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... The deeper he Dug, the more primitive the tools he found became John Lubbock (1863)- split stone age into Paleolithic (old) and Neolithic (new) Charles Darwin (1859)- published Origin of Species, introducing the theory of evolution Paleolithic (old stone age): Lower Paleolithic • About 6 million years ago, earliest known form of man • “Lucy” and “Toumai” are the names of the only skeletons found from this period, although “Toumai” is supposedly twice as old as “Lucy” Middle Paleolithic • Time period of the Neanderthal • Neanderthal skeleton discovered in Germany in 1853 • No evidence that art was created in this time • Neanderthals are the first to bury their dead, evidence found of ceremonies/traditions Upper Paleolithic • 40,000 B. ... • Cro-Magnon time period • Cro-Magnon skeleton first found in France • Very end of the ice age • Art develops in this era Forms of art from this pre-historic time period: Mobilary Art • “art that can go with people” • usually small carvings • animal carvings very popular animal carvings are very small usually part of a weapon found all over the world • “Venus” carvings also extremely popular almost all made out of non-perishable materials range in size from 6” to 2” almost all have same body shape: small head, little/no facial detail, large breasts/abdominal area, tiny legs and feet, usually no arms or very small arms all have similar focus on the child-bearing parts of the body usually not designed to stand up head usually bowed down “Venus of Villandorf” is the most famous venus figure Very few figures had slimmer bodies or had arms up in the air or sticking out, and very, very few had defined faces • Human/animal forms also found Always man and animal combinations, never women Cave Art • Always found deep in caves • Only found in the very restricted region of Franco-Cantabrian (North Spain and South France) • Mr. |
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