Prehistoric Europe

CHAPTER 1
ADVANCED PLACEMENT ART HISTORY
PREHISTORIC ART
LECTURE SLIDES
READING ASSIGNMENT 1:
1-13
Prehistoric Europe
Prehistoric Europe.
Prehistoric Europe
Prehistoric Europe
PALEOLITHIC
“Old Stone Age”
Spotted Horses and Human Hands, Pech-Merle, Dordogne,
France, horses 25,000 BCE; hands 15,000 BCE
Spotted Horses and Human Hands, Pech-Merle, Dordogne,
France, horses 25,000 BCE; hands 15,000 BCE
horse’s head follows the form of the rock
Spotted Horses and Human Hands, Pech-Merle, Dordogne,
France, horses 25,000 BCE; hands 15,000 BCE
Rainbow Serpent Rock,
Western Arnhem Land,
Australia, 6,000 BCE
Artist’s rendition of
a Woolly Mammoth
Paleolithic Hand-Axe,
Korongo, Tanzania,
60,000 BCE
Decorated Ochre, Blombos Cave, Southern Cape coast,
South Africa, 77,000 BCE
Decorated Ocher. 77,000
years ago.
Reconstruction drawing of mammoth-bone houses,
Ukraine, 16,000-10,000 BCE
Lion-Human, Germany, mammoth ivory,
30,000-26,000 BCE
Lion-Human. c. 30,000–26,000
Height 11 5/8”.
figurine is 11½” in .height
BCE
Lion-Human, Germany, mammoth ivory,
30,000-26,000 BCE
Lion-Human, Germany, mammoth ivory,
30,000-26,000 BCE
Woman from Willendorf,
Austria, limestone,
24,000 BCE
Woman from Willendorf. c.
24,000 . Height 4 3/8”.
BCE
figurine is 4½” in height
Woman from Willendorf, Austria, limestone, 24,000 BCE
Woman from Willendorf, Austria, limestone, 24,000 BCE
Woman from Willendorf, Austria, limestone, 24,000 BCE
Woman from Willendorf,
Austria, limestone,
24,000 BCE
Woman holding a Bison Horn,
Dordogne, France,
25,000-20,000 BCE
Woman from Dolni Vestonice,
Czech Republic,
fired clay, 23,000 BCE
Woman from Dolní Vestonice.
23,000 . 4 1/4  1 7/10”.
BCE
figurine is 4¼” in height
Woman from Ostrava Petrokovice,
Czech Republic, carved hematite,
23,000 BCE
Woman from Brassempouy,
France, ivory, 30,000 BCE
figurine is 1¼” in height
Woman from Brassempouy, France, ivory, 30,000 BCE
Woman from Brassempouy,
France, ivory, 30,000 BCE
Wall painting with horses, rhinoceroses, and aurochs (bulls),
Chauvet Cave, France, paint on limestone, 32,000 BCE
Wall painting with horses, rhinoceroses, and aurochs (bulls),
Chauvet Cave, France, paint on limestone, 32,000 BCE
Prehistoric wall painting technique
Hall of Bulls, Lascaux Cave, France, paint on limestone,
15,000 BCE
Hall of Bulls, Lascaux Cave, France, paint on limestone,
15,000 BCE
Hall of Bulls, Lascaux Cave, France, paint on limestone,
15,000 BCE
Hall of Bulls, Lascaux Cave, France, paint on limestone,
15,000 BCE
Hall of Bulls, Lascaux Cave, France, paint on limestone,
15,000 BCE
Bird-Headed Man with Bison, Lascaux Cave, France, paint
on limestone, 15,000 BCE
Bird-Headed Man With Bison.
c. 15,000 . Length approx. 9'.
BCE
Bird-Headed Man with Bison, Lascaux Cave, France, paint
on limestone, 15,000 BCE
Bison, Altamira,
Spain, paint on
limestone,
12,500 BCE
Bison. c. 12,500 . Length
approx. 8'3".
BCE
Bison, Altamira, Spain, paint on limestone, 12,500 BCE
Bison, La Tuc d’Audoubert, France, unbaked clay, 13,000 BCE
bison are 25” in length
Bison, La Tuc d’Audoubert, France, unbaked clay, 13,000 BCE
Lamp with Ibex design, La Mouthe Cave, France, 15,000 BCE
Lamp with Ibex design, La Mouthe Cave, France, 15,000 BCE
Ibex
Bison with Turned Head, La Madeleine, Dordogne, France,
12,000 BCE
READING ASSIGNMENT 2:
13-25
NEOLITHIC
“New Stone Age”
Reconstruction Lepenski Vir House/Shrine, Serbia, 6,000 BCE
Reconstruction of Lepenski
Vir House/Shrine. 6000 .
BCE
Human-Fish sculpture, Lepenski Vir, Serbia, 5,500 BCE
Human-Fish Sculpture. c.
6300–5500 .
BCE
House in Chatal Huyuk, Konya Plain, Turkey, 6,200 BCE
Çatalhöyük, Turkey. 7400–
6200 .
BCE
Chatal Huyuk, Konya Plain, Turkey, as early as 7,400 BCE
Chatal Huyuk, Konya Plain, Turkey, as early as 7,400 BCE
Chatal Huyuk, Konya Plain, Turkey, as early as 7,400 BCE
Artist’s rendition of life at Chatal Huyuk
Obsidian, which was traded at Chatal Huyuk
Sesklo stone foundation house, Greece, 6,500 BCE
Early Construction Methods
Artist’s rendition of a Neolithic longhouse
Waddle and Daub technique
Tomb interior with corbelling and engraved stones,
Newgrange, Ireland, 3,000 BCE
Tomb interior with corbelling and engraved stones,
Newgrange, Ireland, 3,000 BCE
Exterior of passage tomb at Newgrange, Ireland
44’ tall x 280’ diameter
Diagram of passage tomb at Newgrange, Ireland
Entrance of passage tomb at Newgrange, Ireland
Skara Brae, Orkney Islands, Scotland, 2,600 BCE
Skara Brae, Orkney Islands, Scotland, 2,600 BCE
storage
bait
hearth
bed
Skara Brae, Orkney Islands, Scotland, 2,600 BCE
Skara Brae, Orkney Islands, Scotland, 2,600 BCE
Skara Brae, Orkney Islands, Scotland, 2,600 BCE
Neolithic dolmen in Germany
Neolithic dolmen in northern Europe
Neolithic dolmen in northern Europe
Neolithic henge in Portugal
Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England, 2,900-1,500 BCE
Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England, 2,900-1,500 BCE
Plan of Stonehenge and its surrounding elements
Plan of Stonehenge and Its
Surrounding Settlements.
Plan of Stonehenge and its surrounding elements
Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England, 2,900-1,500 BCE
PHOTO BY: ROBERT W. FREY, SALISBURY, ENGLAND, JULY 2009
Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England, 2,900-1,500 BCE
“mortise-and
tenon” joint
PHOTO BY:
ROBERT W. FREY,
SALISBURY, ENGLAND,
JULY 2009
Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England, 2,900-1,500 BCE
PHOTO BY: ROBERT W. FREY, SALISBURY, ENGLAND, JULY 2009
Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England, 2,900-1,500 BCE
PHOTO BY: ROBERT W. FREY, SALISBURY, ENGLAND, JULY 2009
Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England, 2,900-1,500 BCE
PHOTO BY: ROBERT W. FREY, SALISBURY, ENGLAND, JULY 2009
Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England, 2,900-1,500 BCE
PHOTO BY: ROBERT W. FREY, SALISBURY, ENGLAND, JULY 2009
Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England, 2,900-1,500 BCE
PHOTO BY: ROBERT W. FREY, SALISBURY, ENGLAND, JULY 2009
Durrington Walls, near Stonehenge, England, 2,600 BCE
Durrington Walls, near Stonehenge, England, 2,600 BCE
Early pottery: Jomon culture, Japan, 12,000 BCE
Early Pottery from Japan's
Jomon Culture. 12,000 .
BCE
Kaen-Doki (Flame Ware)
vessel, Niigata
Prefecture,
Jomon period, Japan,
2,500 BCE
Kaen-Doki (Flame Ware) vessel, Niigata Prefecture,
Jomon period, Japan, 2,500 BCE
Fragment of Jomon pottery, Japan, with cord markings
Early pottery: Franchthi Cave, Greece, 6,500 BCE
Early Pottery: Franchthi Cave,
Greece. 6500 .
BCE
Neolithic vessels,
Denmark, ceramic,
3,000 BCE
Neolithic vessels, Denmark, ceramic, 3,000 BCE
pots made from clay, with incised lines filled with white chalk
Human Figure, ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan,
fired lime plaster with cowrie shell,
bituman and paint, 4,000 BCE
figurine is 35” in height
Human Figure, ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan, fired lime plaster with
cowrie shell, bituman and paint, 4,000 BCE
Various Neolithic plaster figures
Neolithic plastered skulls, Jericho, Israel, 7,000 BCE
Gold Face Mask,
Tomb 3,Varna, Bulgaria,
3,800 BCE
Gold Face Mask. Neolithic,
3800 .
BCE
Gold Scepters, Varna, Bulgaria, 3,800 BCE
Gold Scepters. 3800 .
BCE
Figure of a Woman, Romania,
ceramic, 4,500 BCE
figurine is 4½” in height
Figure of a Woman, Romania,
ceramic, 4,500 BCE
Figure of a Woman, Romania,
ceramic, 4,500 BCE
Figure of a Man, Romania,
ceramic, 4,500 BCE
figurine is 4½” in height
Figure of a Man, Romania,
ceramic, 4,500 BCE
Figure of a Man, Romania,
ceramic, 4,500 BCE
Figures of a Woman and a Man, Romania, ceramic, 4,500 BCE
Rock Art: Boat and Sea Battle, Fossum, Sweden, 1,500 BCE
Rock Art: Boat and Sea Battle, Fossum, Sweden, 1,500 BCE
People and Animals, rock-shelter painting, Spain, 4,000 BCE
this painting makes use of the “flying gallop” to show
movement in an animal
People and Animals, rock-shelter painting, Spain, 4,000 BCE
We still use the flying gallop to represent animal movement…
Horse and Sun Chariot, Denmark, bronze, 1,800 BCE
Horse and Sun Chariot, Denmark, bronze, 1,800 BCE
Openwork box lid cover, Ireland, bronze, 100 BCE
Openwork box lid cover, Ireland, bronze, 100 BCE
the tight, regularly geometric patterns used here are typical
of the Celtic aesthetic
Great Serpent Mound, Athens, Ohio, 1070 CE
Great Serpent Mound,
Athens, Ohio, 1070 CE