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. 2200 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. 2500 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)
Entrance Stone, Newgrange Passage Tomb, Boyne Valley, Ireland (3100 BC)
Resources
• http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/prehistoric-art-timeline.htm
• http://www.wisegeek.com/what-was-the-neolithic-period.htm
• http://gigapan.org/gigapans/46668/
