Education
The earliest settlers of Greece probably learned painting from the Phoenicians and employed it after the Egyptian, Assyrian, and Phoenician manner, on pottery, terra-cotta slabs and rude sculpture.
The Greek myths and legends were a vast source of subjects for narrative painting. These tales, many of which can be traced back to the Akkadians, were the result of mixing Doric and Ionic deities and heroes into the pantheon of Olympian gods and Homeric sagas.
Certain themes were taken from the ‘Iliad’ and the ‘Odyssey’ as frequently shown as, afterward, the Annunciation in Italian Painting.
The traditional subjects, the Centaurs and Lapiths, the Amazon War, Theseus and Adriane, Perseus and Andromeda, were frequently depicted.
The vase painting arose 900 BC with the Geometric period. Figures were black silhouettes formed by circles, triangles and squares.
In Archaic black and red figure vase painting males and females are presented in mythological or everyday scenes.
According to the literary sources Greek wall painting did not come into its own until about 475 – 450 BC after the Persian Wars. During this period artist gradually discovered how to model figures and objects and how to create a sense of spatial depth.
History of painting art in Greece
- Ancient Egyptian Painting
The Egyptian painters did not paint as they actually saw things but as they imagined them to be. The result is a highly ‘stylized’ picture which can be ‘read’ like pages in a book. Each animal and human figure in a painting is usually there for...
- History Of The Earliest Painting
The earliest known paintings, representing animals hunted for food, were made by Stone Age artists on the walls if caves of Lascaux, in France, around 25,000 BC. The cave contains nearly 2,000 figures. Over 900 can be identified as animals. Plato an Athenian...
- Painting Of Yo, Picasso
Picasso painted two remarkable self-portraits in 1901. One is title, Yo, Picasso. The other is, simply Yo. Yo Picasso is a self-portrait of Pablo Ruiz Picasso. It was painted in 1901 by Picasso. It was oil painting on oil canvas. The artist was twenty...
- The Last Supper By Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was born April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy, small town near Florence. He was a prolific painter, sculptor, scientist and engineer. Leonardo completed few painting, for his scientific activities and numerous odd jobs for his patrons consumed...
- Painting Of Irises By Vincent Van Gogh
Irises is a painting by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh, painted while he was at the asylum at Saint Paul-de-Mausole in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France in the last year before his death in 1890. Irises is one of the most unabashedly beautiful painting,...
Education
History of painting art in Greece
The earliest settlers of Greece probably learned painting from the Phoenicians and employed it after the Egyptian, Assyrian, and Phoenician manner, on pottery, terra-cotta slabs and rude sculpture.
The Greek myths and legends were a vast source of subjects for narrative painting. These tales, many of which can be traced back to the Akkadians, were the result of mixing Doric and Ionic deities and heroes into the pantheon of Olympian gods and Homeric sagas.
Certain themes were taken from the ‘Iliad’ and the ‘Odyssey’ as frequently shown as, afterward, the Annunciation in Italian Painting.
The traditional subjects, the Centaurs and Lapiths, the Amazon War, Theseus and Adriane, Perseus and Andromeda, were frequently depicted.
The vase painting arose 900 BC with the Geometric period. Figures were black silhouettes formed by circles, triangles and squares.
In Archaic black and red figure vase painting males and females are presented in mythological or everyday scenes.
According to the literary sources Greek wall painting did not come into its own until about 475 – 450 BC after the Persian Wars. During this period artist gradually discovered how to model figures and objects and how to create a sense of spatial depth.
History of painting art in Greece
- Ancient Egyptian Painting
The Egyptian painters did not paint as they actually saw things but as they imagined them to be. The result is a highly ‘stylized’ picture which can be ‘read’ like pages in a book. Each animal and human figure in a painting is usually there for...
- History Of The Earliest Painting
The earliest known paintings, representing animals hunted for food, were made by Stone Age artists on the walls if caves of Lascaux, in France, around 25,000 BC. The cave contains nearly 2,000 figures. Over 900 can be identified as animals. Plato an Athenian...
- Painting Of Yo, Picasso
Picasso painted two remarkable self-portraits in 1901. One is title, Yo, Picasso. The other is, simply Yo. Yo Picasso is a self-portrait of Pablo Ruiz Picasso. It was painted in 1901 by Picasso. It was oil painting on oil canvas. The artist was twenty...
- The Last Supper By Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was born April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy, small town near Florence. He was a prolific painter, sculptor, scientist and engineer. Leonardo completed few painting, for his scientific activities and numerous odd jobs for his patrons consumed...
- Painting Of Irises By Vincent Van Gogh
Irises is a painting by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh, painted while he was at the asylum at Saint Paul-de-Mausole in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France in the last year before his death in 1890. Irises is one of the most unabashedly beautiful painting,...