How do I study art:
Reading/Styles of Art
Part I
STYLE
Mood or
Temper of the
Artwork
It is determined by
history (time and place), by
the personality of the artists
as well as by the theory of art
STYLE
Mood or
Temper of the
Artwork
CLASSICAL ART
MODERN ART
POSTMODERN
STYLES OF CLASSICAL ART
1. Classicism
2. Medieval Art
3. Renaissance Art
4. Mannerism
5. Baroque
6. Neoclassicism
STYLES OF MODERN ART
7. Impressionism
8. Expressionism
9. Fauvism
10. Pointillism
11. Art Nouveau
12. Surrealism
13. Cubism
14. Concretism
15. Suprematism
16. Dadaism
17. Ready Made Art
18. Abstract Expressionism
19. Color Field Painting
20. Pop Art
STYLES OF
POSTMODERN ART
22. Installation Art
23. Environmental Art or
Earthwork
Styles of Classical Art
1. CLASSICISM
This is the style found in
the ancient
Greek and Roman
sculptures.
It is an idealist
imitation of the
beauty and
perfection of the
human body.
The sculptors were
Praxiteles, Polycritus
and Myron.
DORIC IONIC CORINTHIAN
In architecture, classicism is found in the 3 Greek Orders, and the
additional 2 Roman Orders, indicated
by the designs of columns.
TUSCAN COMPOSITE
CLASSICISM
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This style has religious subjects, and
applies flat projection. The church is the
patron of art. The art forms are mosaic,
stained glass paintings, illuminated
manuscripts and calligraphy.
2. MEDIEVAL ART
The noted
paintings are
the frescoes
by Giotto di
Bondone
MEDIEVAL
ART
MEDIEVAL
ART
3. RENAISSANCE ART
Revival of ancient Greek and Roman Art
Discovery and application of perspective
Application of chiaroscuro and sfumato
Triangular Composition
Religious and secular subjects
Patrons of art: The church
and wealthy families
Early Renaissance: Boticelli
Flemish School of Painting: Van Eyck
High Renaissance: Florentine School
of Painting: Donatello, Leonardo
Michelangelo, Raphael
RENAISSANCE
ART
4. MANNERISM
This is an alternative
style to Renaissance
Art. Representations
are stylized with
elongated figures and
usually religious
subjects
Mannerist paintings
are those by El Greco
or Dominikos
Theotokopolus.
MANNERISM
MANNERISM
5.
VariousBAROQU
subjects presented in
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highly realistic way. Application
of deep chiaroscuro. Dominance
of curve lines to suggest motion.
Rembrant van Rijn
Giorgione Castelfranco
Peter Paul Reubens
Jan Vermeer
BAROQUE
Revival of Renaissance & Classical Style
Subject: Ancient Western society
Highly Realistic Representation
Technique: Deep chiaroscuro
Academic art and the Salon
Strict adherence to rules of painting
6. NEOCLASSICISM
Jacques Louis David
Jean Auguste Ingres
Juan Luna
Guillermo Tolentino
Styles of Modern Art
7. IMPRESSIONISM
Claude Monet
Paul Cezanne
Auguste Renoir
Beginning of Modern Art
Subjects taken from
everyday ordinary life
Surface filled with
bursting light of the sun.
Pale colors and blur outlines
indicate movement and
passage of time
IMPRESIONISM
Art is an expression of
the artist’s emotion.
Unnatural representation
Symbolic use of color
Dominance of curve lines
for emotional effect
Heavy impasto paints
8. EXPRESSIONISM
Vincent Van Gogh
Edvard Munch
EXPRESIONISM
The name is from the
French fauve that means
“beast”. It uses unnatural
colors for exciting visual
effect. Subjects are taken
from unnatural, extra-
ordinary objects.
Paintings by Henry
Matisse
9.FAUVISM
FAUVISM
10. POINTILISM
(Divisionism)
Uses points or dots as
the main visual element.
Based on the principle of
visual mixing. Subjects
taken from the everyday,
ordinary experiences.
Structurally formal and
visually representational.
The main proponent is
George Seurat
POINTILISM
11. ART
NOUVEOU
Poster-like paintings for advertisement.
Subjects are women in sensual postures.
Linear composition and flat projection.
Paintings by Alphonse Ma. Mucha
ART
NOUVEOU
Art is a revelation of the artist’s
subconscious mind (Psychoanalysis)
Reaction to rationalism & romanticism
Emphasizes passion and imagination,
weird, fantastic and dream-like
presented in highly realistic way
12. SURREALISM
Salvador Dali
Marc Chagall
Giorgio de Chirico
Rene Magritte
Prudencio Lamaroza
Frida Kahlo
SURREALISM
SURREALISM
SURREALISM
