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ARTS 149 1st Edition Lecture 2 Current LectureIntroduction to Stone Age and Prehistoric ArtI. Stone Age Time Periodsa. Paleolithic Era (ca. 38,000 – 10,000 B.C.E.)b. Mesolithic Era (ca. 10,000 – 8,000 B.C.E.) c. Neolithic Era (East ca. 8,000 – 3,000 B.C. E., Western Europe 4,000 – 1,500 B.C.E.)d. Meaningi. “Paleo” = Old, “Meso” = Middle, “Neo” = Newii. “Lithic” = StoneII. Works of Art ranged from wall art to jewelryIII. About the Peoplea. Nomadic people who followed animalsb. Mainly food and gatherers c. People would create stone weapons and tools to hunt animals and build sheltersIV. Architecturea. Mammoth-Bone Housesi. Inside center of house was a fire pit used for food and toolsii. Inside house there was also a butchering areaV. Sculpture Art a. What is Art?i. Deliberate and requiring thought and effortii. Waterworn Pebble (ca. 3,000,000 B.C.E.) – symbolic thinking was requiredbut considered to NOT be art1. Because no effort was put into changing the pebble to appear differentlyiii. Decorated Ocher – considered to be art; iron ore used for pigment1. Because maker had to add the patterns, images, and shapes (created by humans, not nature)b. Nude Woman (aka Venus of Willendoorf) 29,000 – 25,000 BCEi. Emphasis on certain body parts specifically sexual body parts1. i.e. triangular pubic area, enlarged breasts, enlarged bellyii. Ambiguous facial features iii. Enlarged breasts and belly indicate fertilityiv. May have been a possible form of communication between people similarto a peace offeringThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.c. Woman Holding a Bison Horn 25,000 – 20,000 BCEi. Painted in Limestone, carved in low relief ii. Also has exaggerated breasts, belly and pubic triangle1. Again no facial featuresd. Woman from Brassempouy 30,000 BCEi. An abstract image, but it is not non-representationalii. Carved from ivoryiii. Referred to as a memory image iv. We know that this represents a female because of other statues e. Bison with Turned Head 12,000 BCEi. Carved in reindeer horn; the curved head of the bison is probably pictured this way because of the shape of the hornii. There is much detail in it; bison is licking its woundsf. Two Bison 13,000 BCEi. Clay, high relief sculptures done with modeling ii. Bison are again depicted in profileVI. Prehistoric Cave Paintingsa. Locationsi. Chauvetii. Lascaux iii. Altamiraiv. Pech-Merleb. Typical appearancesi. Red and black pigments from ochre were mixed water and blow or brushed on walls of cavesc. Meanings?i. Aesthetics ii. Sympathetic magic (belief that by creating these pictures of desired outcomes would yield the desired outcomes in real life)iii. Worship iv. Representational v. Teaching (practice hunting throws and formations)vi. Shamanism (belief that some people were able to travel between the spirit world and real world)d. Chauvet Caves (discovered in 1994)i. 28 cavesii. Discovered by Deschamps, Chauvet, and Hilaireiii. Site of oldest cave paintingsiv. These paintings are naturalistic with images of 1. Aurochs, horses, rhinos, sabertooths, owls, and half-human-half-animal creatures2. Typically pictured in profilev. Hall of Bears1. Shading can be seen on head 2. One Bison within the painting has a frontal head and profile bodyvi. Spotted Horses and Hand imprints1. Handprints are negative images 2. Abstract in nature, but meaning is not knowne. Lascaux Caves (Paleolithic)i. Discovered in 1940ii. 600 images of animals, 1 human and signsiii. When opened to public, grew bacterial (green leprosy) and began to wear1. It was eventually closediv. Hall of Bulls1. Twisted perspective (aka heads in profile, but horns seen at front)2. Two-dimensional animals drawnv. Bird-headed man with Bison 1. First representation of man 2. Might be first representation of a narrative f. Atamira Cavesi. Originally dismissed as forgeries but then decision was reversed1. Because of radiocarbon datingii. Bison are floating and no backgroundiii. Artist used shape of cave to create the


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