PREHISTORIC

ART
PREPARED BY: ALI MARK P. JAUGAN
 STONE AGE

Paleolithic Period Mesolithic Period Neolithic Period

Paleolithic Period
Old Stone Age
From 25.000 B.C.E until
around10,000 B.C.E
.
During this period human beings started to settle near rivers
and lakes, where they started to create the
1st PICTORIC manifestations in their surroundings.

They were still NOMADIC, they moved from place to place.

Paleolithic Period
Old Stone Age

Look at the cave

painting in Altamira Caves.

What do you notice about the

shapes and colors?

What type of paint and tools did

humans use?
 Paleolithic Period
Old Stone Age

Sculptures and pottery

During this period, humans sculpted
small female figurines called The
Venus.

Archaeologists have suggested

many different ways of
understanding its significance.

Fertility Good luck charm

Paleolithic Period
Old Stone Age

STONE TOOLS
Some of the first tools humans used were made during the period. These tools are
probably more than 100,000 years old!

Ovate hand axe. Pointed handaxe. Ovate hand

98mm x 107mm x 74
76mm mm. 122x76mm.
Mesolithic Period
Middle Stone Age

It was a period of
climatic instability.
During the Mesolithic,
humans learned to hunt
in groups and to fish,
and began to learn how
to domesticate animals
and plants.
Mesolithic Period
Middle Stone Age

Mesolithic art is
geometric, with a
restricted range of colors,
dominated by the use of red
ochre.
Mesolithic Period

Mesolithic Period
Middle Stone Age

After the ice melted, humans began to visit new hunting grounds. They invented
many new tools, including the Tranchet adze which was meant to be re- sharpened.
They also began to use the hafted picks more regularly.

Tranchet adze. Blade. microlith - used to make arrow heads,

151mm x 48mm 76mm x30mm spears, and other weapons and tools
Neolithic Period
New Stone Age

Humans were settling

themselves down into agrarian
societies and began to explore
some key concepts of
civilization, namely, religion,
measurement, the rudiments of
architecture and writing and,
yes, ART.
Neolithic Period
New Stone Age

WEAVING
Clothes, textiles and straw mats held a prominent place in the daily life of
Neolithic farmers. The main weaving fibers were flax and wool.
 Neolithic Period
New Stone Age

ARCHITECTUTRE
Simple structures that were normally used as temporary
shelter. Some of the earliest forms of Neolithic architecture can be found in Asia.

Common materials: Mud bricks and Stone.

Neolithic Period
New Stone Age

BRICK WALLS STONE WALLS STONE ROOF

 Neolithic Period
New Stone Age

SCULPTURES

Their theme dwelt primarily on the female/fertility, or "Mother Goddess" imagery.