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*Spotted horses and negative hand imprints, wall painting in the cave at Pech-Merle, Lot, France, ca. 22,000 BCE.
-a form of stylization
- the dots might be representation of wounds in an animal
-The hands are signatures
-some think that they are ritual spaces
-some think that art has a social function, like a totem. |
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*Hall of the Bulls (left wall), Lascaux, Dordogne, France, ca. 15,000–13,000 BCE.
-Most famous of cave pantings
-Most complex example of cave paintings in the world.
-aurochs is a type of deer
-horses
-conventional deer
- the animals stand on a horizon, first time ever
- Descriptive
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* Rhinocerous, bird-headed man and disembowelled bison, painting in the well,
Lascaux, ca. 15,000-13,000 BCE
-its located down a 15 foot shaft. Keeps it safe, protects it, hides it.
-possibly not for human eyes, but for the spirit world. |
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*Aurochs, horses, and rhinoceroses, wall painting in Chauvet Cave, Vallon-Pont-d’Arc,
Ardèche, France, ca. 30,000–28,000 or ca. 15,000–13,000 BCE.
-discovered in 1994
-naturalistic |
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*Two bison, reliefs in cave at Le Tuc d’Audoubert, Ariège, France, ca. 15,000–10,000
BCE. Clay, each approx. 2’ long.
-2 feet long each
-the end of a remote section of a cave
-done by torch light
-small foot prints meaning there where children back in these caves. |
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*Human with feline head, from Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany, ca. 30,000–28,000 BCE.
On of the oldest and largest objects found.
-12 inches tall
-freestanding
-made out of mammoth hide
-first human animal hybrid
-imaginary figure
- Could be a person who is wearing a mask
-example of a figurine because they are portable. |
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*Woman from Willendorf, (Venus of Willendorf), Austria, ca. 28,000–25,000 BCE.
- 3 to 4 inches tall
- best known example of prehistoric art
-no face, not a portrait, represents all women
-old woman
- Prosperity, represents life. |
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Reconstruction of Catal Hoyuk, Turkey, level VI, ca. 6000-5900 BCE
- made out of obsidian
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Deer hunt, Catal Hoyuk, level III, Ca. 5750 BCE
-Composite view.
- Shows how the human body acts in the hunt. |
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Stonehenge, ca 2550-1600 BCE
-MEGALITHIC
- Super stone
-17 feet, can weigh 60 tons.
-Shows social structure
-thought has religious
-it’s in england.
-100 feet across
-24 feet high.
-collection of 900+ stones
-Most famous but not the biggest
-its a henge
-circle of stones surrounded by a ditch
-the site is sacred
-thought to be a type of a calendar
-it marks the longer day of the year, showing the different seasons |
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