arts unit 1 lesson 1 Flashcards
many scientists believed that the human culture developed during the stone age
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an enormous span of time that began 2.5 or 3.5 million years ago
stone age
at some point during stone age early humans carved their own tools out of bones and stones and painted images inside caves these images were often animals
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the people during the stone age were nomadic. they lived by hunting animals as their source of food clothes and materials for their materials and tools
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was a wide prehistoric period which stone was widely used to make tools with an edge a pint or a percussion surface. it ended between 8700 bce and 2000 bce
stone age
before the common era
BCE
the common era
CE
circa
ca
century
C
is a buffalo a bovine animal form western north america which has large forequarters a shaggy mane and a massive head with short curved horns
bison
bison relifs were made out of clay each bison is approx. 2ft. long. the stone age artist was never known
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prehistoric era includes all human existance before the development of literacy or formal reading and writing. their art is of interest not only to the art historians but also to the archaeologists and anthropologists
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the existence of prehistoric artwork is one of the clues along with fossil fuels pollen and other findings to better understand the early life and culture of the early wolrd
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the stone age paintings were their way of communicating. there is a possibility that these images were for ceremonial purposes or other kind of beliefs
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the stone age cave paintings were not done by charcoal but by natural pigments such as red or iron oxide or black or manganese.
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the animals were drawn with great detail however the human were stick forms
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cave paintings in Lascaux, form of communication
- the horns on the head identify the animal as bull
- its shaped is outlined and partially filled with colors
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the stone age paintings in Lascaux was discovered in 1940 by boys exploring in France. the cave contains several halls and ceilings covered in paintings when they were discovered the paintings were in perfect condition
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the cave was opened to the public for 15 yrs. however it was closed when the color started to fade. today tourists can only visit a partial are of the cave. you can also search online
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early stone age people developed a form of architcture based on bid rocks
megaliths
came form the greek word mega which means big and lithos meaning rock
megaliths
Mega
big
lithos
rock
it was believed that during the the prehistoric age stones and rocks are associated in divination
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denotes tot he southern group of Celtic languages consisting of Welsh Cornish and Breton
bryothinic
tree types of megaliths
menhir dolmen cromlech
standing vertically. commonly arranged in rows
menhir
form a table, standing stones that support a horizontal standing stone
dolmen
circle of standing stones.
cromlech
cromlech cam from bryothinic word crom meaning bent or curved while llech means slab or flat stones
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meaning of Crom
bent or curved
meaning of llech
slab or fat stones
around 1300 BCE a group of stone age people began creating stonehenge. what started a circular ditch 20 ft. wide and up to 7 ft. deep ended as great stone circle on the plains of southern England
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the massive stone circle which was made of 4 ton stone pillars topped with carved stone lintels or crosspieces were added 11 yrs later the artisans put the enormous stones together to fit the joints with persicion
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is an assemble of giant stones in Southern England it came form the word henge the anglo saxon word for Hanging which refers to the horizontal stones in the monument
stonehenge
stone henge came from the word
Henge
henge means
hanging
nearly one m people visit the stone henge every year it is a UNESCO world heritage site since 1986
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there is a storg archeological evidece that stone henge was used as burial site. however most scholars believed it was something more.
ceremonial site, religious pilgrimage destination, a final resting place for royalty, memorial construction to honor, spiritually connect with distant ancestors
maraming theories tungkol sa stonehenge pero wala paring nakakasigurado
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3 dimensional art that can be observed in all sides
sculpture in the round (or relief sculpture)
a design projects from the background
relief sculptures
the tints and shades came from the play of light on the sculpted figures (relief)
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(relief) the carved lines aroung each figure cast a shadw thst help define it
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made of mudbock and stone is a massive structure of ancient egyptian tombs
mastaba
releif sculptures were very common o the wall of ancient egypt
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the figure stand out almost completlry form thr background
high relief sclupture
stand out slightly from the background
low relief or bas relief
the ancient egyptains carved their low relif scultures in to the stone walls or tombs and temples and then painted them
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artists carved scenes on how the deceased might spend the afterlife and offering of the recently deprated
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these carvede things were usually through symbols
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obects that stand for other things such as ourselves
symbols
ancient egyptian architecture; architect monuments scriptures paintings and decorative arts are about the societys political and social systems
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these artworks sometimes served as messages to powerful people. (egyptian)
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they tell the triumphs of ancient egypt queens and kings anf pharoas. the name of the artists are often inkown
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usually represent particular sounds or group of sounds
hieroglyphics
system of writing composed completly of pictures
hietoglyphics
the glories of the leaders pharaohs were often inscribed on their tombs with hieroglyphics, which includes more than 700 symbols, these and toher artworks provide information abot the lifestyles and history of ancient egyptain culture
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egyptains used paper made from papyrus
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inner stem of the water plant
papyrus
inner material of the water plant or papyrus
pith
inner material of the water plant or papyrus or pith is laid at right angles and then dried under the sun, the result is a sift textured paper that is slightly uneven which adds interst to a work
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hunting scenes were common subjects on the walls of ancient tobs. the artist/s of the tomb of Nebamun included precise details to reflect the textures of the animals each painting tells an aspect of life of NeBAMUN
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egyptian offical
NEbamun
the workers in Giza began building the Sphinx aroung 2575 BCE
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a portrait sculpture of egyptian pharoah Khafre
sphinx
also observed in Egyptian paintings
- the figures are flat and 2d
- a cat with a bird i its mouth balances on two bwnt reed stems. reed are papyrus
- though the party is hunting birds a goose stands on a boat
yayayya memorize
in the karnak temple in the precinct of amun ra is a marvel of the ancient world
Great hypostyle hall
is a marvel of the ancient world
great hyposytle hall
great hyposytle hall where
karnak temple in the precinct of amun ra
under the pillars
hypostyles
under the pillars decribe the halls construction. it is built of massive pillars that support giant slabs of stone which are used to support the roof enormous by itself the hall is part of a much larger temple coumpound
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great hypostyle hall built around 15th C BCE. the incorporated art on the structure shos the changing fortunes of the egyptian civilizations sculpture carved in low relief depict the story on how two egyptian rulerss led their armies to victory in PAlestine and Syria
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oldest known work of art in the phil
angono petroglyphs
angono petroglyphs in rizal, 127 human and animal figures on cave walls, during late neolithic
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later part of stone age, polished stone weapons and implements previled
neolithic
images created by remoing a part of a rock surface by abrading carving or picking form of rock art
petroglyphs
angono petroglyphs showed stylized humas, lizards, frogs etc. erosion made it look blurry,
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(angono petroglyphs) declared by the national museum of the phil as national cutural treasure 1973, world inventory of rock art 1985
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