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powerpoint 6a. the prehistoric & the ancient world Sayre Chapters 17. the visual record. chapter 17. the visual record. chapter 17. the critical process. thinking about prehistoric and ancient art

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  1. powerpoint 6a the prehistoric & the ancient world Sayre Chapters 17

  2. the visual record chapter 17

  3. the visual record chapter 17

  4. the critical process • thinking about prehistoric and ancient art • it is impossible to group all of prehistoric and ancient art into a single category which accurately describes the purposes and meanings of the art of the time • Prehistory describes the preliterate cultures spanning from the development of mankind until the ancient periods • Ancient history encompasses the cultures that existed before the Common Era (BCE) • Wall Painting with Three Horses Facing One Another,Chauvet France30,000 BCE (pg. 408 in A World of Art) • Do you think its fair to judge, interpret and analyze artwork from the prehistoric period? Are we, as modern humans, too far removed from that culture to draw accurate conclusions and assumptions? • If we compare these early murals found in caves throughout France to modern day murals, what similarities can we find? What differences? • Do you feel that modern humans have a bias which prevents us from understanding, sympathizing and/or connecting to our most distant ancestors? supplement

  5. the visual record chapter 17

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  9. the critical process • thinking about symbolism • early art, created in the prehistoric and ancient periods, relied heavily on the use of symbols • in many ways the cave paintings of Lascaux, the hieroglyphics and murals painted in Egypt, the friezes created in Mesopotamia and the frescoes done in Greece and Rome all utilize symbolic representation • Western art progresses from these more “naive” forms of art to more naturalistic and representational (culminating in the Greek sculptures and Polycleitus’ canon) • similarities and connections • although it is impossible to make large generalizations about the various cultures and peoples during these eras, some similarities do exist • compare and contrast the art from prehistoric Europe, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome • Do you see the use of symbolism in these works? How are these symbols reminiscent of one another? How are they different? supplement

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