HID1 Flashcards
Anything before any
kind of written record
was made
PREHISTORY
Also known as the Glacial Age. People were nomads, hunters and gatherers. They made use of flints which was used for hunting. They get food by chance
PALEOLITHIC ERA
Represents fertility with emphasis on female parts. Not a portrait of a specific person but just a symbol of a woman. The Venus of Laussel is seen holding a horn that represents fertility and abundance.
VENUSES
2 example of paleolithic venus
*Venus of Willendorf
*Venus of Laussel
A combination of sculpture in the round and high relief. It was not taken out of its base material
BISON, TUC Dā AUDOUBERT
Found in Altamira Spain located near Santillana del Mar in Cantabria.
They tried to achieve realism by creating shadows and overlapping of animals to show perspective.
The painting stretches 25 meters long.
GALLERY OF THE RUNNING BULLS
People from this Era domesticated animals. Pottery was first fashioned in the era and there was a standardized production. Pots were usually hand molded or coiled and the use of sgraffito
MESOLITHIC ERA
a technique wherein you
incise the designs onto
the surface
Sgraffito
stone age:
- Mesolithic Era
People from the Mesolithic Era domesticated animals. Pottery was first fashioned in the era and there was a standardized production. Pots were usually hand molded or coiled and the use of sgraffito.
Sgraffito
MESOLITHIC
a technique wherein you
incise the designs onto
the surface.
stone age:
- Neolithic Age
People shifted from hunting and gathering to farming. Monumental architecture such as megaliths began to develop as well as temples and tombs.
The formulation of small communities also gave rise to the development of new domestic forms of architecture
NEOLITHIC AGE
Is architecture which was not formally designed by architects and were communally built by people
VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
A dry walled rough stone shelter.
TRULLO
A single, unhewn and
slightly shaped
single stone
(Monolith) usually
standing upright on
the ground.
MENHIR
Consisting of 2 or
more vertical stones
that support a
table.
DOLMEN
Structures where
menhirs are grouped
together to form a
circle or a semi-
circle.
STONEHENGE IN SALISBURY PLAIN, ENGLAND CROMLECH STRUCTURE
Where art history started. One of
the oldest civilizations which even
influenced Egypt and other nations.
It was derived from the Greek words
mesos (middle) and potamos (river).
Their religion was polytheistic
MESOPOTAMIA
They were the founders of Mesopotamian civilization before 4000 B.C. It was called after the region of Sumer. The city of Uruk has given its name to a period known as Protoliterate because of the earliest writing developed.
SUMERIAN
The Sumerians also made use of cylinder seals. Used for business transactions. Beer was the first sale transaction that was sold shown from the records
CYLINDER SEAL
The usage of picture symbols for writing
GLYPH
Comes from the Latin word cuneus meaning wedge
CUNEIFORM
historical period:
They were the founders of Mesopotamian civilization before 4000 B.C. It was called after the region of Sumer. The city of Uruk has given its name to a period known as Protoliterate because of the earliest writing developed.
MESOPOTAMIA
Cylinder Seal
The Sumerians also made use of cylinder seals. Used for business transactions. Beer was the first sale transaction that was sold shown from the records.
Glyph
The usage of picture symbols for writing.
Cuneiform
Comes from the Latin word cuneus meaning wedge.
- sumerian
Convention
A stylistic method to make everything standard to be approved as beautiful.
MESOPOTAMIA
Conventions of Sumerian Figures
Male figures should be upright, rigid and have beards or facial hair.
Female figures have a particular attire.
Both the male and female figures would have very large eyes.
Hierarchy of scale, the larger the statue is, the more important the figure is.
Standard of Ur
Dates from 2600-2500 B.C. and is about 18 inches long. It is made out of paintings combined with shell and lapis lazuli inlay
