ARH 131 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Yamaha Motif, Venus Figurines, Venus
12 Oct 2018
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***information about study guide images can be found in the textbook***focus on ideals and themes of paintings*** Bear, chauvet (fr) 30,000 bce other was an rhinoceros: owl and negative tracing of the human hand. Scale: large: composition: bodies painted over and around natural irregularities, color. Iconography (the duck) symbol: the decision not to color the entire form, unpainted area might be attempt to show perspective, the underbelly, 15,000 bce. Prehistoric: paleolithic: sculpture: animals, scale: small: portable, surface texture: smooth, physiognomy: precise attention to musculature and facial features, subject: non-domesticated, meaning: source of power and seed, narrative: conveys dynamic sense of movement. Bison -15000 bce: composition dynamic, derived from natural form of stone, diagonal thrusts and curvilinear forms, narrative: wounded, facial features: profiled, textures: indicated by carved incisions. Lion-human: 30,000 bce, material: mammoth ivory, scale: 1ft tall, motif: (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:373)posite figure(cid:863, combination of both animal and human characteristics, feline face, vertically oriented: bipedalism, proportionate upper/ lower torso, scarification, function: ritualistic, meaning: enigmatic.
