Unit 2: Prehistoric to Medieval Art

How did it all start?Art began over 27,000 years agoAs humans became smarter their imagination and ability to create art increasedArt from Prehistoric to Medieval times is not a progression from simple to complex. It is a time of many varied art forms from different cultures and time periods

Prehistoric Art: 25,000 to 2500 B.C.E

People live in cavesSurvive by hunting and gatheringNo organized government or religionGradually evolve into learning how to use tools to make thingsArt is made for practical purposes to help with hunt or please natural forces

Prehistoric Art: 25,000 to 2500 B.C.Ehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNP6XRLbYWo

SCULPTURE: Bone, ivory and stone figurinesMade figures to please natural forces like wind, animals and stormsEx: Venus of Willendorf, Europe, 25,000 B.C.E., Stone

Prehistoric Art: 25,000 to 2500 B.C.E

ARCHITECTURE: massive, upright, stone structures Later cave people had learned how to farm and had more time to build permanent structuresEx: Stonehenge, England, 2000 B.C.E. Used as an astronomical calendar

Prehistoric Art: 25,000 to 2500 B.C.E

PAINTING: Cave paintings of animals thought to guarantee a successful huntPainted what they saw and images of everyday lifePainted on cave walls with fingers and brushes made of sticksUsed paint made of crushed rocks, berries and charcoal as outlines for the animalsEx: Lascaux Cave Painting, France, 15,000 B.C.E.

15,000 B.C.E. Cave of Lascaux, France,