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Art of the Upper Paleolithic

Art History - Pre Historic

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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
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