Post on 02-Jan-2016
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 :
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
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
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/