Chapter 1 extra Notes

Question 1

Subtractive versus Additive

Answer 1

Subtractive and Additive is a technique for statue-making.
For example, carving is a subtractive technique because it is a reduction of its original mass.

In additive sculpture, the artist can build up forms by adding clay around the framework. Or something will be cast or poured in a mold.

Question 2

Paleolithic

Answer 2

8000 BC

Humans create the first sculptures and paintings, long before the invention of writing. Works range in size from tiny figurines to huge life-size paintings on the wall.

Question 3

Neolithic

Answer 3

2300 BC

Beginning of the agriculture and the formation of the earliest settled communities, first in Mesopotamia and then in Europe.

Birth of coherent narratives in paintings and monumental sculpture/architecture.

Question 4

Who were likely the first culture to use pictures to tell a coherent story?

Answer 4

The Sumerians.

Question 5

Which are the two caves you can still visit?

Answer 5

Chauvet Cave (France) and the Pech Merle Cave (also France).