Debate Question 8/25

• Defend or refute the following statement:

• “Humans are the highest and most important of all animals.”

Prehistoric Art

Europe and N. America

Dating Conventions and Abbreviations

B.C.=before ChristB.C.E.=before the Common Era

A.D.=Anno Domini (the year of our Lord)C.E.=Common Era

c. or ca.= circa C.=century

Pebble resembling a human face

from Makaspansgat South Africa

ca. 3,000,000 B.C.E.reddish brown jasperiteapproximately 2 3/8 in. wide

Apollo 11 Cave

Namibia

ca. 23,000 B.C.E.charcoal on stone5 in x 4 3/4 in.

Human with Feline Head

from Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany

ca. 30,000-28,000 B.C.E.mammoth ivory11 5/8 in. high

Human with Feline Head

from Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany

ca. 30,000-28,000 B.C.E.mammoth ivory11 5/8 in. high

Venus of Willendorffrom Willendorf, Austria

ca. 28,000-25,000 B.C.E.limestone4 1/4 in. high

Venus of Hohle Felsfrom  Schelklingen, Germany

ca. 40,000 B.C.E.ivory4 1/4 in. high

Woman of Lespugue

from cave of Les Rideaux, France

ca. 20,000 B.C.E.mammoth ivory5 3/4 in. high

Various European “Venus” figures

Woman of Laussel

from a cave in Laussel, Dordogne, France

ca. 25,000-20,000 B.C.E.painted limestoneapproximately 18 in. high

Bison reliefs

from a cave at Le Tuc d’Audoubert, Ariége, France

ca. 15,000-10,000 B.C.E.clayeach approximately 2 feet long

Bison reliefs

from a cave at Le Tuc d’Audoubert, Ariége, France

ca. 15,000-10,000 B.C.E.clayeach approximately 2 feet long

Chauvet Cave paintings

Vallon-Pont-d’Arc, Ardèche, France

ca. 30,000-28,000 B.C.E.pigment on stone

Pech-Merle Cave paintings

Lot, France

ca. 22,000 B.C.E.pigment on stone

Altamira Cave paintings

Santander, Spain

ca. 12,000-11,000 B.C.E.pigment on stone

Lascaux Cave paintings

Lascaux, Dordogne, France

ca. 15,000-13,000 B.C.E.pigment on stone

Mammoth bone dwelling

from Ukraine

ca. 16,000-10,000 B.C.E.

Great Stone Tower of Settlement Wall

Jericho, Israel/Gaza

ca. 8,000-7,000 B.C.E.

Human Skulls with Restored Features

from Jericho, Israel/Gaza

ca. 7,000-6,000 B.C.E.skulls, plaster, shells

Human figure

From Ain Ghazal, Jordan

ca. 6,750-6,250 B.C.E.plaster, painted and inlaid with cowrie shell and bitumen

Çatal Höyük

Turkey

ca. 6,000-5,900 B.C.E.

Deer Hunt detail of a wall painting from Level III

Çatal Höyük, Turkey

ca. 5,750 B.C.E.

Çatal Höyük

Turkey

ca. 6,000-5,900 B.C.E.

Landscape with Volcanic Eruption

Çatal Höyük, Turkeyca. 6150watercolor copy of a wall painting

Figures of Man and Woman

From Cernavoda, Romania

ca. 4,000-3,500 B.C.E.ceramic4 1/2 in. high

Warm-up 08/27

• Why do humans feel the need to make large buildings? What is the definition of architecture? What type of building do you think of when you hear “architecture,” Why?

Menhir alignments at Ménec,

Carnac, France

ca. 4,250-3,750 B.C.E.

various Menhirs

Ireland, Scotland, England, France

Dolmens

Ireland, Scotland, England, France

Stonehenge

Salisury Plain, Wiltshire, England

ca. 2,550-1,600 B.C.E.sarsen and bluestone

Merlin tells King Aurelius about Stonehenge

• Laugh not so lightly, King, for not lightly are these words spoken. For in these stones is a mystery, and a healing virtue against many ailments. Giants of old did carry them from the furthest ends of Africa and did set them up in Ireland what time they did inhabit therein. And unto this end they did it, that they might make them baths therein whensoever they ailed of any malady, for they did wash the stones and pour forth the water into the baths, whereby they that were sick were made whole. Moreover they did mix confections of herbs with the water, whereby they that were wounded had healing, for not a stone is there that lacketh in virtue of leechcraft.

Religion?

Timed Essay 1

• A friend says in a college art class, “those idiots didn’t know they were making art, they were just drawing stick figures.”

• How might you defend Paleolithic and Neolithic Art as products of sophisticated intent?

• Choose two works from these eras (properly attributed) and describe the purposeful principles of design that were used, as well as the possible theory behind why it was created.

• Defend why it is art and not just nonsense.

Quiz 1: 8/29/141. The earliest paintings on plaster covered walls occur at _______.

A. Altamira, Spain

B. Jericho

C. Stonehenge

D. Catal Huyuk

 

2. The Old Stone Age, dating from 40,000 to 10,000 B.C., is also known as the____________.

A. Dynastic period

B. Paleolithic period

C. Neolithic period

D. Mesolithic period

3. The earliest known examples of Paleolithic painting are from ____________. A. Altamira

B. Lascaux

C. Chauvet

D. Jericho

4. A sense of space and depth is created in cave paintings by ______.A. overlapping

B. linear perspective

C. locating one figure higher than the other

D. B and C

Creative Project 1: Ancient Art

• Directions:1. Use only the tools available

in nature (natural ground pigments, oil binders, charcoal, leaves, etc.)

2. On a natural surface such as rock or wood, draw 5 symbols that are often depicted in the paleolithic and neolithic era