1. The Humanistic Tradition
Introduction

2. Paleolithic Culture
(ca. 6 million--10,000 B.C.E.)

3. A key issue:
Creation or evolution?

4. Hominids: near human or proto-human
Homo habilis: tool-making human
Homo erectus: upright human
Homo sapiens: symbol-making (e.g. burial rites)

5. hominid

6. http://www. wsu. edu/gened/learn-modules/top_longfor/timeline/timeline

7. Evolution?

8. www.keyvan1.com/ ecard/show.asp?catid=8

9. Just kidding!!

10. The Ice Age:
(ca. 3 million--10,000 B.C.E.)

11. Food for Thought
What constitute art in antiquity?
What were the functions of art in the ancient world?

12. Lascaux caves, Dordogne, France

13. Lascaux caves, Dordogne, France

14. Pech-Merle caves, Lot, France

15. Venus of Willendorf, Austria

16. The Venus of Laussel, Laussel, France

17. Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England

18. Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England

19. Neolithic Culture
(ca B.C.E.)

20. Major factor: the rise of agriculture

21. What changes allowed the transition from nomadic to sedentary societies?

22. Birth of Civilization (1) --Birth of City:
rural → urban/commercial
irrigation system
--Example:
Sumer in Mesopotamia

23. Ancient Mesopotamia

24. Birth of Civilization (2) --Birth of writing:
pictograph
--Example:
Cuneiform: Sumer
Hieroglyph: Egypt

25. Cuneiform → “wedge” form

26. http://www. bible-history

27. hieros = holy, glyphs = carving

29. The Rosetta Stone

30. Discovery of the Rosetta Stone
“The Rosetta Stone, which provided the key to deciphering the writings of Ancient Egypt, was discovered near the town of Rosetta (now Rashid), located in the Nile Delta about 40 miles northeast of Alexandria, by a Frenchman, Pierre Bouchard, on 15 July Captain Bouchard, an engineer officer in Napoleon's expedition to Egypt, was supervising the reconstruction of an old fort ”

31. Greek hieroglyphs Demotic: simplified hieroglyphs

32. British Museum, London

33. Birth of Civilization (3) --Advances in metallurgy:
more durable tools & weapons (than stones & bones)
--Example: bronze casting

34. Myth
1. Myths are grounded in sensual evidence, therefore rich in visual imagery.
2. Myths are closely related to morality, rituals, and religious beliefs.
3. Similarities of earlier myths: “the genesis of first life forms from water”

35. The Flood Myth Some resources: http://history-world.org/floods.htm

36. The End