Art 9 Lesson no. 1: Prehistoric Art

Prehistoric Art It is all the art produced in

preliterate, prehistorical cultures beginning somewhere in very late geological history

Prehistoric ArtExtreme primitive Cave paintings and sculptures

of humans and animals

Prehistoric ArtCro-Magnon (40,000 B.C.E)World’s first artistsLived in caves

El Castillo Cave (Spain)

Prehistoric ArtMesolithic CultureA transitional era between

the Paleolithic and Neolithic period

Shigir Idol (Russia)7500 B.C.

Types of Prehistoric ArtPetroglyphsPictographsPrehistoric SculptureMegalithic structures

Types of Prehistoric ArtPetroglyphs Images created by removing

part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. 

Angono Petroglyphs (Philippines)1000 B.C.

Types of Prehistoric ArtPetroglyphs It describes an image, sign or

symbol which is created in order to express some idea or information.

Types of Prehistoric ArtPrehistoric SculptureSome prehistoric sculptures is

in human or animal form

Types of Prehistoric ArtVenus of

Willendorf Lion Man