions that enhanced the physical and emotional immediacy of the depicted narrative.
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Goya’s painting has been lauded for its brilliant transformation of Christian iconography and its poignant portrayal of man’s inhumanity to man.
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The invention of a light sensitive surface by Frenchman Joseph Nicéphore Niépce that the basic principle of photography was born.
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Romantic artists were concerned with the spectrum and intensity of human emotion.
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This anointing is important because it wants us to see what it is really happening in society The boy and the father a re work hard in the sun to make money to survive.
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Realism helps depict the change in society from farm life to more city life.
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This picture also depicts the lives of people in society. it is showing the doing manual labor. In the background you can see that there is someone watching them like a boss.
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These arias used light and color to make you feel like the picture is real. They also used certain strokes t make certain things pop out.
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People moving from small farms, towns to large cities helped to breakdown traditional culture and values.
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This anonymous map might seem unsettling; it emphasizes certain areas while removing others, and changes dramatically the size of landmasses.
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The story behind the creation of Object, an ordinary cup, spoon, and saucer wrapped evocatively in gazelle fur.
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In 1936, Picasso was asked by the newly elected Spanish Republican government to paint an artwork for the Spanish Pavilion at the 1937 Paris World’s Fair. The official theme of the Exposition was a celebration of modern technology.
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Much of the painting’s emotional power comes from its overwhelming size, approximately eleven feet tall and twenty five feet wide. Guernica is not a painting you observe with spatial detachment; it feels like it wraps around you, immerses you in its larger-than-life figures and action
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Andy Warhol’s Gold Marilyn Monroe clearly reflects this inherent irony of Pop. The central image on a gold background evokes a religious tradition of painted icons, transforming the Hollywood starlet into a Byzantine Madonna that reflects our obsession with celebrity.
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The reason he painted soup cans is that he liked soup." He was thought to have focused on them because they composed a daily dietary staple. Others observed that Warhol merely painted things he held close at heart. He enjoyed eating Campbell's soup, had a taste for Coca-Cola, loved money, and admired movie stars
