7 Flashcards
(42 cards)
3 millions years to 3000 BC
prehistory
Prehistory
- paleolithic
- neolithic
3000 BC to nowadays
history
history
- ancient age
- medieval age
- modern age
- contemporary age
images on a rock surface by craving, engraving, etc.
petroglyphs
- termgiven to a collection of prehistoric atatuettes of women made during the paleolithic period, mostly found in europe, but with finds as fas as siberia
venus figurines
- drawing, stencil art and painting in prehistoric caves.
- theories
- decorative, perhaps in connection with social, supernatural or religious rituals.
pictographs
The __________________ are statuettes depicting obese women that, up until now, were thought to have been associated with fertility and beauty. A recent study published in “Obesity” has suggested instead that the figurines are totems of survival in extreme conditions.
Venus figurines
cup-shaped depressions in rock; believed fertility rites
cupules
any work which projects from but which belongs to the wall, or a type of background surface, on which it’s carved.
relief sculpture
- relief sculptures & small portable art; included small female sculptures
- venus figurines
- relief sculpture
prehistoric sculpture
THREE PERIODS OF STONE AGE
(art in early civilization)
°PALEOLITHIC
°MESOLITHIC
°NEOLITHIC
- fertility symbolism
- one of earliest relief sculptures
venus of laussel (23,000 BCE)
- New Stone Age.
- 3, 000 to 1, 500 BCE
°NEOLITHIC
- large, often undressed stone
- construction of various types of monuments, during 4500-1000 BCE
- also called petroforms
- stones fitted together no mortar or cement
- ceremonial or ritualistic structures (Easter Island & Stonehenge)
- single or multiple tombs (Knowth)
- sanctuaries (Gobekli Tepe), & other monumental architecture
stonehenge (megalithic art)
- the late years of the old Stone Age.
- 32, 000 to 8, 000 BCE
°PALEOLITHIC
- initially highly controversial
- natural erosion vs human creativity
- analysis appears to confirm that humans were responsible for the figurine
- this sculpture is considered one of the earliest known representations of the human form
venus of berekhat ram
- Middle Stone Age.
- 8, 000 to 3, 000 BCE
°MESOLITHIC
- monolithic human figures
- living faces of deified (made god-like) ancestors
- tallest approx 33’
moai at easter island
- “PALEO” MEANS
- “LITHOS” MEANS
- “MESO” MEANS
- “NEO” MEANS
- OLD
- STONE
- MIDDLE
- NEW
The ____________ has witnessed how humans were able to lead more stable lives and eventually come up with permanent shelters and tools for survival.
Stone Age (2 to 2.8 million years)
stone age, when humans started using stone tools, it is believed it all started in ______________
ethiopia
therefore indicates a nomadic lifestyle
portable
is a product of climate change. As the climate got colder, part of the early humans’ instinct is to look for shelters that would provide them will warmth. Caves became protective havens
for the early humans and these caves paved the way for the birth of their first attempt to create art.
Paleolithic Art