FSN 132 Lecture Notes - Upper Paleolithic, Lascaux, Hematite
23 Nov 2012
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History of art fsn 132 week 1. Prehistory in europe and australia (chapter 1, w1. 1) Upper paleolithic (50 000 10 000 b. c. ) Characteristic of paleolithic art naturalistic depictions of animals, and schematic depictions of humans. Artists made small sculptures out of ivory, bone, clay, and stone. Depict humans, animals, or a combination of the two. Naturalistic because we can clearly tell it is a female figure. More attention to detail on the front, so was meant to be viewed from the front. Sculpture in the round any sculpture that is detached from original material so all sides can be seen. Relief sculpture in a more pictorial way, some of the original material remains to form a background. High relief the image stands out from the background plane. Low relief surface of the image is closer to the background plane. Caves are well preserved due to the fact that most are limestone and have been sealed for thousands of years.
