prehistoric art
DESCRIPTION
Art for 5th and 6th Grade.TRANSCRIPT
The Beginning of Art
Prehistory- before writing.
Time Periods
•Paleolithic Art :30,000 BC to 4,000 BC in Europe
•Neolithic Art: 4000 BC to 2000 BC in Europe
Cave Paintings
Paleolithic
Techniques
• Dark lines outlining the contour of the animals
• Earth colours (from natural pigments)
• Smudging to fill in shapes
• Flat shapes
Just the animals that were around at that time.
Instructions on how to hunt or not to hunt.
The cave was used for religious ceremonies.
Painting were for good luck in hunting.
Why did they paint the cave? What do the paintings mean?
Altamira Cave (12,500 BC)
SculpturePaleolithic
“Venus” of Willendorf28,000 and 25,000 BC
Lion Man-Stadel cave40,000 BC
Bison with turned head12,000 BC
Cave Paintings
Neolithic
Megaliths
Neolithic- Bronzeage
Dolmen Menhir Cromlech
StonehengeA prehistoric rock monument.
Made of monoliths- large rocks.
Very mysterious-align with the sun-cast shadows during solstices and may have been a type of calendar.
Created over timeAround 2000 BCE.
There are otherStones circles butThis is the most famous.