GAIN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

“Touching Lives, Changing World”

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Lesson 1
The Birth of Art
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Tools for creativity.

Observe the following materials shown in the picture.
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Do you think the artwork

you produce using various
materials would last for
many years? why do you
say so?
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Prehistoric Culture
The prehistoric period
began with the appearance
of humans and ended with
the discovery of writing.
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Stone Age
-Lower Paleolithic( 2 500 000 to 2
000 000 BCE

Middle Paleolithic( 2 000 000 to 40

000 BCE

Upper Paleolithic 40 000 to 10 000

BCE
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Assignment
Look for 2 Prehistoric Arts
And write its information
in 2 to 3 sentences each
Art.
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Prehistoric Culture
Archeologist have identified four basic types
of Paleolithic art
1.Petroglyphs – Paintings and drawings
2.Prehistoric sculpture
3.Pictographs
4.Megalithic art
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Petroglyphs
Greek Word “ Petra” means stone

“Glyphein”, which means to carve.

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Petroglyphs
Refers to any image created on rock
surfaces by means of carving, rubbing,
scratching, cutting, engraving.
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Petroglyphs in Angono
5000 year old rock

More than 120

figures

Discovered in 1965
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Cave Paintings
Is a type of pictograph.
- An image created by applying color
pigments on a cave wall, ceiling, floor
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Mostly painted
Predatory animals ( bears, rhinoceros, lions
and sabertooth cats or tigers)
Symbolic Patterns
Straight lines, triangles, circles
and semicircles
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Cave of El Castillo
Puente Viesgo, Spain

39 000 BCE
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Cosquer Cave
Marseille Coast, France

25 000 BCE
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Activity
Look for these Petroglyph and Cave painting art
and tell something about the art. 3-4 sentenses
1.Bhimbetka Petroglyphs
2.Daraki- Chattan Petroglyphs
3.Altamira Cave
4.Coliboaia Cave
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Sculpture

Sculptures were less common in the

prehistoric society. Prehistoric society was
mobile( nomadic) therefore, a sculpture
was more prone to loss or damage.
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The Venus of Berekhat Ram

Golan Heights Israel

(700 000- 230 000 BCE)

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The Venus of Willendorf

Austria

Carved in limestone

Mother Goddess.

28 000- 25 000 BCE)

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Megalithic art
Passage,
portal tombs,
gallery
graves,
burial
chambers.
Art that involves the use of large stones as medium.
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Activity
1.Look for 2 examples Prehistoric sculptures and
their description
2. Look for 2 examples of megalithic art and their
Descriptions.
3. Give your ideas or What can you say about the art
style? in 4-5 sentences.