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The Birth Of Art

The Birth Of Art. Africa, Europe, & The Near East In the Stone Age 35,000 BC – 2000 BC. Cro-Magnon or European Early Modern Humans (EEMH. Les Eyzies , in France. Paleolithic (3,000,000 -11,000) "Old Stone Age," and begins with the first use of stone tools Mesolithic ( 10,000-5,000)

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The Birth Of Art

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  1. The Birth Of Art Africa, Europe, & The Near East In the Stone Age 35,000 BC – 2000 BC

  2. Cro-Magnon orEuropean Early Modern Humans (EEMH Les Eyzies, in France

  3. Paleolithic (3,000,000 -11,000) "Old Stone Age," and begins with the first use of stone tools Mesolithic ( 10,000-5,000) "Middle Stone Age" (from the Greek "mesos," "middle," and "lithos," "stone") was the period in the development of human technology Neolithic (4,000-3,200) "New Stone Age." This was a period of primitive technological and social development, toward the end of the "Stone Age."

  4. Iconographic method of analysis • studying position • direction and size of the figures • organization of the composition • painting technique • distribution of the color planes • research of the image center Considering a work of art in terms of the life of the person who made it creates one kind of historical context. There are many other ways to relate a work to history, though, involving different elements of the period from which it came.

  5. Art? Waterworn pebble resembling a human face, from Makapansgat, South Africa, c. 3,000,000 BC. Reddish-brown jasperite.*Technically not considered an "artwork," since it was not modified by human intervention beyond selection, but interesting nonetheless!

  6. The world's oldest example of abstract art, dating back more than 70,000 years, has been found in a cave in South Africa. The abstract art was found on two pieces of ochre in a cave on the southern Cape shore of the Indian Ocean.

  7. The seven slabs of rock with traces of animal figures that were found in the Apollo 11 Cave in the Huns Mountains of southwestern Namibia have been dated with unusual precision for ancient rock art.

  8. Animal facing left,Namibia Cave 23,000 BC

  9. Venus of HohleFels • The Venus of Hohleis an Upper Paleolithic Venus figurine found in 2008 near Schelklingen, Germany. • It is dated to between 35,000 and 40,000 years ago at the very beginning of the Upper Paleolithic, which is associated with the assumed earliest presence of Homo sapiens in Europe (Cro-Magnon). • It is the oldest undisputed example of Upper Paleolithic art and figurative prehistoric art in general.

  10. Human with Feline HeadPaleolithic Art Lion man of the HohlensteinStadel Swabian Alps, Germany.

  11. Venus of DolníVěstonice • The Venus of DolníVěstonice is a Venus figurine. • A ceramic statuette of a nude female figure dated to 29,000–25,000 BC • Found at a Paleolithic site in the Moravian basin south of Brno, Germany.

  12. Venus of Lespugue(c.23,000 BCE) • The Venus of Lespugue is a statuette of a nude female figure of the Gravettian, dated to between 26,000 and 24,000 years ago. • It was discovered in 1922 in the Rideaux cave of Lespugue in the foothills of the Pyrenees by René de Saint-Périer (1877-1950) • Approximately 6 inches tall, it is carved from tusk ivory, and was damaged during excavation.

  13. Venus of Willendorf • The Venus of Willendorf, also known as the Woman of Willendorf, is an 11 cm (4.3 in) high statuette of a female figure • It was discovered in 1908 by archaeologist Josef Szombathy at a paleolithic site near Willendorf, a village in Lower Austria near the city of Krems. • It is carved from an oolitic limestone that is not local to the area, and tinted with red ochre. In the Round

  14. Venus of Laussel(c.23,000 - 20,000 BCE) • The Venus of Laussel is a Venus figurine, a 1.5 foot high limestone bas-relief of a nude female figure, painted with red ochre. • The figure holds a wisent horn, or possibly a cornucopia, in one hand, which has 13 notches. • This may symbolize the number of moons or the number of menstrual cycles in one year.

  15. Venus of Brassempouy(c.23,000 BCE)Mammoth Ivory Carvin of Head & Face of Female:First Ever Portrait Art • The Venus of Brassempouy, meaning "Lady of Brassempouy", is a fragmentary ivory figurine from the Upper Palaeolithic. • It was discovered in a cave at Brassempouy, France in 1892. • About 25,000 years old, it is one of the earliest known realistic representations of a human face and hairstyle.

  16. Willendorf Laussel DolníVěstonice Lespugue HohleFels

  17. Reclining woman, rock-cut relief,La Magdelaine cave, Tarn, France,ca. 12,000 B.C. APPROX. HALF LIFE-SIZE.Rock-cut relief of a reclining nude woman. Head Leg Pubic Mound

  18. Bison with turned head, from La Madeleine, Dordogne, France, 12,000 B.C.A relief carving of a bison on a reindeer antler, approx. 4" long. This masterful bison, skillfully cut by means of flint tools, owes its compact, expressive outline in part to the contours of the palm-shaped piece of reindeer antler from which it was carved.

  19. Two bison, reliefs in cave atLe Tucd'Audoubert, Ariège, France, ca. 15,000-10,000 B.C. CLAY, EACH APPROX. 2' LONG.Two bison modeled in clay.

  20. SpottedHorses andNegativeHand Imprints, Pech-Merle, Lot, France, ca. 25,000 B.C. APPROX. 11' 2" LONG

  21. Hall of the Bulls, Lascaux,Dordogne, France, (c.17,000 BCE)

  22. Lascaux Caves, SW France • Sections have been identified in the cave; the Great Hall of the Bulls, the Lateral Passage, the Shaft of the Dead Man, the Chamber of Engravings, the Painted Gallery, and the Chamber of Felines. • The cave contains nearly 2,000 figures, which can be grouped into three main categories - animals, human figures and abstract signs. • Most of the major images have been painted onto the walls using mineral pigments although some designs have also been incised into the stone.

  23. Ceiling LascauxThe Painted Gallery “aka”"Sistine Chapel of Prehistory."

  24. Dead Man, Lascaux

  25. Black Stag, Lascaux

  26. Chinese horse - Lascaux

  27. Falling cow - Lascaux

  28. Great black bull - Lascaux

  29. The four black bulls, or aurochs, are the dominant figures among the 36 animals represented here. • One of the bulls is 17 feet long — the largest animal discovered so far in cave art.

  30. Bison, Altamira Cave, Santander Spain, 12,000-11,000 BC, First Discovered site 1879 Ocher -mineral oxides of iron occurring in yellow, brown, or red

  31. Hand, Vallon Pont d`Arc, France

  32. Horse , Vallon Pont d`Arc , France

  33. War - Tassili

  34. Hunting - Tassilin'Ajjer

  35. Chariot - rock paintings, Tassilin'Ajjer

  36. Neolithic Societies • Neolithic is a measured progression of behavioral and cultural characteristics and changes • Taking control of environment. • Development of human technology, • The rise of farming, "Neolithic Revolution" • Use of wild and domestic crops and the use of domesticated animals. • Originated government, law, formal religion, writing, weaving, metal work and pottery

  37. Jericho • Jericho may be man's oldest permanent city. • Amazingly sophisticated despite the fact that it was created with stone tools. • Self-contained with it's own well and grain silos. • Mud brick houses built on oval stone foundations covered about ten acres. • A rock-cut ditch and a 5 foot thick , 13 ft high stone wall surrounded a population of about 2000 people. • encompassed a 28 foot stone tower, 33 feet wide at the base and contained a spiral staircase inside. • Begins man's long history of monumental stone architecture.

  38. Collapse   of    the   Wall   • Archaeological excavations indicate portions of the walls of the fortified city have collapsed outwards. The fallen mud bricks and the stone rubble had formed ramps for the invading Israelites to enter the city (Josh. 6:20).

  39. Human Skull with restores features, Jericho 7000-6000 bc

  40. ÇatalhöyükNeolithic town in Anatolia (Turkey). A large settlement, said to have 3000-8000 inhabitants at its peak, it lasted some 1200 years

  41. CatalHoyuk • Wall painting found in a home in the city of CatalHoyuk. • No streets or doors. • All buildings are connected and entered from the roof. • Famous for the wall paintings and animal skulls found there. • This particular painting is thought to be the first-ever landscape. • 6150 BC • Hasan Dag Mountain

  42. Deer Hunt.  wall painting from CatalHuyuk, Turkey dates 5750 bc. • Pictoral Narrative • Organized hunting party • Human action theme vs. cave paintings • Rythmicrepition of basic shapes • Bows, arrows, garments • Heads have defined noses, mouths, chins and hair

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