ART 181 Lecture 1: Chapter 1 Prehistoric Art
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**dating system*: ca: circa (roughly, c. : circa (roughly, bc: before the year 0, bce: before the year 0, ad: after the year 0, ce: after the year 0, 40,000-8,000 bce, the early stone age, hunting/gathering society. Location/living conditions speak to artwork: images on powerpoint: rainbow serpent rock, spoke to water needs, animal on rock (namibia ca. 23,000 bce: hope for fruitful hunting/better understanding the target or animal, pebble from south africa (historical found art , paleolithic hand-axe (60,000 years ago, height 10 , art = functional tool, decorated ocher (77,000 years ago) Instead of caves, communities sometimes lived in mammoth-bone houses: ukraine ca. 16,000-10,000 bce: the floors of these huts were painted with paste made from ocher. Human (body) with feline head: found in germany, ca. 30,000-28,000 bce: speaks to the suspected religious beliefs of the time. ** venus figurines women figurines*: australia, ca.
