PREHISTORIC, EGYPTIAN, GREEK, ROMAN

 “before written history”

Prehistory means

PALEOLITHIC PERIOD (OLD STONE AGE)

start of cave drawings/paintings, use stone tools, sculptures of female figures

MESOLITHIC PERIOD (MIDDLE STONE AGE)

start of domesticating animals and crops, use of red ochre and geometric designs, first cemeteries

NEOLITHIC PERIOD (NEW STONE AGE)

start of permanent communities, making of megaliths (stonehedge), Angono petroglyphs

MESOPOTAMIA

1st writing system (cuneiform), building of ziggurats, relief sculptures

ANCIENT EGYPT

• Led by Pharaohs

• Centered on their gods 

• Development of hieroglyphics

pyramids

tombs for the pharaohs

logography

symbols

alphabetic

letters

sphinx

cat shaped body with human head

sarcophagus

coffins

Mummification

body is wrapped so the soul will return to the body

greek sculptures

Perfect proportions, used to inspire

Doric

simple

Ionic

scroll

Corinthian

fancy

Parthenon

built in honor of Athena (no building, just columns

greek pottery

Hand painted designs

greek architecture

Post and lintel construction method

roman sculptures

Sculpted portraits or bust sculptures, used to remember

roman pottery

engraved, coarse ware (regular) and fine ware (special)

roman architecture

Arches and barrel vault construction method

Amphitheaters

Colosseum/Coliseum

Pantheon

roman temple, with building

Coffers

recessing panels

Oculus

ten-meter hole at the top of the dome

Basilicas

ancient roman public building: church