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- 1—Human face?
Makapansgat,
South Africa
ca. 3,000,000 BP
Very small pebble (smaller than golf ball)
Discovered at site beside skeleton of early hominin, Australopithecus
Paleontologists thought it looked like a human face
Stone (jasper) used does not exist in Makapansgat, nearest site with jasper supply is 20 miles away
Must have been picked up and carried by skeleton all the way to site of death
Not human-made, naturally eroded
Did Australopithecus see their face in the pebble?
Attribution of meaning – symbolic thought
Is this “art”? - 2—Animal, Apollo 11 Cave, Namibia, 23,000 BCE
Paleolithic Period (old stone age, down to 10,000 BC) allows us to more align pieces with our concept of art
Earliest Paleolithic pieces date back to 40,000 BC
Two pieces of slate that cracked in half
Depict four legged, standing animal in “profile view"
Discovered in Apollo 11, Wonderwerk Cave ???
- 3—Bison
Altamira
15,000-10,000 BCE
From cave in northern Spain called Altamira
Relatively late in Paleolithic Period (ends in 10,000 BCE)
First known but not earliest cave painting in Paleolithic Period
Daughter and father looking around in a cave, daughter spotted it
Brought to attention of historians, historians believed it was not true
Started to explore caves in France, Spain, Germany, etc. in Western Europe, and discovered more
Proves a phenomenon where humans would go into caves with charcoal, ochre, and more materials to create images in walls
Smudge it in with sticks, hairs, reeds
Could chew it up and spray it like spray-paint (handprints)
- 4—Wounded (?) Bison, Altamira, 15,000-10,000 BCE
- 5—Axial Gallery
Lascaux
15,000-13,000 BCE
Discovered in 1950s
Was opened to population, but condensation from peoples’ breath was ruining paintings
Built a replica cave right next to the original cave, was opened for tourism for a brief period
- 6—Hall of the Bulls, Lascaux, 15,000-13,000 BCE
Different scales, different styles of art
“Hierarchy of Scale” - in images, larger items are more important
Important in Bronze Age
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