Paleolithic Art ( Stone Age )

. 32,000 to 11,000 years ago

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 :

Outside cave

Inside cave

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

Realism in Paleolithic Art

A figure of a naked woman

The lady in a hood

Chauvet Cave Bear

Hillaire Chamber

Brief development from Paleolithic art to Neolithic art

Paleolithic Art

The Shaft of the Dead Man

Female Figurine

• 22th-21th millenium BC • Mammoth ivory • H 4.2 cm • Malta settlement, Siberia

Neolithic Art

Pottery

Ceramic vessel

Neolithic Art

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

Entrance Stone, Newgrange Passage Tomb, Boyne Valley, Ireland (3100 BC)

Entrance Stone, Newgrange Passage Tomb, Boyne Valley, Ireland (3100 BC)

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/