​FLASHCARD IMAGES
1. APOLLO 11 STONES

2. GREAT HALL OF THE BULLS

3. CAMELID SACRUM IN THE SHAPE OF A CANINE

4. RUNNING HORNED WOMAN

5. BEAKER WITH IBEX MOTIFS

6. ANTHROPOMORPHIC STELE

7. JADE CONG

8. STONEHENGE

9. THE AMBUM STONE

10. TLATILCO FEMALE FIGURINE

11. TERRA COTTA FRAGMENT
ADDITIONS
12. VENUS OF WILLENDORF


​VOCABULARY

Paleolithic - The period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans. It predates the Neolithic period.
 
Neolithic - The period of the Stone Age associated with the ancient Agricultural Revolution. It follows the Paleolithic period.
 
animism - The belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.
 
shamanism - An animistic religion of northern Asia, having the belief that shamans affect the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds.
 
schematic - relating to or in the form of an outline or diagram; using a system of symbols
abstract - not concrete; non-representational
 
silhouette - a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color
contour - a shape of outline of a shape
 
engraving - a printmaking technique where the artist gouges or scratches the image into the surface of the printing plate
 
additive method - building a sculpture on an armature or framework; casting, or using plastics, clay, or other flexible materials
 
subtractive method - the form is created by removing (as in carving) from a block or mass
 
undulation - a flowing, up-and-down movement like the motion of waves
 
relief sculpture - a sculpture that comes forward from a flat surface, as opposed to being freestanding
 
freestanding sculpture - a sculpture that can stand on its own and is seen from all sides
 
twisted perspective - a convention of representation in which part of a figure is in profile and another part of the same figure is frontal
 
megalithic - of, relating to, or denoting prehistoric monuments made of or containing megaliths (big rocks)
trilithon - a pair of monoliths topped with a lintel
 
post and lintel construction - an architectural system of construction with two or more vertical elements (posts) supporting a horizontal element (lintel)
 
mortise and tenon system - a projection at the end of a piece of wood that is put into a corresponding hole (mortise) in another piece of wood to form a joint (tenon)
 

Explore the Caves at Lascaux virtually!  http://archeologie.culture.fr/lascaux/fr?lng=en#/en/00.xml
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MAKE YOUR OWN LASCAUX
Crumple up a brown paper bag to create "rock" texture of the cave walls.  Think about your primal urges...  What "rituals" do you have each day?  What is your daily life focused on?  What do you "worship"?
  • STYLE: NATURALISM + ABSTRACTION
  • Focus on CONTOURS (edges/outlines)
  • Create a TWISTED PERSPECTIVE (composite view) of something
  • Use charcoal and crushed ochre colored pastels as your pigments 
  • Paint in a darkened room using only (battery powered) candlelight to get to full effect of how the images would have flickered and moved on the walls in dim light!


MAKE YOUR OWN CLAY FIGURINE
Using a small baseball sized amount of clay, make your own "art mobilier."  Artwork of inspiration:  
  • Venus of Willendorf 
  • Tlatilco Figurines 
  • Lapita Terra Cotta Fragments.