ARTH 103 1st Edition Lecture 1 Outline of Current Lecture II Paleolithic Period c 38 000 8 000 BCE III Neolithic Period c 8 000 2 300 BCE Current Lecture II Paleolithic Period Mass migration of Neanderthals migrate up North Cro magnons killed off Neanderthals Nomadic People Lion Human Ivory c 30 000 BCE Important because ivory is a very hard material to obtain Woman from Willendorf Limestone with ochre talisman c 24 000 BCE Lots of women sculptures in this period could be of goddesses or talismans Very exaggerated women parts Free standing or carved into walls Cave Art Most European cave art are pictures of animals Thought to have been an educational tool to teach the young 1st cave painting discovered at Altamira Cave Spain Horses Rhinoceroses and Aurochs paint on limestone c 32 000 30 000 BCE Uses contour outlining value different shades of the same color and overlapping objects placed over another to create depth Oldest cave painting in Europe Hall of Bulls paint on limestone c 15 000 BCE 360 degree panorama painting These 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 Uses twisted perspective composite pose convention of representation in which part of a figure is shown in profile and another part of the same figure is shown frontally Bird Headed Man with Bison Human animal figure one of the few human figures in cave drawings III Neolithic Period Defining features agriculture animal husbandry permanent shelters Woman and Man ceramic c 4 500 BCE Labor intensive art Compound at Skara Brae Houses were built with rocks Corbelling layering stones so there is no weak point Stonehenge Sacred site that represented the land of the dead Created by using a human compass Shadow casted during summer solstice that is believed to connect the living with the dead Created by post and lintel construction made with interlocking joints