ARTH 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Prehistoric Art, Parietal Art, Graphic Communication
23 Mar 2016
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Lecture 2: 09/09/2015 prehistoric and egyptian art. Works of imagination were often figurines representing elements such as rituals, and religion. Important to note the giving works of prehistoric art names gives them certain meaning. Some figurine made of ivory suggest that the material was imported from far away; international travel not static. Cave paintings are parietal art fixed objects. Methods used to cave paint pigments of red, ochre, charcoal applied with fingers or animal hair brushes. Subjects of cave paintings animals, geometric shapes and patterns. Purpose of cave paintings hypothesized as places of worship, religious rituals, communication through hand-print reliefs, graphic communication across europe. There is no single truth, importance of interpretations. Egyptian art never changed in 10,000 years " plato. Strong sense of permanence and importance of religion. Strict rules of design and art to follow. Art and architecture were seen as the gateways to the afterlife and assure happiness and to suggest power (eg. the sphinx)
