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Prehistoric Art
Paleolithic 32,000
Mesolithic 10,000
Neolithic 7,000
When? 32,000 BCE
BC
Before Christ
BCE
Before Christian
era
Who? Nomadic Hunter Gatherers
• Carvings, small sculpture, cave drawings
Civilized societies
• Buildings, larger sculpture, no cave paintings, the beginning of language
Where?
What?
•drawings
•paintings 2D
•carvings
•sculpture 3D
How?
Animal fat/
spit/water
Pigment from
berries/ash/
plants/blood
paint
Animal hair/
human hair/
leaves/ grass
Twigs/ branches/
bones
brushes
How?
Stone lamps
Stone tools
Black, brown,
red, and yellow palette
Why?
• Part of ceremony/offering/prayer/remembrance
Spiritual
• Record of time/events/animals/celebrations
Documentation
• Art/personal space/decoration
Expression
Compare/Contrast
Paleolithic Mesolithic Neolithic
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