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Artistic revolution Emergence of Mind

Artistic revolution Emergence of Mind. Paleolithic world Economy/technology Gatherer-hunters/opportunists Stone, bone, fiber Origins of agriculture and “urban life” not until the early neolithic 11,000 years ago. Art or magic?. Is magic the origin of art? What is art?

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Artistic revolution Emergence of Mind

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  1. Artistic revolutionEmergence of Mind • Paleolithic world • Economy/technology • Gatherer-hunters/opportunists • Stone, bone, fiber • Origins of agriculture and “urban life” not until the early neolithic 11,000 years ago.

  2. Art or magic? • Is magic the origin of art? What is art? • Is magic the origin of religion? • Can we find the origin of culture in art?

  3. Abstract expressions • Earliest known from 50,000 years ago • Found in many areas of Europe, Africa, Australia (Most in Spain and France). • Typical forms: abstract rock carvings, painted animal forms, carved images of females or animals.

  4. Representational art • fixed • portable • Abstractions and • literal • meanings? • Magic • sympathetic • transfigurative • Traditional • healing

  5. La grotte de Lascaux, France

  6. Visit • www.bradshawfoundation.com/lascaux/‎

  7. Cave: Tuc d’Audoubert, France

  8. Altamira, Spain

  9. Antler atlatl fragment, ~ 20,000 years ago. La Madeleine, France. (Atlatls are spear throwers)

  10. Atlatl in use

  11. Altamira Cave, Spain

  12. “Venus” figurines 45,000 years old, Germany Mammoth ivory Czechoslovakia 12,550 years ago Hohle Fels

  13. From Germany. 200,000 years ago?

  14. Venus of Dolni Vestonici Venus de Luassel

  15. Venus of Walendrof, Germany. Approx. 30,000 years ago

  16. Neanderthal “flute’ ????

  17. Inn rock overhangs Australia France

  18. Australia

  19. Significance? • Do images represent efforts to control nature? • Do they signify origins of goddess worship…a mother earth cult? • Who is responsible for the art and what responsibilities are associated with its production? • Is power conveyed to the creator? • What is the relationship between art and religion?

  20. Earliest excavated temple • GobekliTepe • Mesolithic/Neolithic period structure with carved images, columns. • Predates agriculture • First found in 1963 by University of Chicago. Not excavated until 1994 by German archaeologist Klaus Schmidt (GAI). Work completed in 2000. Reported to public in 2011.

  21. Artists rendering of site under construction 11,000 years ago.

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