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In the Beginning – Prehistoric Art
Unit 1 Chapter 1: Art Before History
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In the Beginning – Prehistoric Art
Guiding Question: What aspects of prehistoric art have continued through the ages?
Do Now: (4 Minutes)
Why do you think that images of man were less prevalent in Paleolithic art than those of women?
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Prehistoric Europe and the Near East
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Paleolithic Art
30,000 BCE – 8000 BCE
From the Greek: Paleo – “old” Lithos – “stone”
Humans create the first sculptures and paintings, long before the invention of writing
The works range in scale from tiny figurines to life-size painting and relief sculptures on cave walls
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Venus of Willendorf
ca. 28000 – 25000 BCE
also known as nude woman
Limestone
4 ½” High
Founded in Austria
Represents a woman - nude, named Venus for beauty and love
Its significate was created for fertility reasons
Sculpture in the roundhttps://
www.khanacademy.org/humanities/prehistoric-art/paleolithic-art/v/nude-woman-venus-of-willendorf-c-28-000-25-000-b-c-e
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Woman holding a bison horn
ca. 25000 – 20000 BCE
From Laussel, France
Painted limestone
1’ 6” high
Relief sculpture
Was apart of a great stone block – measured about 140 cubic feet
From a rock shelter which were common dwelling for early humans
Depicts a nude woman
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Woman holding a bison horn
When the sculpture was chiseled out – a red ocher was applied
Exaggeration of breast, abdomen, and hips
Scholars debate the meaning of the horn
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Hall of the Bulls
ca. 16000 – 14000 BCE
Located in the Lascaux Cave
The largest bull is 11’ 6” long
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Materials and Techniques of Paleolithic cave paintings
To illuminate their surfaces as they work, Paleolithic painters used stone lamps filled with marrow/fat with a wick
For drawing Chucks of yellow and red ocher
For painting Grounded the ochers in to powder and mixed with
water Used large rocks as palettes Made brushes from reeds, bristles, or twigs may have used blowpipes made of reeds or hollow
bones to spray pigments in out of reach areas
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Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine ca. 14000 – 7000 BCE
Camelid hipbone
Tequixquiac, Central Mexico
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Jade Cong
ca. 3000 – 2000 BCE
China
Jade
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Jade Cong
https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/ap-art-history/global-prehistory-ap/paleolithic-mesolithic-neolithic/v/jade-cong
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Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine
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Homework
Website: https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/ap-art-history/global-prehistory-ap/paleolithic-mesolithic-neolithic/a/stonehenge
Website: http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/stonehenge/construction.php
Describe the three phases of construction of Stonehenge