Christian art

    Christian art-an era of glory wherein Christians expressed their love towards God and Jesus Christ. This is the period wherein the religion was accepted by the Roman emperor-Constantine and people are free to choose their favored religion. The period which Christians have took out  their repressed emotion to create beautiful relief sculptures, mosaics, frescoes and holy imagery.

    As its titular name, I expected it to have Holy scriptures and Bible events as its predominant subject matter. Although, as of today, it may look somewhat ancient (the mosaics and painting style), as a Catholic, I feel that when I see an art, I can almost see a "Holy" word written in  invisible text. That, and I somehow feel some kind of utter wonder and amazement in my chest. The Romanesque style(circular domes) and the Gothic style(pointed arch) are blessings of the architecture world. The manuscript illumination (which also influenced Renaissance  in its early years) was a beautiful imagery that we can see in books nowadays, albeit it was quite rare.

   The dome style of the Romanesque and the pointed style of Gothic is what I use when I draw manors and sketch cathedrals. In fact, I'm quite a fan myself of the Gothic style. It just simply fascinates my eyes. Even though it is very much in detail and may require patience, it is very enjoying to look at once your finish with your hard work. Also the mosaics ideal to this era is something that I have used a lot of times.

   Most of this works are historical and important-especially the detailed containers of holy relics. Time may have passed, this era hadn't failed to flourish and live in us.

Ancient Art

   Ancient art is the first era of painting, sculpture, carving and architecture. Within this time, we can be able to tell how it is and how it had developed until now-enough to catch a viewer's eye. Not only this, but with art, we people on the modern world had been able to tell the history of man.

  There are various things that ancient art had influence me. First was the subject matter. The topics of people years ago wre animals and their everyday lives. Although I don't particularly like violence and warring tribes, I can very much appreciate their portrayal of their survival. Also, the post and lintel structure is very much accepted. Not only that but their carvings and drawings of symbols is something that an individual finds to do when doing an Egyptian art.

   Ancient art has always  give me some mysterious vibes-not bad but in a good way. When seeing a piece on that time, I can't help to feel that art has been a very important thing for them. It somehow feels nostalgic-albeit I don't live in those ages-and some overwhelming eagerness to know what's the meaning of their particular work and what's the story behind it.

Classical art

    Greece and Rome-two places wherein Classical art had sprung. It is the cities wherein gods and godesses like Zeus(Jove, Jupiter), Poseidon(Neptune), Hades(Pluto) and the rest of the main twelve deities was worshipped. These are the cities of Homer, golden ratio and the idea which will later inspired the era of the flowering of arts and knowledge-the notion of humanism.


    Yes, I do believe that it is very much influential. There were lots to mention of what classical art has bestowed upon me, upon us. Of course the golden ratio and the striking perfect form, balance and proportion. It is very much used, amateurs and professional. The capturing of the emotions of sculpture never failed to awe me-a figure made out of marble, copper or other mediums that is close to perfection. Its art that consists bare humans which, with the beauty of their angle and body has blended very well to the emotions of their faces and the activity that is being presented like throwing or in agony after a defeat in war. And of course, who would forget the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian order? I may not be an architect, but I use  it within drawing designs of houses.

   Also, the concept of humanity and the idea to sought perfection by art is much interesting for me. Like I said, it is  fascinating to view the perfection of the nude bodies and the mid-action of the image/person/deity being portrayed. The sense of form, balance and proportion is also rich in these era.The complexity and emotion in the Hellenistic style/period during these times are more than enough for us to virtualize it in our imagination and think that it is  real.

     It's exceptionally easy to be influenced by this era. In fact, I think I had listed  some of those above that I'm quite sure that has and is essential for using it when drawing or sketching. The history, the deities, mythology tales, order or sense of balance and perfection-pick out, it's all around you. Classical art has passed us down a lot of important things. They have given us ideas to enrich and to use and lessons, not only in art but in various things too.