Painting Sculpture Architecture

Art History 1 * Lecture 1

Philippine Women’s College of Davao

Wilfred Dexter G. Tañedo

Prehistoric Art Period

Identifying the Elements and Principles of Arts that are distinct from that Art Period

Contextualization and Localization of the ArtRecreating of the technique in creating the Art

Work Creation of an original art work that is inspired or

derived from the Art Period

Source Material: http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/ancient-art/stone-age.htmhttps://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-history-basicshttp://arthistory.about.com/od/ancientarthistory/

Task

How to Look into WorkName of the ArtistName of WorkPeriod or Movement of a WorkMedium of the WorkDate of the WorkOriginal Location Identification of Key Figures in the WorkArt History Vocabulary ex. Impasto, Hierarchy of Scale Influences on the ArtistHow the work fits in/ How the work does not fit with its timeOriginal setting of the WorkPatronSymbolism

..\Western Art Understanding Videos\Quarter 1\Otis Art History 01 - Prehistoric Cave Paintings.mp4

Western Art Understanding Videos\Quarter 1\Art History Abbreviated- Woman of Willendorf.mp4

..\Western Art Understanding Videos\Quarter 1\Otis Art History 02 - Stonehenge.mp4

Guide Questions for Video 1: What was the common images created in the Lascaux Cave? What was the intention of the “artist” for creating these images?Guide Questions for Video 2: What made the Venus of Willendorf a work of art and not just an

artifact? What importance does this sculpture has in art history?Guide Questions for Video 3: What makes the Stonehenge an architectural interest for artist? What are the parts of the Stonehenge in terms of its stone

position? What carpentry technique was used to hold these stones in place

Viewing Activity

All art produced in preliterate, prehistorical cultures beginning somewhere in very late geological history, and generally continuing until that culture either develops writing or other methods of record-keeping, or makes significant contact with another culture that has, and that makes some record of major historical events.

What is Ancient Art?

Parietal Art Artworks that are applied to an

immoveable rock surface.derived from the Latin word "paries",

meaning wall is used to denote any prehistoric art found on cave walls.

Includes all types of cave painting, all forms of engraved rock art, or other petroglyphs, as well as any relief sculpture carved on walls, floors or ceilings. artwork done on cave walls or large blocks of stone

Classification of Stone Age Art

Mobiliary Art Artworks that are portable or moveable.Any small-scale portable art of prehistory,

such as the Venus figurines, ivory carvings, jewelery and other similar items

Most mobiliary art sculptures depict more humans than animals.

Classification of Stone Age Art

Paleolithic (2,500,000-10,000 BCE)Mesolithic (Europe, 10,000-4,000 BCE) Neolithic (Europe, 4,000-2,000 BCE)

Of these, the Paleolithic is by far the longer period, accounting for about 98 percent of the entire prehistoric era.

The term "Stone Age Art" refers loosely to any works created during these three periods

Stone Age Art

Petroglyphs derived from the Greek

word "petra" meaning stone, and "glyphein" meaning to carve

used to describe any image created on a rock surface by scouring, scratching, engraving, chiseling, carving or any similar methodExample: cupules, rock carvings and engravings  

Types of Stone Age Art

Pictographs derived from the Latin

"pictus" meaning painting, and "graph/gram" meaning drawn or written

describes an image, sign or symbol which is created in order to express some idea or information.

pictorial imagery, ideomorphs, ideograms or symbolsExample: cave painting and drawing

Type of Stone Age Art

Prehistoric Sculpture 

small totemic statuettes known as Venus Figurines, various forms of zoomorphic and therianthropic  ivory carving and relief sculptures)

Type of Stone Age Art

Megalithic ArtPetroforms or any other works associated with

arrangements of stones

Megalithic art embraces any artistic activity involving the use of large stones, notably carving, relief sculpture and of course megalithic architecture.

Megolithic Art include monuments that were mostly burial chambers, portal tombs (dolmens), passage tombs (Newgrange) and gallery graves (Zuschen stone cist, Hesse),

Megalithic structures also included "alignments" (arrangements) of single upright stones, called menhirs (Carnac, Brittany) and stone circles (Stonehenge, UK) and sanctuaries (Gobekli Tepe, Turkey).

Type of Stone Age Art

Paleolithic Era (c.2,500,000 - 10,000 BCE)Characterized by a Stone Age subsistence culture and the

evolution of the human species from primitive australopiths via Homo erectus and Homo sapiens to anatomically modern humans.

Mesolithic Era (From 10,000 BCE)This era joins the Ice Age culture of the Upper Paleolithic with

the ice-free, farming culture of the Neolithic. It is characterized by more advanced hunter-gathering, fishing and rudimentary forms of cultivation.

Neolithic Era(From 8,000-4,000 BCE to 2000 BCE)This era is characterized by farming, domestication of animals,

settled communities and the emergence of important ancient civilizations (eg. Sumerian, Egyptian). Portable art and monumental architecture dominate.

Timeline for the Ancient Art Period

Read on notable works of art during the Ancient Time, the Venus Figures, Cave Paintings, and notable structures, try to get the reason why they were made.

Research on a Philippine counterpart of Ancient Art, indicate its exact location, possible date of creation and type of ancient art

Bring the following:1 Tablespoon of Dry Soil1 Large stone (fist-size)

Assignment

Materials:One smooth stone One rough rock

a) Select a caveman inspired animal presented in a caveman painting (Lascaux or Chavet) and sketch on the rock using a ballpen or pencil on the smooth rock.

b) Using the rough rock etch the design on the smooth stone to create the petroglyphs.

Rock Art: Simulation of a Petroglyphs

Rubrics5 4 3 2 1 Scor

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Close Resemblance of to the Source Material.

Exceptional work and closest to the source material

Proficient work and close to the source material

Approaching Proficiency in capturing the source material

Basic work with recognizable elements somewhat close to the source material

Basic work but fails to look lie the source material

Efficient Use of Technique with the Material (Workmanship)

Shows workmanship comparable to the Art Period

Shows workmanship close to the Art Period

Shows workmanship that is identifiable to the Art Period

Shows workmanship that has little resemblance to the Art Period

Workmanship shows no resemblance from the Art Period

Creativity Shows a work that has an advance blending of the limited materials into a cohesive work

Shows a work that has a proficient blending of the limited materials into a cohesive work

Shows a work that is able to blend the limited materials into a reasonable cohesive work

Shows a work that is able to blend the limited materials but work is not cohesive

Shows a work that is not able to blend the materials into a cohesive work.

Visual Impact

Work very much captures the attention of the audience based on its merits

Work captures the attention of the audience based on its merits

Work captures the attention of the audience based on its merits and demerit

Work captures the attention of the audience but more on its demerit than merit

Work captures the audience attention because of its demerit