Visual Arts History 1040 Lecture Notes - Lascaux, Aurochs, Tumulus
1 Feb 2013
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In cultures written before history; must assume things about what the art means. Women more common subjects than men, but animals dominate art. Animal facing left, from the apollo 11 cave, namibia, ca. Animal in profile so that the head, body, tail, and all four legs clearly visible. Aim was to create convincing image of subject, pictorial definition of the animal capturing its essence. 30,000-28,000 bce combining human and animal form; powerful creatures. 28,000 25,000 bce (nude woman, b/c don"t know religion of that culture; venus" may not be relevant to the purpose") Function: just b/c nude, doesn"t mean sexual object. Head: no idea (maybe beauty, weaving, etc) Could be individual woman, found others much slimmer (focus on this one instead b/c easier to make the assumption using gender norms) Two bison, relief in caves, le tuc d"audoubert, ca. Bison with turned head, fragmentary spearthrower, from la madeleine, france, ca.
