FA 210 Art of the World Most ancient art known.

1. First
known
aesthe.c
object,
Java
500,000
years
old

2. Detail
of
shell
engraving

3. Blombos
Cave,
South
Africa
70,000
BCE

4. Diepkloof
eggshell
engravings
South
Africa,
60,000
BCE

5. The
first
art
objects

6. El
Cas.llo,
Northern
Spain
40,000
BCE
first
cave
pain.ngs

7. Sulawesi
cave
art:
38,000
BCE

8. Venus
of
Hohle
Fels:
Germany,38,000
BCE

9. Chauvet
Cave,
France
ca.
30,000
BCE

10. Burrup
Peninsula,
Australia
30,000
BCE

11. “Venus
of
Dolni
Vestonice”,Czech
Republic
26,000
BCE
first
fired
clay

12. How
to
discuss
art?
• Formal
(color,
texture,
pa[ern,
use
of
space…)
• Func.on
• Material
(what’s
it
made
of?
How
was
it
made?)
• Historic
(what
was
happening
at
the
.me
that
influenced
it?
What
preceded
or
followed?)
• Biographic
(who
made
it?
Why
did
they
make
it?
• Social/cultural
context
(what
does
this
object
say
about
society
at
that
.me?)