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Paleolithic

Cave paintings are images of food, drew food to think it would appear (religious)



"Lascaux Cave Painting"


Paleolithic

"Chinese Horse"


Paleolithic




- Fat Horse which means dinner or pregnant,


- Has a couple different colors,


- The only narrative in cave

"Beard-Headed Man with Bison"


Paleolithic




- Honoring the man that feed his people


- Could be shaman, mythical story


- Only type of man creature in a room far back in the cave and seperate


- Bull is mad b/c he was stabbed


- The bull is 3D


- Not much attention paid to the man


- Head of the man look like the spear thrower.






paint on limestone


15,000 - 13,000 BCE, Lascaux, France

"Venus of Willendorf"


Paleolithic




- 22,000-21,000 BCE


- Made of limestone


- Roman Goddess of fertility, sex, childbirth


- Headdress or hair covers face b/c it is not important and abstract


- Identity is not important, only the reproductive characteristics are


- It is pocket sized

Neolithic

- Earliest sculpture


- Abstraction with a verge of natural appearance


- 200 people in village


- Domesticated animals


- Planting food


- Ideas to go beyond "what are we going to to do for dinner tonight"

"Stonehenge"


Neolithic




- 2750-1500 BCE


- Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England


- Post and Lintel Construction


- Stones came from over 100 miles away


- 24 ft. tall


- Circle when standing in the center


- Heel Stone is right above where the sun rises


- Calendar for farming


-This period stopped the hunter/gathering period

Sumerian



- Civilization means cities and large groups, hunter/gather were not civilization


- Neolithic started a small civilization


- Have empty eye b/c something used to be there that fell out


- Known as weak guys b/c they were easy to conquer


- Religion is a major factor


- Prayers that have been recorded are horrifying, - No trust in god b/c of where they lived


- Random flooding and droughts, thought it was b/c of gods

"Worshipers of Tell Asmar"


Sumerian




- 2900 - 2600 BCE


- Found in the temple of Abu in Tell Asmar; Iraq


- Made of gypsum alabaster


- Height of tallest figure 30"


- All males wearing same clothes


- Eyes wide open and attentive


- Same posture


- Found in a temple underneath the alter


- Praying to the gods of agriculture


- Votive statues (offered in fulfillment of a vow)


- Showing devotion


- Largest might be priest or king or whoever has the most money



Babylonian

- Hierarchy that follows the code of Hammurabi


- Slavery in culture


- Practical aspects of living in civilization


- People have never seen Hammurabi, you need a set of laws





"Stele of Hammurabi"


Babylonian




- 1792 - 1750 BCE


- Made of Basalt


- There is writing on the lower half of the stone that are laws, over 200, laws can't be changed or erased, laws are set for all to follow


- There is a big part of the statue devoted to Hammurabi


- Flames of Hammurabi shoulders


- You follow Hammarbi b/c he talks to the sun god and they are the same size


- Shamash is handing across ring and stick which is leadership


- Stele is big rock


- Freestanding sculpture is the bottom that stands by itself and can walk around it


- Relief Sculpture not sculpted in the round figure, is in top and curved out

Assyrian

- Conquered everyone they fought


- Large scene of power by artwork


- Art is used as propaganda


- Palace at Niniva, capital of Assyria


- Figures guarding the gate and frightened


- Human wearing headdress, wings, and other large animal body, 5 legs


- Images that dealt with the king and his army

"Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions"


Assyrian




- 850 BCE


- Made of Alabaster


- When he is not conquering he is killing lions


- Controlled hunting event


- Army behind him just in case


- Has no fear


- Located inside castle to scare people who come in


- low relief


- done detailed but some is abstract

Naturalism

How closely it is related to nature and follows nature

Hunter - Gatherers

- Do not put down roots


- below 50 people


- always moving


- following food



Polychrome

Many colors



Monochrome

One color

Shaman

Spiritual Guider

Subtractive Method

Taking away to create a sculpture

Additive Method

Adding to create a sculpture

Megalith

a large stone used in some prehistoric architecture

Post and Lintel Construction

two posts holding one lintel on top

Fertile Crescent / Mesopotamia

First official civilization

Votive Statue

Small to show devotion

Hierarchical Scale

Order of importance or power

Code of Hammurabi

Laws for Babylonian culture everyone has to follow

Free - Standing Sculpture

stands alone, can walk all the way around it

Relief Scultpture

Cuts into, one sided

Shamash

Sun god that sits on top of Assyrian statue

Narrative

Telling a story

Frieze

scene that take place, has many rows, not very 3D