antiquity

(noun)

Ancient times; former ages; times long since past.

Related Terms

  • plateresque

Examples of antiquity in the following topics:

  • Sculpture in the High Renaissance

    • Sculpture in the High Renaissance demonstrates the influence of classical antiquity and ideal naturalism.
    • The references to classical antiquity are clear in the subject matter, and the body of the god is based on the Apollo Belvedere, which Michelangelo would have seen while in Rome.  
    • Not only is the subject matter influenced by antiquity but so are the artistic influences.
    • While the Pieta is not based on classical antiquity in subject matter, the forms display the restrained beauty and ideal naturalism which was influenced by classical sculpture.
  • Fresco

    • Fresco is a form of wall and ceiling painting hat has been widely used since antiquity.
    • Fresco painting, derived from the Italian word "fresco" meaning "fresh," is a technique that has been used since antiquity, executed on plaster walls and ceilings.
  • Rome

    • Rome's connections to classical antiquity made it an important site for the Neoclassical movement during the 18th century.
    • In the 18th century, the city's longstanding connections to classical antiquity made it a site of particular interest to the increasingly widespread Neoclassical movement.
  • Carolingian Metalwork in the Early European Middle Ages

    • Metalwork subjects were often narrative religious scenes in vertical sections, largely derived from Late Antique paintings and carvings, as were those with more hieratic images derived from consular diptychs and other imperial art, such as the front and back covers of the Lorsch Gospels.
    • Another work associated with the Palace School is the frame of an antique serpentine dish, now located in the Louvre.
  • Renaissance Architecture

    • During the High Renaissance, architectural concepts derived from classical antiquity were developed and used with greater surety.
    • During the High Renaissance, architectural concepts derived from classical antiquity were developed and used with greater surety.
  • Sculpture during the Decline of the Roman Empire

    • Sculpture during this period demonstrates the style and design of Late Antique art that was initially developed during the late second century CE from plebeian models.
  • Painting during the Six Dynasties Period

    • Transmission by Copying, or the copying of models, means not only from life but also from the works of antiquity.
  • Neoclassicism

    • With the increasing popularity of the Grand Tour, it became fashionable to collect antiquities as souvenirs.
  • Dura-Europos

    • When Christianity emerged in the late antique world, Christian ceremony and worship was much more private—even secretive—than it would become in the later Medieval periods.
    • Rather than building prominent new structures for express religious use, Christians in the late antique world took advantage of pre-existing, private structures—houses.
  • Renaissance Architecture in Florence

    • They also made considerable use of classical antique features such as orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters, and lintels, semicircular arches, and hemispherical domes.
    • While the pediment and the frieze were were inspired by classical architecture, the scrolls were new and without precedent in antiquity, and ended up becoming a very popular architectural feature in churches all over Italy .
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