17th Century Southern Baroque Art
17th CENTURY SOUTHERN BAROQUE ART Theme: “Classicism with Passion” While Baroque art introduces a new dynamic, theatrical quality to its …
16th Century Art
16th CENTURY ART This section explores 16th century art including both from the southern and northern regions. Let’s begin in …
15th Century Renaissance Art
15th CENTURY RENAISSANCE ART This section encompasses 15th Century Renaissance Art from both the South and the North. 15th Century …
14th Century Art
14th CENTURY ART Theme: “Growing Interest in Reality” The Florentines began to pursue art forms that rendered the world around …
Islamic Art
ISLAMIC ART Theme: “Divinity, infinity, and unity” Islamic art is inspired by and entirely comprised of Islamic religious messages and …
Gothic
GOTHIC Theme: “Height and Light” Two major Gothic innovations in architecture involved new soaring heights and the use of stained-glass …
Romanesque
ROMANESQUE ART Theme: “Pilgrimage” Romanesque churches were designed to accommodate pilgrimages and to house and display relics. These drew …
Early Medieval Art
EARLY MEDIEVAL ART Theme: “Illumination” In a deeply Christian society, Western Europe searched for illumination through reading the Biblical text. …
Byzantine Art
BYZANTINE ART Theme: “The Four Fs” This theme focuses on the basic characteristics of Byzantine figural representation. The “Four Fs” …
Roman Art
ROMAN ART 509-27 BCE Theme for Roman Republic and Roman Empire: “MERIT” Acronym for Monuments, Engineering, Realism, Interior spaces, and …