ART Class

https://describepoemsaboutedgarallanpoe.blogspot.com/ https://poemsandpoetss.blogspot.com/?m=1 http://mayaangeloupoetry.blogspot.com/ https://teambasho.blogspot.com/2019/05/free-verse-poems-about-basho-by.html?m=1

They based their work on Realism and Romanticism 

The artistic style known as "Neoclassicism" (also called " classicism ")was the predominant movement in European art and architecture during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It reflected a desire to rekindle the spirit and forms of classical art from ancient Greece and Rome, whose principles of order and reason were entirely in keeping with the European Age of Enlightenment.    The Oath of the Horatii n the 7th century BC, to put an end to the bloody war between Rome and Alba, both cities designated champions: the former chose the Horatii, the latter the Curiatii. The two families were linked by marriage. Jacques-Louis David depicts the Horatii swearing to defeat their enemies or die for their country. http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/neo-classical.htm please watch this video first in order to understand better. here,click here

It began in 1699 after the French King, Louis XIV, demanded more youthful art to be produced under his reign. It is also referred to as Late Baroque because it developed as Baroque artists moved away from symmetry to more fluid designs . Rococo painting, which originated in early 18th century Paris, is characterized by soft colors and curvy lines, and depicts scenes of love, nature, amorous encounters, light-hearted entertainment, and youth. The word “rococo” derives from  rocaille , which is French for rubble or rock.  Rocaille  refers to the shell-work in garden grottoes and is used as a descriptive word for the serpentine patterns seen in the Decorative Arts of the Rococo period. Though educated thought was cultivated throughout the 18th century, a new kind of intellectual exchange began to develop, which became known as the Enlightenment. Out of this new cultural movement, ideas about art changed, and Rococo ideals of frivolity and elegant eroticism became l...

·         Gothic art 12th -15th century     introductory videos     get to know Europe.  Get to Know more  and  more Gothic Art Born of the Romanesque movement, Gothic art developed in France by the middle of the twelfth century. Both Gothic art and architecture spread throughout Western Europe The hallmarks of Gothic art include such forms as sculpture, paintings (on panels), stained glass, and illuminated manuscripts. Fresco was also an important media for Gothic artists.  The subjects of Gothic art were often religious in nature, but the period also marks an interest in secular art. As literacy rates improved and more and more people could patronize the arts, additional subject matter came to light. Scenes often, however, depicted narratives of Biblical stories. The Madonna, a less iconic and more human woman, figured strongly into Gothic art. Religious subject matter covered churche...

Greek and Roman empire information.  the information was taken all from diverse  Google pages.

The seventh grade focus their attention on Greek and Roman Culture. The Parthenon and the pantheon. The discus thrower and Apollo belvedere Greek Gods  Since they learned about Greek and Roman Culture and how they venerate them with architectural monuments. The final assesment was making 3 drawings of statue of a Greek god that they like the most.