PDF-(EBOOK)-What Is Paleolithic Art?: Cave Paintings and the Dawn of Human Creativity

Was it a trick of the light that drew our Stone Age ancestors into caves to paint in charcoal and red hematite to watch the heads of lions likenesses of bison horses and aurochs in the reliefs of the walls as they flickered by firelight Or was it something deepera creative impulse a spiritual dawn a shamanistic conception of the world efflorescing in the dark dank spaces beneath the surface of the earth where the spirits were literally at hand In this book Jean Clottes one of the most renowned figures in the study of cave paintings pursues an answer to this why of Paleolithic art While other books focus on particular sites and surveys Clottess work is a contemplative journey across the world a personal reflection on how we have viewed these paintings in the past what we learn from looking at them across geographies and what these paintings may have meantwhat function they may have servedfor their artists Steeped in Clottess shamanistic theories of cave painting What Is Paleolithic Art travels from wellknown Ice Age sites like Chauvet Altamira and Lascaux to visits with contemporary aboriginal artists evoking a continuum between the cave paintings of our prehistoric past and the living rock art of today Clottess work lifts us from the darkness of our Paleolithic origins to reveal by firelight how we think why we create why we believe and who we are. Beginning of Mankind. 2,000,000-15,000 B.C.E.. Essential Standards. 6.H.. 2- . Understand the political, economic and/or social significance of historical events, issues, individuals and cultural groups.. The Paleolithic . Age. NAME. ROLL NO.. DHAVAL KARKAR. 14SA122. PIYUSH ZINZALA. 14SA162. JEEGAR VARIYA. 14SA134. KEINS PRAJAPATI. 14SA136. JAY PRAJAPATI. 14SA133. MEHUL CHAUDHARY. 14SA149. The Paleolithic Era. Neolithic Arrowhead. Essential Questions. How did people obtain food during the Paleolithic Age? What problems resulted from this method?. What discovery signified the beginning of the Neolithic Age and what changes came about as a result of this discovery? . Your task is to create a storybook about the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages that is suitable to read to a second grade student. Your book should compare the two ages and the Ice Age, and have appropriate illustrations to go along with the factual text. Your goal is to present the information from chapter three in a different and more creative format. . and . Neolithic. Cave and Rock Art. Paleolithic Cave Art. 35,000 BC – 14,000 BC. Southern. . Europe. Chauvet. , France. Lascaux, France. Les . Tres. . Friers. , France. Altamira, Spain. Ice Age Southern Europe. Cave paintings, some estimated to be as old as 35,000 years, are the grandest and most awe-inspiring artistic creations of homo sapiens during the Paleolithic period.. Southern . European Sites. Great Hall of the Bulls at Lascaux. Unit 1 . Chapter 1: Art Before History. In the Beginning – Prehistoric Art. Guiding Question. : What aspects of prehistoric art have continued through the ages?. Do Now. : (4 Minutes). Why do you think that images of man were less prevalent in Paleolithic art than those of women?. Three Big Questions:. What is the significance of the Paleolithic era in world history?. Where do we get our proof?. How do our attitudes about the modern world influence our ideas about Paleolithic people?. Period 2. How did cave painters survive down in the caves?. Painters would go down in groups, because of how dangerous the caves could be. They would have to crawl through tight spaces with only torches to guide them. Painters would go down expecting to be there for quite some time- they would bring tools, brushes, pigments, torches (and flint to maintain fires), as well as food to sustain them. There is also evidence of scaffolding systems, so that projects could be continued over time.. Cave paintings, some estimated to be as old as 35,000 years, are the grandest and most awe-inspiring artistic creations of homo sapiens during the Paleolithic period.. Southern . European Sites. Great Hall of the Bulls at Lascaux. The Stone Age. Please take out a blank sheet of paper. Flip the paper so that the longest side is . horizontal. . Divide the sheet into . ten equal . boxes. Title it . (on the faint red line). “Stone Age Toolkit”. Personal Portfolio Making. Lascaux Caves. Complex caves in southwestern France, famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings.. 40,000 to 10,000 BC. Cave Art Subjects. Cave art portrays human hands; large numbers of animals in different activities, including various species, such as the woolly rhinoceros, which are now extinct, and a few which were extinct even at the time they were painted; geometric figures and signs.. Period 2. How did cave painters survive down in the caves?. Painters would go down in groups, because of how dangerous the caves could be. They would have to crawl through tight spaces with only torches to guide them. Painters would go down expecting to be there for quite some time- they would bring tools, brushes, pigments, torches (and flint to maintain fires), as well as food to sustain them. There is also evidence of scaffolding systems, so that projects could be continued over time.. Dawn of photography. Photography’s announcement in 1839 greeted by great enthusiasm.. It was a reflection of the beginning of the machine age.. Dawn of photography. Goal of art at this time was realism..