ARTH 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Mount Vesuvius, Entablature, Contrapposto
6 Dec 2017
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40 000 years ago they started making art. Neanderthals co-existed with humans (flutes) 40 000 bce: came into contact with homosapiens. After contact with humans, they started mark-making: flint wedged into the likeness of a face- 35 000 bce, animal bone wedged in hole by flint flakes. Bisons: altamira spain 18 000 bce: was discovered by a spanish count, when he discovered it, people though it was forgery. Lion & bison, chauvet cave 30 000- 28 000 bce: often overlapping, virtual encouragement( most of the animals drawn in the caves were never hunted, sympathetic images (encouraging them to hunt) Hand dots, chauvet cave 30 000- 28 000 bce: men, women and children= hand made dots. Female genitalia and bison hand 30 000- 28 000 bce: strange images in caves. Hall of the bulls, lascaux cave 15 000-10 000 bce: motion, movement of animals in the hall, they used sticks, blood, charcoal, iron pigment.
