NEED TO KNOW DATES...
PALEOLITHIC: 25,000 BCE
NEOLITHIC: 5,000 BCE
Paleolithic Art: 40,000-8,000 BCE in the Near East
"Old Stone Age" 40,000-4,000 BCE in Europe
(Woman of Willendorf, Feline-headed statue, Lascaux Caves, Catal Hoyuk)
Neolithic Art: 8,000- 3,000 BCE in the Near East
"New Stone Age" 4,000- 2,000 BCE in Europe
(Stonehenge)
PALEOLITHIC: 25,000 BCE
NEOLITHIC: 5,000 BCE
Paleolithic Art: 40,000-8,000 BCE in the Near East
"Old Stone Age" 40,000-4,000 BCE in Europe
(Woman of Willendorf, Feline-headed statue, Lascaux Caves, Catal Hoyuk)
- Hunter-Gatherers, Nomadic
Neolithic Art: 8,000- 3,000 BCE in the Near East
"New Stone Age" 4,000- 2,000 BCE in Europe
(Stonehenge)
- Cultivated, raised livestock, organized settlements
- 75,000 BCE: Stick of ochre (a pigment of the earth, brown/yellow) are engraved in Blombos Cave, South Africa, 61,000 years before the Lascaux caves!
- Earliest works are cave paintings and portable sculptures(Modeling/Carving - Modeling is an additive process, as opposed to carving, the other main sculptural technique, in which portions of a hard substance are cut away to reveal form. Unlike carving, corrections are possible during modeling, and the result—fired clay or preserved wax—is not as permanent as a stone or wood carving.)
- Conjectures are made about the meaning of prehistoric works
- No one single function and the purpose can only be guessed
- Monuments like Stonehenge show that people were able to build structures made of the post and lintel system.
- The need to create is one of the strongest human impulses.
- Focus on materials indigenous to the environment/geography
- Since context is largely unknown, focus on original location and content
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Text Reading: Gardner’s Art Through the Ages: Chapter 1: The Birth of Art: Africa, Europe, and the Near East in the Stone Age. Summary: Prehistoric works of art have the power to amaze and intrigue even though little is known about their original intention, creation, or meaning. The creative impulse exists with the earliest human endeavors, as in evidenced by the cave paintings from Lascaux and sculptures such as Venus of Willendorf. The first type of construction, the post-and-lintel method, was developed during the Neolithic period to build monumental structures like Stonehenge.
GLOBAL PREHISTORY
GLOBAL PREHISTORY Information and slides
Text Reading: Gardner’s Art Through the Ages: Chapter 1: The Birth of Art: Africa, Europe, and the Near East in the Stone Age. Summary: Prehistoric works of art have the power to amaze and intrigue even though little is known about their original intention, creation, or meaning. The creative impulse exists with the earliest human endeavors, as in evidenced by the cave paintings from Lascaux and sculptures such as Venus of Willendorf. The first type of construction, the post-and-lintel method, was developed during the Neolithic period to build monumental structures like Stonehenge.
GLOBAL PREHISTORY
GLOBAL PREHISTORY Information and slides
This website is based upon work supported by:
Dr. Robert Croad for workshops, resources and time -
Marsha Russell for your generosity in sharing materials and knowledge -
and to Valerie Park for your AP Art History web site that this website is based upon.
Dr. Robert Croad for workshops, resources and time -
Marsha Russell for your generosity in sharing materials and knowledge -
and to Valerie Park for your AP Art History web site that this website is based upon.