ARTH 1100 Lecture 2: LECTURE 2 - Prehistoric Art & Egyptian Art
10 Feb 2017
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Old stone age = paleolithic (35 - 8,000 bce) bce i. e. before common era. Middle stone age = mesolithic (8 5,000 bce) New stone age = neolithic (5 1,500 bce) > impossible for us to think like the artists thousands of years ago. > some objects weren"t tools works of imagination. > old pieces of art are still being discovered. > interest for decoration & transforming objects into something for aesthetic appreciation. This name wasn"t assigned to it when it was created when you give something a name, it gives meaning. People of robust figure were of value embodiment of fertility. Discovered in austria, but made of a material that does not exist in. Effort to make her facial features recognizable. > cave painting (parietal art, as opposed to portable artifacts) Indicates communication & interaction exchange ideas/beliefs. Method pigments (red ochre, charcoal, etc. ) applied w/ fingers or animal-hair brushes.
