Western art is a popular subject for art students and historians to research, so the amount of information that has been written about it is vast. If you are interested in learning more about western art and you don’t know where to start, this blog is a good place to begin.

Titled “Western Art: The History of Western Art, Artists and Styles,” this blog was written by an art historian who has spent years researching various styles of artwork. It offers commentary on painters like Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Cezanne as well as on prominent museums.

The blog includes an archive of over 220 articles that were originally published between 2007 and 2010. The archive is searchable by artist name, museum or geographical area.

The purpose of this blog is to be a complete guide to the history of western art.

Western art refers to all types of visual art that developed in the Mediterranean area and then spread to the rest of Europe and eventually the world. Western art is often divided into Classical and Medieval periods, but these distinctions are arbitrary and not very helpful. In fact, most people don’t even know what they mean.

These terms refer to political divisions rather than historical ones. The Roman Empire, for example, was divided into two parts: the Western Roman Empire, which included most of modern France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, England and Scotland; and the Eastern Roman Empire (also known as Byzantium), which included Greece, Turkey, Syria and Egypt. The eastern part fell in 1453 CE when the Ottoman Turks conquered Constantinople (Istanbul). The western part fell in 476 CE when the Germanic chieftain Odoacer deposed Romulus Augustulus and declared himself king of Italy. Historically speaking these events are nowhere near as important as they have been made out to be; it was only later that historians began referring to them as pivotal moments in history. Nevertheless it is these events that lead us to refer to art before 800 CE as “Classical” and after

Western art is the art history of the Western world. The term refers to European painting, sculpture, and architecture as well as arts of the Americas, Africa, and Oceania.

The word “Western” in the term refers to the Renaissance and Baroque artists of 15th-17th centuries in Europe, their source of inspiration from classical art, and the art produced since then by European cultures under their influence. This includes the Roman art of antiquity and all Byzantine art, as well as Pre-Columbian art (especially Mayan) and Islamic art from Spain to Indonesia, though it excludes Chinese painting which is categorised separately. The Western visual arts tradition extends beyond European boundaries to include Persian miniatures and Korean pottery, among other Asian examples.

Western Art has had a profound impact on the history of world culture. Modern Western artists are still inspired by its monuments; they continue to emulate its styles and iconography for its use in advertising, movies, architecture, television programs and video games.

Western art is the art of European culture, and the Americas and Australia, from the Middle Ages through the beginning of the modern era. The end of ancient art is sometimes considered to be the sack of Rome by the Goths in 410, although the decline of Greco-Roman culture had already begun into a period of revival and innovation, known as the Byzantine Empire. Traditional scholarship says that Western Europe had a “Dark Ages” from around 400 to 1000 CE. This was followed by an era known as the “High Middle Ages” or “renaissance” that lasted from about 1000 until about 1300. The four centuries from about 1300 to 1600 are known as the Renaissance or “rebirth”. Art produced during this time was called medieval.

Western art begins with early Christianity, including Early Christian art, or Byzantine art in the Eastern Roman Empire. After Christianity became legal in 313, monumental churches were built across Western Europe. In Italy, such churches are Romanesque because they are similar to those built in ancient Rome. An important collection of such medieval sculpture can be seen in Italy at Ravenna’s Basilica di San Vitale. The church building was also used for other purposes, such as burial and important ceremonies such as marriage and coronations took place inside it rather

Western art, like Western culture in general, is the product of a variety of influences. The Eastern Roman Empire also contributed much to the development of Medieval and Renaissance art. In addition, the Persian Empire, Sassanid Empire, and various civilizations in pre-Columbian Americas contributed to the melting pot of cultures that formed the New World culture.

After the fall of Rome, Europe continued to be influenced by its cultural progenitor; however, this influence was often direct or indirect. For example, European artistic traditions were transmitted through the Christian Byzantine Empire or through Islam during its Golden Age. Western art has ancient and medieval roots that trace back to Greek sculpture and painting on one hand and Egyptian sculpture on the other. Many elements of Byzantine Christian art (as well as Roman art) can all be traced back to their roots in ancient Greek art.

In the classical tradition, there is a triad of disciplines that were considered the most important for an artist to study:

1) Anatomy: the study of how the body was constructed and the ways in which it could be portrayed.

2) Proportion: The study of the relationship between one part of the body and another.

3) Light and Shadow: The study of light and dark as they affect objects and human beings.