Summary so far “How do we READ art?” “How do we DO art?”

Summary so far “How do we read art?” – Symbolism/icononography – Content/context/form – Formal qualities: the elements and principles

Summary so far “How do we DO art?” – Drawing – Painting – Sculpture – Printmaking – Architecture

So What????? Why study art history?

So What????? Why study art history? To get college credit for this class…..

So What????? Why study art history? To get college credit for this class….. To expand our pitifully narrow horizons….

So What????? Why study art history? To get college credit for this class….. To expand our pitifully narrow horizons…. To understand ourselves

Art History Timeline TIME LINE GRADING RUBRIC Art 100 Thoroughness : Each art period covered in class chronologically_______/10 Artists and artwork (sketches or images) of each period _______/30 Historical events during each period_______/20 Characteristics of each art period_______/20 Creativitiy: Unique presentation of time line _______/10 Craftsmanship: Neat and clean/Readable_______/10 TOTAL ______/100

Earliest Beginnings Paleolithic era: 40,000 – 9,000 BCE Neolithic era: 9,000 – 2,500 BCE

Paleolithic Art Paleo – old Lithos – stone Old Stone Age

Bison cave painting at Altamira, Spain 15,000 BC

“Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world.” Keith Haring

Cave paintings at Lascaux, France Discovered ,000 BCE

Chauvet Cave, France, “Lion Panel”, 32,000 – 36,000 BCE

Lion Panel 400 meters long 30,000 B.C.E.

Cave paintings of Namibia, south western Africa 25,000 BC

Rock painting at Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria 5000 BCE Algeria 5,000 BCE

A stencil of an early human's hand in an Indonesian cave is estimated to be about 39,000 years old.

Venus of Willendorf, Austria 25,000 BC 4 3/8 in. high, limestone

Löwenmensch - a lion-headed figurine found in Germany and dating to the Upper Paleolithic. (about 30,000 BCE)

Neolithic Art Neo – NewLithos – Stone New Stone Age New tools Domestication of animals Farming Settlements

Stonehenge Salisbury Plain, England 2,000 BC

Alliance, Nebraska

Characteristics of Prehistoric Art (approximately 40,000 BCE – 3500 BCE) Cave Paintings Small sculptures Patterns Stylized shapes and forms Exaggeration of the female figure Evidence of the first human societies

Mesopotamia

Mesopotamian art reflects a fertile land with no natural boundaries where successive waves of people conquered the region in ancient times. Approximately 3500 BCE – 500 BCE

Mesopotamia The Sumerians were the first people to leave behind both artifacts and words. Lacking stone, their cities were built of sun-dried bricks. Ziggurat: Temple or shrine raised on a monumental, stepped base. Cuneiform: (Latin for wedge-shaped); first known written words created as marks pressed into damp clay.

Nanna Ziggurat at Ur (Iraq) BC Sumerians Summerian Approximately 3500 – 2300 BCE

Mesopotamia The Assyrians demonstrated another major goal of Mesopotamian architecture which was to build citadels for the protection and safety of temples and palaces. The lion hunt was a popular scene depicted in art. Slaying lions was an expression of kingly power. Approximately 1100 – 680 BCE

Assyrian Human Headed Winged Lion BCE Assyrian Human Headed Winged Lion BCE Assyrian

Human Headed Winged Lion BCE Assyrian Human Headed Winged Lion BCE Lion Man 30,000 BCE

Assyrians

Lion Hunt from the palace of Assurnasirpal II

Standard of Ur BCE Summerian Ram in Thicket Ur

Mesopotamia The Babylonians were great architects of the ancient world. One of their great leaders, Nebuchadnezzar, was an enthusiastic patron of the arts and he built the capitol city of Babylon. Approximately BCE

Ishtar Gate Babylon 575 BCE Babylonians Nebuchadnezzar

Characteristics of Mesopotamian Art Large structures First written language Evidence of sophisticated societies Symbolic of power structure

Sumerian Ziggurat Cuneiform Assyrian Lion Hunt Human Headed Winged Lion Babylonian Ishtar Gate Art of Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia

Egypt The principle message of Egyptian art is continuity. Stability, order, and endurance are all ideas expressed through their works of art. Action is not important in Egyptian art. Approximately 3500 – 30 BCE

The Great Pyramids of Egypt BC Great Sphinx

Katep and His Wife 18 ½ in BC Mycerius and His Wife 56 in BC

Akhetaten and his family sunken relief sculpture

Queen Nefertiti 1360 BC

King Tutankhamen 1352 BC King Tutankhamen 1352 BC

Picasso

Characteristics of Egyptian Art Centered around rulers and gods Monumental Strong belief in afterlife Stiff and formal stance Stylized features Both front and side views of figures PLxiYi0LShfSYVI2-AT4xuKkuFuY-42hxL khan academy ancient Egypt/TICE ART 1010 Ancient Near Eastern and Ancient Egyptian Art

Drawing the Eye

Terms to know Mesopotamian Art Stylized Sumerian – ziggurat Assyrian – lion images Babylonian – Gate of Ishtar Egyptian Art Great pyramids Great Sphinx Hyrogliphics Relief sculpture Sunken Relief Queen Nefertitti King Tutankhamen