-
- Paintings in Altamira Cave (Spain), ca. 13,000-11,000 BCE
- depicts a woman rather than a man
- no competition in art, just to communicate essence of animal - composite profile view - four legs, two horns, whether lying, standing, or giving birth
-
- Paintings in Lascaux Cave (France), ca. 16,000-14,000 BCE - old stone age, paleolithic period
- Hall of Bulls - seperately created images, different artists, years apart
- twisted perspective to incorperate all anatomical features-identifiable
- "Chinese Horse" - firtility theory, animals hunted does not correspond to animals depicted
-
- Clay reliefs of two bison in Le Tuc d'Audobert Cave (France), ca. 15,000-10,000 BCE
- Two bison
- Earlier than first paintings - still perfect profile views
-
- Bison with turned head, carved ivory reindeer horn, from La Madeleine Cave (France), ca. 12,000 BCE
- head turned in complete 180, still perfect side view
-
- Woman holding bison horn, limestone relief from Laussel, ca. 25,0000-20,000 BCE
- woman are just bodies in pre-historic art, no face, detail on pregnant belly and reproductive parts
- firtility
-
- "Venus of Willendorf", limestone figurine, from Willendorf (Austria), ca. 28,000-25,000 BCE
- firtility, motherhood
- no face depicted
-
- Palette of King Narmer, from Hierakonpolis (Predynastic Egypt), ca. 3000-2920 BCE
- releif sculpture, used for eye makeup
- Hathor=cow goddess, Horus=falcon goddess
- unification of upper and lower egypt(conquered)
- heirarchy of scale, composite views
- picturemaking for communication, not accuracy
-
- Reliefs from the Tomb of Ti, Saqqara, ca. 2450-2350 BCE - old kingdom
- Ka-overseeing, explore mysteries of death
- Hippo hunting mural, hunting not done by Ti - much larger
- Goats treading seed on top and cattle fording a canal on bottom
-
- Seated statue of Khafre, from Gizeh, ca. 2520-2494 BCE - old kingdom
- flawless and idealized images of gods and kings
-
- Block statue of Senmut with Princess Nefrura, from Thebes, ca. 1470-1460 BCE
- for Ka, subtractive sculpture out of granite
- Senmut=Hapshepsut's chansellor and daughter's(Nefrura's) tutor
-
- Temple of Ramses II, Abu Simbel, ca. 1290-1224 BCE - new kingdom
- colossal rock-cut portraits - 65' seated
-
- Seated statues of Rahotep and Nofret, from Maidum, ca. 2575-2550 BCE - old kingdom
- realistic, painted white limestone for realistic representation
-
- Statues of Menkaure and two goddesses, from Gizeh, ca. 2490-2472 BCE - old kingdom
- with goddess Hathore
-
- Seated statue of a scribe, from Saqqara, ca. 2500 BCE - old kingdom
- not a perfect body- realistic common person
- smaller than pharaoh statues
- obesity showing wealth
-
- Seated statue of Hemiunu, from Gizeh, ca. 2550-2530 BCE
- fat tittied man found in tomb
- builder incharge of great pyramids
-
- Mastaba tombs, Gizeh
- standard early egypt tomb
- family burials later on
- separate serdab room with statue
-
- Imhotep: Stepped pyramid and mortuary precinct of Djoser, Saqqara, ca. 2630-2611 BCE
- Imhotep=first recorded artist's name, master builder, preist
- Saqqara=city of the dead
-
- Pyramids, Gizeh - three in 75 years for 4th dynasty
- Khufu, ca. 2551-2528 BCE; Khafre, ca. 2520-2494 BCE; Menkaure, ca. 2490-2472 BCE
- face east for sunrise
-
- Great Sphinx of Khafre(?), Gizeh, ca. 2520-2494 BCE - old kingdom
- guards Khafre's tomb, lion with king head
-
- Portrait statues of Hatshepsut, from Deir el-Bahri, ca. 1473-1458 BCE - new kingdom
- offering jars
- as a sphinx
- Hatshepsut= "his majesty" portrayed as man, no pyramid- actual mountian
-
Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahri, ca. 1473-1458 BCE - new kingdom
|
|
