MODULE 7: Art in Early Civilizations

Midterm

The Stone Age

A period of history when stones were used to make tools for survival.

Paleolithic Period

The late years of the old stone age.

Mesolithic Period

middle stone age period.

Neolithic Period

the new stone age period.

Paleolithic Art

• Product of climate change.

• Cave paintings are considered to be ornamental. These cave paintings evoke naturalism.

Neolithic Art

• It has developed when life for early humans has become more stable

• by 4000 BCE, there were monumental and architectural structures (stonehenge, etc.)

Ancient Egypt

-This particular civilization thinks that art is religious and spiritual

Ancient Egypt

This civilization is divided into 3 periods: Old, Middle, and New kingdoms.

Old Kingdom

During this ancient egyptian period, it was evident that religion was bound to the afterlife

Narmer Palette

Is a significant egyptian archeological find that commemorates the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt and the unification was significant because it marked the beginning of their civilization.

Permanence

This was an important aspect of Egyptian art because these sculptures would serve as the house of ka or soul once the remains of the mummy disintegrate.

The Great Pyramids of Giza

These egyptian monuments serves as tombs since their main purpose was to provide a resting place for pharaohs.

These are massive in size and were constructed using roughly more than 2 million limestone blocks

The Great Pyramids of Giza

These monuments highlighted the ingenuity and advancement of the Egyptians for their time.

The Middle Kingdom

This period in ancient Egypt is a shift in political hierarchy.

There is an emergence of powerful groups of landlords that threatened the authority and rule of the pharaoh.

The Middle Kingdom

Portrait sculptures and fresco paintings that were freely drawn are some of the styles that emerged during this period in ancient Egypt.

The New Kingdom

The art of this period in ancient Egypt had references from both of the preceding kingdoms.

Monuments and sculptures were still linked with death and reverence for the dead.

Amarna Revolution

This was led by King Akhenaton and Queen Nefertiti after the New Kingdom.

King Tutankhamun

He became a king at a very young age and died at the age of 18.

Howard Carter

He discovered King Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 and they were astonished to find gold artworks and that the coffin was made out of solid gold. The body was covered in linen and a gold mask covered his face.