Paleolithic Art ( Stone Age ). 32,000 to 11,000 years ago
1) Portable art :.Consist of figurines or decorated objects. Found in France, Spain, north Africa, Siberia 2) Stationary art:. manufactured from combinations of minerals, ochres, burnt bone meal and charcoal mixed into mediums of water, blood, animal fats and tree saps.. Outside caves ritualistic purpose. Inside caves Symbolism purpose The Venus of Hohle Fels 2 Main categories :
Outside cave Inside cave
How paintings were done ? With fingers, sticks, and pads of fur or moss Daubing, dotting, sketching with coloured materials and charcoal Spray painting through hollow bone or by mouth.
Neolithic Art (New Age). Roughly from 7000 to 3000 BC. Humans were settling down and began cultivating the lands. Technology advancement. 3 forms of mediums: statuary, painting and pottery (clay) ( Pottery was the prime medium of Neolithic art )
. Replace stone and wood utensils. Decorated with with triangles, spirals, wavy lines, and other geometric forms on its rough or polished surfaces Pottery
Statuary. Neolithic cultures, like Linearbandkeramic, Lengyel and Vinca, produced female and animal statues. Lengyel Vinca
Realism in Paleolithic Art
A figure of a naked woman
The lady in a hood
Chauvet Cave Bear
Hillaire Chamber
Brief development from Paleolithic art to Neolithic art
Paleolithic Art
The Shaft of the Dead Man
Female Figurine 22th-21th millenium BC Mammoth ivory H 4.2 cm Malta settlement, Siberia
Neolithic Art
Pottery
Ceramic vessel
Neolithic Art
Chinese Storage Jar (c B.C.) China, Neolithic period, Yangshao culture, Machang phase (c. 7000–2000 B.C.) Low-fired clay with iron oxide and manganese pigments
Chinese Storage Jar (c B.C.) China, Gansu province, Neolithic period, Yangshao culture, Banshan phase (c. 2600–2300 B.C.) Low-fired earthenware painted with iron oxide and manganese pigments
Entrance Stone, Newgrange Passage Tomb, Boyne Valley, Ireland (3100 BC)
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