ARTH-135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Rock Shelter, Lentil, Paleolithic
Document Summary
Found on property of wealthy estate owner by his daughter. Why bison? (food source, ritual, worship?: hall of bulls, lascaux, france (paleolithic) Twisted perspective bulls in profile, horns frontal. Methods pigments to add color, blown powder, stones to smooth: spotted horses and negative handprints, pech-merle, france (paleolithic) Practicing negative space: chinese horse, axial gallery, lascaux, france (paleolithic) Images likely produced for a kind of magic ritual: rhinoceros, wounded man, and disemboweled bison, lascaux, france (paleolithic) Human appearance (rare) humans finding greater self-importance. Rhino: bison sculpture with turned head, la madeleine, france (paleolithic) Made from 4"" long reindeer horn: two bison, reliefs at le tuc d"audoubert (paleolithic) Clay, each 2" long: two different nude women (paleolithic) Woman holding a bison horn, laussel, france (paleolithic) Both sculptures lack facial features, strong maternal emphasis: marching warriors (or ritual dancers), castellon, spain (neolithic) Humans beginning to see dominance over animals: human skull with restored features, jericho (neolithic)
