prehistoric art and architecture
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Let’s start at the beginning. It’s a very good place to start.
PREHISTORIC ART AND ARCHITECTURE
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Prehistoric (stone age) Period by AgePaleolithic-old stone age 2,500,000 – 10,000 BC
Neolithic-new stone age 4,000 – 2,000 BC
Paleo (old)Lith (stone)Lower 2,500,000-
200,000 BCMiddle 200,000 – 40,000
BCUpper 40,000 – 10,000
BCHunter gatherersPre-existing shelters,
i.e., cavesNomadic
Neo (new)Lith (stone)FarmersBuilt shelters
and settlements
Mesolithic 10,000 – 4,000•Meso (middle)•Lith (stone)
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Part I: PaintingThe Caves. Let’s all spelunk?!
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Two of the best preserved caves are found in France.
Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave (Shaw vey) and Lascaux (lass co)
Last call for Lascaux !
Chauvet is to the righT
Don’t fall in!
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Chauvet CavesEnter if you dare!
The caves of Chauvet were discovered on December 1994
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Chauvet Caves – 30,000 and 33,000 years ago.
These caves hold the earliest known and best preserved figurative cave paintings in the world.
UPPER PALEOLITHIC
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CHAUVET CAVESThe cave paintings were created by two different groups a few thousand years apart. 1. What do you think the drawings represent? 2. Whey do you think they painted them?
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What animal are represented here?
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What about here? Oh my!
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That’s a load of bulls
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Why red dots?
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I guess they needed a hand…or many.
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So, wanna take a tour? Sadly, only 200 people a year are allowed visit each year and they have to have a reason to get in, for example, archeologist, historian, etc. Fortunately, they just opened a replica nearby.
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Artists have painstakingly recreated the caves.
Hey J’Bob! Great work!
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Walk on by!
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Why do you think they build this and why does it look this way?
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Break time! Opinion Debate: The pug. Cute or ugly? Discuss.
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Marcel RavidatHe was an 18 year old boy playing in the hills of Lascaux, France one September day in 1940 and found an entrance to a cave. Being a smart person, he went and got some people to help him. He’s smart because he didn’t go in alone and end up on the missing persons’ list.
THE CAVES OF LASCAUX
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Here is the entrance to Lascaux today. A wee bit safer.
UPPER PALEOLITHIC
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Great barrel vaulted ceiling!
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The Hall of Bulls. Why would it be called The Hall of Bulls?
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It’s full of bulls…and horses.
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The artists weren’t just full of bull.What do these images represent?
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BREAK time!Who should get their own movie?:
Wonder Woman
Xena: Warrior Princess
Batgirl
Discuss
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Compare and contrast the two cave paintings.
CHAUVET CAVESLASCAUX CAVES
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Some questions to ponder and discuss:
What do you think the purpose of these paintings are?
What did they use to make them?Why are they so well preserved after
thousands of years? How do you think the people who made these
lived? Are these paintings similar to anything you
have seen? Do these images give you some interesting
decorating ideas?
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WHAT THEY USED:
CHARCOAL
RED AND YELLOW OCHREMANGANESE OXIDE
HEMATITE
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Part II: Sculpture – Her name is Venus or is it?
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Numerous sculptures depicting female figures have been located throughout the world. These figures are often of the female form. Usually depicted as large-figured with swollen breasts. They are often called Venus figures.
Who was Venus?What were the purpose of these figures?
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VENUS OF TAN TAN VENUS OF BEREKHAT RAM230,000 b.c.Found in Syria
500,000 – 300,000 b.c.
Found in Morrocco
LOWER PALEOLITHIC
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VENUS OF LAUSSEL25,000 BCFound in
Southwestern France
UPPER PALEOLITHIC
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VENUS OF HOLE FELS (hollow rock0•40,000-35,000 BC•Found in Schelklingen, Germany•Made of woolly mammoth tusk•2.4 inches tall
UPPER PALEOLITHIC
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WOMAN (Venus) OF WILLENDORF•24,000-22,000 BC•Found in Lower Australia•Made from limestone•4.3 inches UPPER
PALEOLITHIC
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The fertility figures are often referred to as Venus figures. However, the name Venus has become controversial and many are now called women figures.
Why do you think the name Venus would be controversial?
What other name would you give these figures?
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BREAK TIME!LET’S LET EVERYTYHING SOAK IN
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Part III: ARCHITECTUREWhere do you think prehistoric people lived?
They decorated caves. So caves, right?Why build stuff when there are perfectly good
dark, damp and stuffy holes in the ground? A little paint, some throw pillows, a comfy log? Living is easy!
If you are hunting and gathering to survive, what kind of life would you live?
If you planted crops to survive, how would life be different from those out there shooting deer and filling baskets?
Other than shelter, what other types of structures would be important to you?
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Jericho - West Bank near the Jordan river
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Jericho - c. 9400 b.c. A city of about 2,000 people. It was buried under ground for many years and had something that was unique to structures that came before…
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All are welcome…ugh, wait. The WALLS OF JERICHO
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The Tower of Jericho
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The Tower of JerichoHow do you think this was built?
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STONEHENGE: 3,000-2,000 b.c. Wiltshire, England
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NEWGRANGE: It’s older than Stonehenge - c. 3150 b.c.
County M
eath, Ireland
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The entrance to Newgrange
An interior view
What is that?
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The Triple Spiral DesignThe triple spiral
design is found in places around Ireland. It was a Pre-Christian design.
What do you think it means?
It has since taken on a new meaning. What do you think that could be?
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BRYN CELLI DDU (Mound in the Dark)
Model showing the interior
What do you think this structure would have been used for?
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KITS COTY HOUSE•Possibly used as a tomb. •Made of large stones.•This is called a megalith. What does megalith mean?
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TARXIAN TEMPLES•Located in Tarxian Malta (an island south of Cicely)•Consists of three temples
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THINK AND DISCUSS:COMPARE THE STRUCTURES WE JUST SAW.
HOW DO YOU THINK THEY WERE BUILT?
HOW ARE THE BUILDINGS WE BUILD TODAY DIFFERENT? WHAT MATERIALS DO WE USE?
HOW HAS TECHNOLOGY CHANGED HOW WE BUILD TODAY?