ART in Early

Civilizations �
✔ STONE AGE - a period in history when stones were used to
make tools for survival.
✔ The term “conjures an image of men and women dressed in
skins, huddling before a fire in a cave”.
✔ Artifacts in the form of cave paintings and sculptures would
serve as the “storytellers”.
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✔ Paleolithic - The Old Stone Age
✔ Mesolithic - Middle Stone Age
✔ Neolithic - New Stone Age

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1. Prehistoric Art
1. Prehistoric Art

✔ Nomadic lifestyle to permanent settlements

✔ The Stone Age has witnessed how humans were able to lead more
stable lives and eventually come up with permanent shelters and
tools for survival.
✔ Stability and sense of permanence turned to the creation of
paintings and sculptures.

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1. Prehistoric Art
✔ It is a product of climate change.
✔ Caves became protective havens
and paved way for the birth of
their first attempts to create art.
✔ One cave painting can be
traced in Lascaux, France and
it is called as “Hall of Bulls”.
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1. Prehistoric Art

✔ The figures depicted on the walls were done with a certain level
of crispness and life that there were initial hesitations of the
work’s authenticity.
✔ Although most people think that early humans were
primitive,some of their art techniques were consideredadvanced
for their time.

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1. Prehistoric Art

✔ Some of the early humans already used their own version of

spray-painting technique by using ground pigments blown
through reeds or hollowed out bones since these were the readily
available materials for them.

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1. Prehistoric Art
✔ Artworks can be considered ornamental.
✔ Most of their works were discovered inside the deep recesses of caves
so they may not necessarily be used as decorative items.
✔ Some believed that there was a linkage between what was drawn and
what could happen in real life.
✔ Some of the works found reflected some of the early beliefs of
humans especially with life and the works found reflected some of the
early beliefs of humans especially with life and fertility
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✔ VENUS OF WILLENDORF
- this shows that the
woman has oversized
“
breasts, enlarged hips and
round abdomen. The
representation may show
the importance of taking
care of these body parts for
procreation and
consequently the survival
of species.

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✔ STONEHENGE in
Southern, England “
- The purpose of this
fascinating edifice remains a
mystery up to this day. Some
regard it as a temple while
others see it as a complex
calendar that track the
movements of both the Sun
and Moon..

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1. Egyptian Art

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Egyptian Art
✔ Fertile Ribbon from the banks of Nile River.
✔ Egyptian Civilization can be divided in three periods:
✔ Old Kingdom
✔ Middle Kingdom
✔ New Kingdom
For Egyptians, art should be religious and spiritual.
 OLD KINGDOM
✔ religion was bound to the afterlife.
✔ Concrete manifestations are the
TOMBS.
✔ TOMBS: for keeping the dead bodies
of important people like pharaohs.
It also serves as the shelter for the
next journey which is the afterlife.
OLD KINGDOM
✔ It can be noticed that the use of color was evident but may have
not been widely utilized because of its relative impermanence.
✔ One of the cosmetic palettes found in Egypt was the NARMER
PALETTE-a symbol that commemorates the unification of Upper
and Lower Egypt. It makrked the beginning of their civilization.
 ✔ NARMER PALETTE
✔ Back- King Narmer can
be seen wearing the
crown of Upper Egypt.
“ ✔ Front- lion-like figures
with intertwined necks
bound in leashes and
✔ Right- Falcon: God Horus tamed by two men.
perched on papyrus, ✔ King Narmer is still
symbolizing the Lower present at the front and
Egypt he is shown reviewing
✔ Top- bull-shaped heads the captured enemies.
with human
features:Hathor means
love and joy.

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 ✔ NARMER PALETTE
✔ This is one of the
artifacts that
emphasizes the King’s
“
supreme and absolute
authority.
✔ He is also revered as a
deity.

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✔ During the Old Kingdom, one of the architectural wonders was
constructed.
✔ The PYRAMID OF GIZA- serves as tombs since their main purpose was
to provide a place for pharaohs.
✔ The construction of the pyramids highlighted
the ingenuity and advancements of the Egyptians
for their time.
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✔ The process showed the advancement of the Egyptians since they
already used a system of ropes and pulleys.
✔ It highlighted the reverance of the people to their pharaohs but many
people died or punished because of not reaching the quota in the
process of constructing these massive structure.

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✔ The Egyptians ensured that the
insides of the pyramids would
celebrate the life of their
pharaoh by lavishly decorating
them but there are some
problems occured because of
the thieves.
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MIDDLE KINGDOM
✔ A shift to political hierarchy turned art to take aback during this period.
✔ In order for art to re emerge and flourish, Egypt needed to have a more
stable situation.This happened during the rule of King Mentuhotep.
✔ Art in this period still have a reference from Old Kingdom but they did
some experimentation in terms of styles.
✔ Portrait sculptures and fresco paintings were freely drawn
✔ Egyptians made a rock-cut tombs by carving out a living rock.
MIDDLE KINGDOM- NEW KINGDOM
✔ Hyksos- Asiatic Tribe introduced Bronze Age weapons and horses to the
Egyptians.
✔ When the foreign invaders was overthrowned Egyptians formed a New
Kingdom. It was a time of expansion through territorial acquisition.
✔ In New Kingdom they started having mortuary temples. Egypt has
established as a more advanced and powerful civilization.
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