{"id":2563,"date":"2018-01-04T16:15:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T16:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ncc-zeliart\/?post_type=chapter&p=2563"},"modified":"2018-09-07T01:56:56","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T01:56:56","slug":"prehistoric-art-an-outline","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ncc-zeliart\/chapter\/prehistoric-art-an-outline\/","title":{"raw":"Prehistoric Art: An Outline","rendered":"Prehistoric Art: An Outline"},"content":{"raw":"

Prehistoric Art<\/h2>\r\n

Introduction:<\/h3>\r\nThe history of art is part of a larger history of ideas that change over time.\u00a0 The origins of art are inextricably linked with the activities of the producing community.\u00a0 In the case of Prehistory, the visual art made during these many thousands of years shows us the shift from the world of the Paleolithic<\/a> hunter to that of the Neolithic<\/a> farmer.\u00a0 We can see this in both the subject matter and forms chosen.\u00a0 Subject matter during these times reflected\u00a0 activities of survival (getting of food, hunting, interest on reproduction of both human and animal) and also subjects that relate to life and beliefs (shamanistic ritual<\/a>, images\/objects depicting fertility\/reproduction\/death) that were crucial to the Paleolithic hunter and to the Neolithic community.\r\n

Paleolithic (Old Stone Age)<\/a>, beginning about 42-37,000 BCE and lasting until the end of the Ice Age, about 9000 - 8,000 BCE<\/h3>\r\nPaleolithic people lived a relatively nomadic lifestyle and did not settle in permanent villages or towns.\u00a0\u00a0Archeological evidence that people lived in the openings of caves or in open-air camps has been established. For example, evidence of mammoth bone houses\u00a0 in Russia Ukraine<\/a>, have been found and it is possible that other temporary, portable shelters were used by Paleolithic hunters and gatherers in other regions.\r\n\r\nPaleolithic cave paintings have been found in Europe, mostly in southern-central France (e.g. Lascaux<\/a> and Chauvet<\/a>) and the northern parts of Spain (e.g. Altamira).\u00a0 The paintings found date from 32,000 BCE (Chauvet) to 15,000 BCE (Lascaux). Known works of Paleolithic sculpture such as\u00a0Woman from Willendorf<\/a>\u00a0date back as far as 30,000 BCE.\r\n

The Neolithic (New Stone Age)<\/a>\u2014 ca. 7000-1500 BCE<\/h3>\r\nThe most significant characteristics of Neolithic society<\/strong> are as follows:\r\n