Unit 2: Prehistoric to Medieval Art

How did it all start? Art began over 27,000 years ago As humans became smarter their imagination and ability to create art increased Art from Prehistoric to Medieval times is not a progression from simple to complex. It is a time of many varied art forms from different cultures and time periods

Prehistoric Art: 25,000 to 2500 B.C.E People live in caves Survive by hunting and gathering No organized government or religion Gradually evolve into learning how to use tools to make things Art is made for practical purposes to help with hunt or please natural forces

Prehistoric Art: 25,000 to 2500 B. C. E http://www. youtube. com/watch SCULPTURE: Bone, ivory and stone figurines Made figures to please natural forces like wind, animals and storms Ex: Venus of Willendorf, Europe, 25,000 B.C.E., Stone

Prehistoric Art: 25,000 to 2500 B.C.E ARCHITECTURE: massive, upright, stone structures Later cave people had learned how to farm and had more time to build permanent structures Ex: Stonehenge, England, 2000 B.C.E. Used as an astronomical calendar

Prehistoric Art: 25,000 to 2500 B.C.E PAINTING: Cave paintings of animals thought to guarantee a successful hunt Painted what they saw and images of everyday life Painted on cave walls with fingers and brushes made of sticks Used paint made of crushed rocks, berries and charcoal as outlines for the animals Ex: Lascaux Cave Painting, France, 15,000 B.C.E.

15,000 B.C.E. Cave of Lascaux, France,