in the history of art, it refers to all artworks produced by ancient men before any preconvenience culture and known methods of writing and record keeping ever existed , simply meaning art before history .

refers to any parietal art, which involves the application of color pigments on the walls , floors , or ceilings of ancient rock dwellings inhabited by prehistoric man

are images with only one color , for example , black , just like the cave images found in Chauvet cave in France.

it has two or more colors, and can be seen in the multi colored images of bison on the ceiling at Altamira cave in spain

it refers to an engraved drawing , that is ,etched or done by cutting lines on the rock surface with a sharp object probably at flint or stone tool, rather than one made by drawing lines with charcoal or manganese

Most of prehistoric cave paintings were figurative, and 99% of these were of animals. stone age artist painted both predator and game animals , but game animals like bison and reindeer dominated the imagery . Pictures of humans were rarely shown and were usually highly stylized and far less naturalistic than the animal figures . Abstract images , like signs , symbols , and geometric markings , were also common and actually comprise the oldest type of Paleolithic art found in caves of the late stone age , as shown by recent dating results of paintings at el castillo and altamira caves.

this period was commonly represented by the naturalistic images of prey animals and the man that hunted them.

Man became civilized when he stop being nomadic and settle down and created communities that grew crops and tamed wild animals. The designs use on clay pots were commonly derived from plant and animal forms

the Philippines as a colony of spain, US, and japan saw the decline and destruction of its ancient customs and traditions because of the strong influence of the conjuring nations , which by way of violence and intimidation , bent the people to their real will and, thus, in effect left a country hungry for its own identity. The recent findings of ancient antiquities simply concluded our true identity as a people who were already civilized with our own writing system and intelligent enough to meet sophisticated tools and weapons long before the arrival of the first invaders.

Artist Carlos "Botong" Francisco with a troop of boy Scouts during field trip in 1966 accidentally discoverrd the cave with Primitive drawings. -In the same Year the National Museum fielded an interdisciplinary research headed by Archaeologist Alfredo Evangelista and recovered four stone tools from the site. -Presedential Decree Nom 260 declared the Angono Petroglyphs a National Cultural Treasure -There are two kinds of Petrographs: a. charcoal drawings on cave walls in Peñablanca, Cagayan Province and Singnapan Caves in Southern Palawan b. Red Hematite prints in Anda Peninsula, Bohol Province. The dating of these is still undetermined

Then secondary Burial Jar was found in Manunggul Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan in the early 1960s and now considered one of the philippines national cultural treasures. - it is preserved as a work of a great drops man , a master potter . the image on top of the jar cover is boat with two human figures representing two soul on a voyage to the afterlife . it clearly shows the belief of early filipinos in life after death . it is dated to the late neolithic period about 890-710 B.C -The Earthenware pots were found in Ayub Cave in Pinol, Maitim, Saranggani Province pretending human figures . the jars were used as secondary burial jars and where dated to the metal age about 5 B.C -225. the creation of this earthenware portraying human figures and faces indicates a high level of craftsmanship

refers to the art form from greece and rome period classicism in the art favors the classical period , classical antiquity or the ancient times in the western addition , a standard for taste , which the classicist want to copy or imitate - it is a general term describing the long period of time in cultural history when the mediterranean Sea was the center. - it started with the earliest recorded greek poetry of homer and continued to the rise of rome and christianity up to the fall of the western roman empire and the start of the early middle ages

has been held as a standard or measure by which all later art will be judged. it has shaped our minds of what perfections should look like

it was the time when the greeks achieve new heights in architecture , art , theatre , and philosophy .

the greatest known works of the classical period for the contemporaries were the

a mark with length and direction a continuous mark made on a surface by a moving point

it suggests a feeling of rest or repose

often communicate a sense of height

convert action and excitement as well as restlessness and anxiety

convey energy

what is another word for color brightness lightness or darkness

is the element of art that involves light it is produced when light waves strike an object and are reflected into our eyes

a circular chart divided into 12 section with each sector showing a different color

colors are equally distance part on the color wheel they are most basic colors on the wheel they cannot be created by mixing any other colors together and can only be derived through natural pigments

are created from mixing equal parts of any two primary colors together red+yellow= Orange Yellow+blue= Green Blue+red= Violet

red-purple, red-orange, blue-green, blue-purple yellow+green and yellow-orange these are the result from mixing equal parts of a primary color with a secondary color

is the quality of brightness and purity

is an element of art that refers to the gradual change of lightness or darkness of a color it is created when a light source shines upon an object creating highlights , form shadows and cast shadows

it refers to interdisciplinary art , art research , development , production , and presentation , or artistic creation of work that fully uses two or more art disciplines to create a work for a specific audience

originated from the latin word "ars"which means skill and with the greek word "techne" which means technology skill acquired by study or observation the production of aesthetic objects is the use of the skill and creative imagination

an expression of artistic ideas through images , structures , and tactile work

an expression of ideas through writing

an expression of an artistic idea through written lyrics , text , dramatization , and multimedia production

in visual arts, are series of points that come in two characteristics which are form and direction

are two dimensional figures with height and width and are formed by connecting both ends of a line

are three dimensional it has the exact dimensions as a shape except with added volume

in visual art it is associated with the natural phenomenon in our environment

is considered a property of a color which pertains to its lightness or darkness

the tactile or illusory surface of the piece

these are elements that create unity within a design

the unity of the artwork specifically in reference to the arrangement of its parts

using several design elements which ensures the audience attention

this guides the audience eyes on where to look

refers to the repetition of certain elements to produce a pattern

an area in the design that may appear different in size , texture , shape , or color to attract the viewers attention