ARTH1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic, Lascaux

• School: Boston College
• Department: Art History
• Course: ARTH1101
• Professor: Kenneth Craig

Document Summary

Art history: prehistoric period (upper) paleolithic period ( old stone age ) c. 30,000 to 10,000 bc. Mesolithic period ( middle stone age ) c. 10,000 to 8,000 bc. Neolithic period ( new stone age ) c. 8,000 to 3,000 bc & later. Paintings at lascaux, france (prehistoric, paleolithic), 30,000 to 10,000 bc. Naturalistic animals: wild horses, auroch, reindeer, in herds they hunt the animals. Dotted to get sense of the hide. Mineral pigments mixed with spittle or blood, charcoal, orchard. Paint was put on with a stick and spit paint on wall. Feather forms unsure what it is weapons, writing, trap, architecture, word ( well scene ), paintings at lascaux, france, prehistoric, paleolithic (30,000 to 10,000. Bc: bison is wounded, intestines pouring out, head down. Bison at altamira (spain, prehistoric, paleolithic (30,000 to 10,000 bc) Cave though to have been a hoax, daughter saw the paintings on the ceilings. Group of bison in a tight group.