ACTIVITY 3. "FILL IN THE BOX"

Answer Key

Instructions: To know how much you have learned from the discussion, fill in the box with the characteristics and functions that would best describe the artworks in every period or era. Complete the table and follow the format below. (Note: make a separate table for Paintings, Sculptures and Architecture)

PERIOD/ERA

ANCIENT ART:

Pre-Historic

Egyptian

CHARACTERISTICS:

Ancient Egyptian art reached a hight level in painting and sculpture,and was both highly stylized and symbolic.

FUNCTIONS:

Statuary provided a place for the recipent to manifest and receive the benefit of ritual action.

PERIOD/ERA

CLASSIC ART:

Greek

Roman

CHARACTERISTICS:

The elements of Greek sculpture-realism, idealism, harmony of form held a great appeal to the Romans.

FUNCTIONS:

To visualize the divine and to commemorate humans and also to embellish sacred architecture.

PERIOD/ERA

MEDIEVAL ART:

Byzantine

Romanesque

Gothic

CHARACTERISTICS:

Massive quality, thick walls, round arches, sturdy piers, groin vaults, large towers, and symmetrical plans.

FUNCTIONS:

It's primarily to decorate the exteriors of a cathedral and other religious buildings.

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