ARTA WEEK 8

also called Art Historiography

The historical study of the visual arts

also known as parietal art

Painted drawings on cave walls or ceilings

Is a term used to describe a period of history when stones were used to make tools for survival.

an image of men and women dressed in skin, huddling before a fire in a cave.

roughly span the 14,000-2,000 BCE

provides modern society a glimpse of the beliefs, practices, and activities of early civilization.

has witnessed how humans were able to lead more stable

lives and eventually come up with permanent shelters and tools for survival.

early humans also turned to the Creation of paintings and sculptures that depicts?

The three periods of the Stone Age

the late years of the old stone age

Middle Stone Age

New Stone Age

people were hunter gatherers

used caves as shelters

people were unsettled

is a product of climate change

became protective havens for the early humans

paved the way for the birth of their first attempt to create art

famous paleolithic art

depicts colored drawings and expressive features of animals. A full range of color is used.

is schematic; no realistic figures are present and only the color red is used.

famous Mesolithic art

This figure is a highly abstracted woman From highlighted body parts associated with fertility

began when men: first developed agriculture and settled in permanent villages

It ended with the discovery of bronze

the prime medium of Neolithic art

famous Neolithic art

The Egyptian civilization can be divided into three periods

was one of the richest and most civilized lands in the ancient world.

it ranges from 2,500 B.C.E - 300 B.C.E

First civilization to develop literature, medical science and mathematics.

king of ancient Egypt

The Pharaoh's and Queen

also called King Narmer

United Egypt under one government

Founded the City of Memphis

made of smooth greyish-green siltstone and were generally flat, minimally decorated stone objects used for grinding and mixing minerals for cosmetics

was an essential aspect of life in Egypt

was also a symbol that commemorates the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt

ruler of the Old Kingdom

Name of the architect who designed the Step Pyramid and the King's first minister

He became king at a very young age and died at the age of eighteen

discovered his tomb in 1922 and found gold artworks and that the coffin was made out of solid gold

Believed that preserving the body through mummification and burying the dead with their possessions ensures the dead person could continue their occupations after they die

the next stage of life

Stone figures of pharaoh and his family

- Head, eyes, shoulders, torso, hips all face forward

- Figure stands or sits straight and stiff

- Left foot forward, feet flat

- Not natural or realistic looking

pyramids made of cut stone blocks

- Used a burial monuments for pharaoh

- Filled with beautiful art and everyday objects to keep pharaoh company in after-life

- Designed to last forever

Also known as the Pyramid of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops

Hierarchic Proportions. Most important person is the largest. (Size of others determined by rank in society)

- Side view of head

- Front view of eye (not looking straight ahead)

- Front view of shoulders and torso

- Side view of hip

- Side views of: arms, legs, feet

- Hands and feet are large compared to the rest of the body

Rules of Egyptian Art

an oblong enclosure with hieroglyphs on the inside, used on mummies to denote their name

Egyptian writing system that was a combination of symbols

Carved out of stone, worn around the neck of the mummy jo show who he/she was

are written vertically and are read from top to bottom

is a container used to hold the deceased body- most often someone wealthy or noble