Chapter One: Prehistoric Art (Most continents; 30,000 BCE-1000 BCE)
Peleolithic
Old Stone Age
Most of the art from this period is in caves or very small sculptures
Until approx. 10,000 BCE
How is the artist presenting space/perspective?
Repeating, overlapping, size (diminutive perspective)
Cave paintings at Chauvet
France, 32,000-30,000 BCE
Subject: Herds of animals (rhinos, bears and big cats)
Not very stylized, or complete
Cave paintings at Lascaux
Profile and Composite
Often the animals are drawn in profile, more easily identifiable
A lot of horned animals are drawn kind of twisted so you can see both horns and have a different kind of perspective
Hall of the Bulls from Lascaux Cave 15,000 BCE
Human in the cave painting