CFI-UF 101 Chapter : CFI Paleolithic Art 1-1 Notes.docx
7 Oct 2014
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30,000 bce-10,000 bce old stone age: earliest record of the time. 30,000 bce- during ice age in northern europe- humans deliberately start to make sculptures: shell necklaces (ivory, clay, stone), monumental paintings, sculptures. *they did not only recognize but represent man and animal in their depictions (simply incredible) Waterworn pebble resembling a human face : reddish-brown pebble. Art needs to be modified by human intervention beyond mere selection-- and it was not. Animal facing left : creativity wasn"t experimented with until later. Artists" goals were to be as accurate as possible, capturing the essence. 4-5 animals painted: rendered carefully, striped beast, perhaps a zebra, most pieces of art depicted animals in their profile- showed everything, 4 legs, head, body. Human with feline head : picture of human with feline head (common in mesopotamia and egypt, no texts to understand context and intent, theory- human dressed up as animal.
