Art History Archives

Effects of Good Government

leepw — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:28:51 +0000

This image was scanned from Art in Renaissance Italy: 1350-1500 By Evelyn Welch

The Fall of Simon Magus

leepw — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:26:28 +0000

This image was scanned from Baroque and Rococo: Art and Culture by Vernon Hyde Minor

Sculpture of a Boxer

leepw — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:21:28 +0000

This image was scanned from The World of Ancient Art by John Boardman

Random Graphic that serves as a link

leepw — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:46:42 +0000

Animated Gif

leepw — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 22:44:54 +0000

Art Nouveau Movie

leepw — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 22:29:56 +0000

17th century Art

leepw — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:54:55 +0000

The art style or art movement of the Counter-Reformation in the seventeenth century. Although some features appear in Dutch art, the Baroque style was limited mainly to Catholic countries. It is a style in which painters, sculptors, and architects sought emotion, movement, and variety in their works. (pr. broke)

Art of the Middle Ages

leepw — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:50:59 +0000

The period in European history between the collapse of Rome and the Renaissance, from 476 CE to about 1450. Also known as the medieval period, and as the Dark Ages.

Rebirth

leepw — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:49:18 +0000

A revival or rebirth of cultural awareness and learning that took place during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, particularly in Italy, but also in Germany and other European countries. The period was characterized by a renewed interest in ancient Greek and Roman art and design and included an emphasis on human beings, their environment, science, and philosophy.

Stone Age Art

leepw — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:47:51 +0000

The Paleolithic period, or Old Stone Age, was the longest phase of human history. Its most outstanding feature was the development of the human species– Homo sapiens. Paleolithic peoples were generally nomadic hunters and gatherers who sheltered in caves, used fire, and fashioned stone tools. Their cultures are identified by distinctive stone-tool industries. By the Upper Paleolithic there is evidence of communal hunting, constructed shelters, and belief systems centering on magic and the supernatural. Rock carving and paintings reached their peak in the Magdalenian culture of Cro-Magnon man.