Paleolithic Era (Article Sample)
What makes the "prehistoric" era prehistoric, as you know, is that it took place before the existence of a written record. This often proves frustrating to students of art history, since we don't have any accounts of what these people believed, what (if any) religion they practiced, or what was important to them in their lives. Then how can we know? Please consider what archaeologists, anthropologists, and art historians might use as evidence for some of the claims made by your textbook about life in the Paleolithic Era.
Choose one work of art or architecture (just not 1-7, which is the subject of the classroom discussion) and in 400 words discuss the prevailing theory of its function or purpose.
Paleolithic Era
Prehistoric art is the artworks humans made in the early days before written history was established. Many early artworks are found in the caves people once inhabited. The sheltered nature used in prehistory times has not interfered with the artworks for many years. Paintings from the caves and small sculptures are examples of early art. Art historians use ancient evidence of art to study human behaviors and the culture of people for the last decades.
One artwork during the Paleolithic era is the Hall of Bulls, Lascaux, where animals were rendered in a twisted perspective. The bodies of the animals are displayed in profile, and the horns of the animals are visible from a frontal view. The images are in a linear drawn structure. The animals are solid and mixed with colors from the mouth to the walls of the caves. In other parts of the Lascaux, cave artists drew lines with soft surfaces where some portions had colors while others did not.
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