1. Summary so far “How do we READ art?” “How do we DO art?”

2. Summary so far “How do we read art?” – Symbolism/icononography – Content/context/form – Formal qualities: the elements and principles

3. Summary so far “How do we DO art?” – Drawing – Painting – Sculpture – Printmaking – Architecture

4. So What????? Why study art history?

5. So What????? Why study art history? To get college credit for this class…..

6. So What????? Why study art history? To get college credit for this class….. To expand our pitifully narrow horizons….

7. So What????? Why study art history? To get college credit for this class….. To expand our pitifully narrow horizons…. To understand ourselves

8. Art History Timeline TIME LINE GRADING RUBRIC Art 100 Thoroughness : Each art period covered in class chronologically_______/10 Artists and artwork (sketches or images) of each period _______/30 Historical events during each period_______/20 Characteristics of each art period_______/20 Creativitiy: Unique presentation of time line _______/10 Craftsmanship: Neat and clean/Readable_______/10 TOTAL ______/100

9. Earliest Beginnings Paleolithic era: 40,000 – 9,000 BCE Neolithic era: 9,000 – 2,500 BCE

11. Paleolithic Art Paleo – old Lithos – stone Old Stone Age

12. Bison cave painting at Altamira, Spain 15,000 BC

14. “Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world.” Keith Haring

15. Cave paintings at Lascaux, France Discovered 1940 15,000 BCE

17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnSq0c7jM-A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hiFqqqjTxQ

18. Chauvet Cave, France, “Lion Panel”, 32,000 – 36,000 BCE

19. Lion Panel 400 meters long 30,000 B.C.E.

20. Cave paintings of Namibia, south western Africa 25,000 BC

21. Rock painting at Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria 5000 BCE Algeria 5,000 BCE

22. A stencil of an early human's hand in an Indonesian cave is estimated to be about 39,000 years old.

24. Venus of Willendorf, Austria 25,000 BC 4 3/8 in. high, limestone

25. Löwenmensch - a lion-headed figurine found in Germany and dating to the Upper Paleolithic. (about 30,000 BCE)

26. Neolithic Art Neo – NewLithos – Stone New Stone Age New tools Domestication of animals Farming Settlements

28. Stonehenge Salisbury Plain, England 2,000 BC

29. Alliance, Nebraska

30. Characteristics of Prehistoric Art (approximately 40,000 BCE – 3500 BCE) Cave Paintings Small sculptures Patterns Stylized shapes and forms Exaggeration of the female figure Evidence of the first human societies

31. Mesopotamia

32. Mesopotamian art reflects a fertile land with no natural boundaries where successive waves of people conquered the region in ancient times. Approximately 3500 BCE – 500 BCE

33. Mesopotamia The Sumerians were the first people to leave behind both artifacts and words. Lacking stone, their cities were built of sun-dried bricks. Ziggurat: Temple or shrine raised on a monumental, stepped base. Cuneiform: (Latin for wedge-shaped); first known written words created as marks pressed into damp clay.

34. Nanna Ziggurat at Ur (Iraq) 2100-2050BC Sumerians Summerian Approximately 3500 – 2300 BCE

36. Mesopotamia The Assyrians demonstrated another major goal of Mesopotamian architecture which was to build citadels for the protection and safety of temples and palaces. The lion hunt was a popular scene depicted in art. Slaying lions was an expression of kingly power. Approximately 1100 – 680 BCE

37. Assyrian Human Headed Winged Lion 883-859 BCE Assyrian Human Headed Winged Lion 883-859 BCE Assyrian

38. Human Headed Winged Lion 883-859 BCE Assyrian Human Headed Winged Lion 883-859 BCE Lion Man 30,000 BCE

39. Assyrians

40. Lion Hunt from the palace of Assurnasirpal II

41. Standard of Ur 2685-2645 BCE Summerian Ram in Thicket Ur

42. Mesopotamia The Babylonians were great architects of the ancient world. One of their great leaders, Nebuchadnezzar, was an enthusiastic patron of the arts and he built the capitol city of Babylon. Approximately 680- 500 BCE

43. Ishtar Gate Babylon 575 BCE Babylonians Nebuchadnezzar

44. Characteristics of Mesopotamian Art Large structures First written language Evidence of sophisticated societies Symbolic of power structure

45. Sumerian Ziggurat Cuneiform Assyrian Lion Hunt Human Headed Winged Lion Babylonian Ishtar Gate Art of Mesopotamia

46. Mesopotamia

47. Egypt The principle message of Egyptian art is continuity. Stability, order, and endurance are all ideas expressed through their works of art. Action is not important in Egyptian art. Approximately 3500 – 30 BCE

48. The Great Pyramids of Egypt 2650-2470 BC Great Sphinx

49. Katep and His Wife 18 ½ in. 2563 BC Mycerius and His Wife 56 in. 2470 BC

53. Akhetaten and his family sunken relief sculpture

54. Queen Nefertiti 1360 BC

56. King Tutankhamen 1352 BC King Tutankhamen 1352 BC

57. Picasso

61. Characteristics of Egyptian Art Centered around rulers and gods Monumental Strong belief in afterlife Stiff and formal stance Stylized features Both front and side views of figures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_8yPgC9zQc&list= PLxiYi0LShfSYVI2-AT4xuKkuFuY-42hxL khan academy ancient Egypt/TICE ART 1010 Ancient Near Eastern and Ancient Egyptian Art

63. Drawing the Eye

66. Terms to know Mesopotamian Art Stylized Sumerian – ziggurat Assyrian – lion images Babylonian – Gate of Ishtar Egyptian Art Great pyramids Great Sphinx Hyrogliphics Relief sculpture Sunken Relief Queen Nefertitti King Tutankhamen