LBST 1B05 Midterm: LBST 1B05 MIDTERM REVIEW.docx

• School: OCAD University
• Department: Liberal Studies
• Course: LBST 1B05
• Professor: Rebecca Carson

Document Summary

Artist may have used the shape of the rock before painting the horse. The hand might represent the artist"s signature. These horses and the hands were painted during different times. Limestone / ochre for colouring linked to fertility shape nor proportions seem natural survival of mankind and woman"s ability to bear children struggle to survive was constant. Women are always represented and shown nude in this time period. Would fit in the palm of your hand. Naturalism was not a goal of the artist. Hair is geometrically arranged/ may be wearing a hat. Wall painting with horses, rhinoceroses and aurochs: 32 000 30 000 bce. Prehistoric europe/ cave found south of france. Ritual ceremonies, social function, improve hunter"s luck, worship or initiation. Inclusion of narrative rhinos fighting at bottom right. Found in remote parts of the cave, used over centuries. Mythology of the early people, belief that their ancestors were animals.