ART 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Santa Barbara City College, Ancient Greek Sculpture, Ancient Greek Art
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We are all familiar with prehistoric rock art, but the reasons behind its production remain enigmatic, and who produced it. We look at lascaux"s cave paintings in the dordogne, france, and see hunting scenes in them-depictions of everyday life. But rock art also includes forms and abstract designs. Others claim that these images are the product of shamans members of a religious cult that used hallucinogenic drugs as part of their worship practice and as a result, these images come from the unconscious. When we look at ancient greece a different question emerges. The world populated by this culture is regarded as a focus of art history. But most ancient greek sculpture is known only through roman copies, an issue discussed later in this volume in more detail. Yet we know very little about ancient greek paintings. Partly in response to these gaps in our knowledge, attention has been focused on.
