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Paleolithic and Neolithic Art(Old-New Stone Age) ca. 30,000-1,800 B.C.

Paleolithic and Neolithic Art(Old-New Stone Age) ca. 30,000-1,800 B.C. By: Tammie L. Smith. Paleolithic Communicating from the Stones. The art found in the Paleolithic Period communicates to present day viewers the struggles of living back in the early times of civilization.

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Paleolithic and Neolithic Art(Old-New Stone Age) ca. 30,000-1,800 B.C.

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  1. Paleolithic and Neolithic Art(Old-New Stone Age)ca. 30,000-1,800 B.C. By: Tammie L. Smith

  2. Paleolithic Communicating from the Stones • The art found in the Paleolithic Period communicates to present day viewers the struggles of living back in the early times of civilization. • This period was marked by the rise of Homo sapiens and their ever-developing ability to create tools and weapons from stone which set them apart and above their meals. • Art could be either portable or stationary because they were constantly on the move to hunt and gather they couldn’t always keep something with them.

  3. Portable Art of the Stone Age • Sculpture 30,000-25,000 B.C. a fertility symbol, perhaps carried by a male hunter/gatherer as a reminder of his mate back home. Venus of Willendorf, c. 30,0000 - 25,000 BCE, found in Austria.

  4. Stationary Art of the Stone Age • Paints were made from combinations of minerals, ochres, burnt bone meal and charcoal mixed into mediums of water, blood, animal fats and tree saps. • Many researchers believe that these stone paintings served a ritualistic purpose. Cave at Lascaux, France, "Hall of Bulls", 15,000-13,000 BCE

  5. Stationary Art • The Chauvet Cave Paintings, Pont d’Arc France c. 28,000 B.C.E.

  6. Portable Art • Currently residing in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, this female figurine was found in Kostenkysettlement, Russia.

  7. Paleolithic Art of France • The Lascaux Caves, 15,000-13,000 BCE

  8. Neolithic Period of Art • Civilization undergoes a change from hunters/gatherers of the Paleolithic Era to the Neolithic farmers thus their basic needs change along with the art applied to their tools. • Art becomes more geometric and abstract, as well as their tools become more honed and less basic.

  9. Neolithic Architecture • Stonehenge, is perhaps one of the most famous Neolithic Architectural findings. Located in Southern England near Salisbury ca. 3,200-1,800 BCE

  10. Neolithic Art • Basin (pen), Majiayao culture, Majiayao phase, ca. 3200–2700 b.c. • Gansu Province, China • Earthenware with painted decoration

  11. Neolithic Art • Ritual object (bi), Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, ca. 2700–2500 b.c. • Jiangsu or Zhejiang Province, China • Nephrite

  12. Neolithic Art • Anthropomorph, ca. 1500 b.c. • India, Uttar Pradesh • Copper

  13. Conclusion • This concludes the Paleolithic and Neolithic Periods of arts, artifacts, and tools.

  14. Any Questions

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