ART HISTORY BY HUSIN ALI BIN MOHAMMAD AFFANDI

In fine art, the term Baroque derived from the Portuguese 'barocco' meaning, 'irregular pearl or stone' describes a fairly complex idiom, originating in Rome, which flowered during the period c.1590-1720, and which embraced painting, and sculpture as well as architecture. After the idealism of the Renaissance (c.1400-1530), and the slightly 'forced' nature of Mannerism (c.1530-1600), Baroque art above all  reflected the religious tensions of the age  - notably the desire of the Catholic Church in Rome as annunciated at the Council of Trent, 1545-63 to reassert itself in the wake of the Protestant Reformation. Thus it is almost synonymous with Catholic counter Reformation art  of the period. In order to fulfill its propagandist role, Catholic-inspired Baroque art tended to be large-scale works of public art, such as monumental wall-paintings and huge frescoes for the ceilings and vaults of palaces and churches. Baroque Painting   illustrated key elements o

The Abduction of Rebecca The term Romanticism was first used in Germany in the late 1700s when the critics August and Friedrich Schlegal wrote of  romantische Poesie  ("romantic poetry"). Madame de Staël, an influential leader of French intellectual life, following the publication of her account of her German travels in 1813, popularized the term in France. In 1815 the English poet William Wordsworth, who became a major voice of the Romantic movement and who felt that poetry should be "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings," contrasted the "romantic harp" with the "classic lyre." The artists that considered themselves part of the movement saw themselves as sharing a state of mind or an attitude toward art, nature, and humanity but did not rely on strict definitions or tenets. Bucking established social order, religion, and values, Romanticism became a dominant art movement throughout Europe by the 1820s.  An early prototype of Roma

MEDIEVAL PAINTING Art during the Middle Ages saw many changes up to the emergence of the early Renaissance period. Early art subjects were initially restricted to the production of Pietistic painting (religious art or Christian art) in the form of illuminated manuscripts, mosaics and fresco paintings in churches. There were no portrait paintings in the art of the Middle Ages. The colors were generally somewhat muted. The subject of Medieval architecture is also covered in this section.  The medieval period of art history spans from the fall of the Roman Empire in 300 AD to the beginning of the Renaissance in 1400 AD. In the Middle Ages, art evolves as humans continue addressing the traditional and the new, including Biblical subjects, Christian dogma, and Classical mythology. This article introduces a few concepts of three periods—Early Christian, Romanesque, and Gothic. Last Supper During the Early Middle Ages, the Catholic Church financed many projects, and the ol

Tomb of Amenherkhepshef Ancient Egyptian art must be viewed from the standpoint of the ancient Egyptians to understand it. The somewhat static, usually formal, strangely abstract, and often blocky nature of much Egyptian imagery has, at times, led to unfavorable comparisons with later, and much more ‘naturalistic,’ Greek or Renaissance art. However, the art of the Egyptians served a vastly different purpose than that of these later cultures. King's Daughters Egyptian society was based on the concept of harmony known as ma'at which had come into being at the dawn of creation and sustained the universe. All Egyptian art is based on perfect balance because it reflects the ideal world of the gods. The same way these gods provided all good gifts for humanity, so the artwork was imagined and created to provide a use. Egyptian art was always first and foremost functional. No matter how beautifully a statue may have been crafted, its purpose was to serve as a home for a

Chinese art are art that whether ancient or modern originated by China or by Chinese artists. On the stage of art, dateback to 10000 BC, the chinese art mostly have a simple pottery and sculptures. On this early periods, they were followed by a series of art dynasties which most of it were lasted for a several hundread years. On Qin Dynasty, they are The Terracotta Army inside Mausoleum of the First Qin Empero which consisits of more than 7000 life-size tomb terra-cotta figures of warriors and the horses buried with self-proclaimed first Emperor of Qin or Qin Shi Huang. This was happened in 210-209 BC.Then followed by Han Dynasty which produced a painting on a ceramic tile from tomb near Luoyang, Henan province which dated to Eastern Han Dynasty in 25-220 AD. The painting are about two gentelmen engrossed in coversation while two others look on. Then, on 2nd century BC, they were a glided bronze lamp with shutter, in the shape of midservant which from the Western Han Dynasty. Pain

Byzantine Frescoes in Asinou Church Between Emperor Constantine I's Edict in 313, recognizing Christianity as the official religion, and the fall of Rome at the hands of the Visigoths in 476, arrangements were made to divide the the Roman Empire into a Western half (ruled from Rome) and an Eastern half (ruled from Byzantium). Thus, while Western Christendom fell into the cultural abyss of the barbarian Dark Ages, its religious, secular and artistic values were maintained by its new Eastern capital in Byzantium (later renamed Constantinople after Constantine). Along with the transfer of Imperial authority to Byzantium went thousands of Roman and Greek painters and craftsmen, who proceeded to create a new set of Eastern Christian images and icons, known as Byzantine Art. Exclusively concerned with Christian art, though derived (in particular) from techniques and forms of Greek and Egyptian art, this style spread to all corners of the Byzantine empire, where Orthodox Christiani