3. PREHISTORIC CULTURE
The period began with the appearance of
human and ended with the discovery of
writing.
PALEOLITHIC PERIOD
A hunter-gatherer culture
It is divided into 3 stages, the lower; middle; and the
upper Paleolithic.
MESOLITHIC PERIOD
Ended with the spread of Agriculture
NEOLITHIC PERIOD
It was the time when permanent settlements were
4. PETROGLYPHS
Came from the Greek words petra, which
means “stone” and glyphein, which means
“to carve”
This refers to any image created on rock
surfaces by means carving, rubbing,
scratching, cutting, engraving, fashioning.
5. LAXE DOS CARBALLOS
The deer is part of a
hunting scene
portrayed on a 60
square meter rock and
which is shaded by lush
oak trees.
It is a petroglyph, an
engraving in stone by a
refined Neolithic Age
artist.
6. ANOTHER EXAMPLE
Cup and ring petroglyphs
in Louro, Galicia, Spain
Petroglyphs in
Ughtasar, Armenia
8. ANGONO PETROGLYPHS
Discovered in 1965 and
were
considered the oldest known
Artworks in the Philippines.
5000 years old rock
carving include
More than 120 figures.
Have been declared a
Cultural Treasure
Included in the 100 Most
Endangered
Sites of the world
9. SOME WELL-KNOWN PETROGLYPS
1. Bhimbetka Petroglyphs- The cupules
engraved on a nonfoliated metamorphic
rock in India.
Considered the world’s oldest cave art
2. Daraki-Chattan Petroglyphs- rock carving at
Indegarh hill in India
10. CAVE PAINTING
An image created by applying color pigment
on a cave wall, ceiling, or floor.
Cave painting is a Type of pictograph
Pictograph
Is an image or symbol created to express an Idea or a
piece of information
11. AUROCHS, HORSES AND DEER IN LASCAUX
CAVE
is the setting of a complex o
f caves near the village of Montignac,
in the department of Dordogne
in southwestern France
The paintings represent primarily
large animals, typical local and
contemporary fauna that correspond
with the fossil record of the
Upper Paleolithic time
The drawings are the combined effort
of many generations, and with
continued debate.
the age of the paintings is
estimated at around 17,000 years
12. SOME OF THE FAMOUS CAVE PAINTING
Cave of El Castillo in Spain
Chauvet Cave in France
Cussac Cave in France
Fumane Cave Painting in Italy
13. SCULPTURE
The art of making two- or three-dimensional
representative or abstract forms, especially
by carving stone or wood or by casting metal
or plaster.
Sculpture were less common in the
prehistoric society because prehistoric
society was nomads.
14. VENUS OF BEREKHAT RAM
Is the oldest known
sculpture from the
Paleolitic period
This humanoid
sculpture was
made of volcanic rock
this megalithic
structure were mostly
passage and portal
tombs
15. MEGALITHIC ART
Parietal art that involves the use of large
stones as medium.
Many monument used this kind of art, but is
mostly used in Neolithic grave.
Portal tombs
Gallery graves
Burial chamber
16. MEGALITHIC STUCTURES
Dolhem
Single chamber tomb
Menhirs
Large upright standing stone
Stone row
Aligned upright and parallel standing stone
Tumulus
Mound of stones and earth raised over grave
Stone Circle
Monument of stone arrange in circle
22. ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ART
Refers to the art in Egypt from 3 000 BC to
30 AD.
Hieroglyphs
Ancient Egypt writing system
The pyramid are considered the most
important contribution of the ancient Egyptian
The design, size, and engineering of these
great structure depict something significant
about the culture and society of Ancient
Egypt.
24. FUNCTION OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ART
To glorify the gods including the
pharaohs and to facilitate the passage
of humans into afterlife
To promote and to preserve their value
Adhered to traditional rules that valued
form and other rather than artistic
expression
25. CHARACTERISTICS OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ART
MODE OF REPRESENTATION
EXAMPLE IS the statues
It was the material used that dictate some aspect of
naturalism
HIERARCHY OF SCALE
Difference in scale was applied to show hierarchy
In ancient Egypt, the largest the figure, the more
important he or she was
USE OF COLOR
Every color symbolizes something
Six dominated color
26. RED
Power, life, anger, and victory
BLUE
Rebirth and creation
GREEN
Fertility, new life and growth
WHITE
Purity and sacred
BLACK
Death and underworld
YELLOW
Eternal and represent the qualities of gold and sun
27. REGISTERs
Parallel lines that separate scenes
Use to convey information about a
particular scene
TEXT ANG IMAGES
Caption that explained the images
28. OTHER CHARACTERISTICS
Art forms were characterized by regularity
Completeness was primary and prettiness
was secondary.
The hand of the subject should be on his or
her knees when seated
Human figure were static, stiff, and blocky
Gods were portrayed according to their
hierarchy of goods
Gods were depicted always in the same
appearance
