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aRt Is lifeCOMPILED BY ADU-GYAMFI SHAMS

2. PREHISTORIC

3. It marks the time
before civilization,
no written records or
verbal accounts
80,000-5000 BC(19 century)
PREHISTORIC
Pre historic means ‘before history’

4. PREHISTORIC ART
30,000- 5,000 BC

5. PREHISTORIC ART
( ART OF THE CAVEMAN )
Painting
 Engraving
Sculpture

6. The beginning of arts
(Stone Age)

7. It was traced into three periods
1. Paleolithic period /Old Stone Age 30,000-
10,000 BC
2. Mesolithic period /middle stone age
15,000 – 10,000 BC
3. Neolithic period /new Stone Age
10,000-4,000 BC

8. PALEOLITHIC PERIOD/ OLD STONE
AGE
cavemen settled in the caves.

10. They paint and engrave in a profile
dimensions

11. It was this period cavemen used
the sympathetic magic.

12. MESOLITHIC PERIOD/ MIDDLE STONE AGE
 Man still lived in caves and rock as
shelter.
Dog was the first animal to be
domesticated.
Dug-out canoes were made

13. NEOLITHIC PERIOD/NEW STONE AGE
organize themselves into groups.
societies headed by kings and priest.
 They replaced the sympathetic magic with
religion.
They explore and study in field science,
mathematics and astronomy.

14. MODE OF LIFE
Food
Safety
Security
Clothing
fuel
.

15. Safety: The prehistoric men and
women lived in cave as
natural shelter. They used the
hides/skin the as cloth.

16. Food: The prehistoric men hunt for
wild animals
and the women search for wild fruits
as food to survive.

17. Fuel: They use the fat of the
animals as fuel in their lamb.
They scratched stones to set
fire.

18. Security: They use the
Sympathetic magic to hunt
for the animals.
They also protected
themselves in the caves.

19. Clothing:
The cave men used the
skin/hides of the animals as
cloth.

20. SYMPATHETIC MAGIC

21. This magic is belief that
there is a strange
relationship between
living things and their
image.

22. Some of the
animals drawn have
no nose and eyes.
Some of the
animals drawn have
nose and eyes but
damaged.

25. IMPORTANCE OF SYMPATHETIC MAGIC
It enables successful hunting
It help avoid danger during hunting
It made hunting easier

26. Shaman
The person who performed the
magic

27. PAINTED AND HUNTED FIGURES
Deer
Rhinoceroses
Elephant
 Reptiles
Horses
Hippopotamus
Lion
 Human figures
Birds
Bison

28. Elephant

29. Deer

30. Hippopotamus

31. Bison

32. Rhinoceroses

33. HUNTING
ACTIVITIES

35. INFLUENCE OF THE CAVEMANS ARTS
•Reveals aspects of the life of the early man.
.
•Shows the development of the creativiity in man.
•Helps the modern society to identify three animals
as they were in the past

39. ART TECHNIQUES
INTRODUCED BY
CAVEMAN

40. Engraving and paintings
were done on the surface of the walls of the caves

41. Juxtaposed (side by side),
superposed (place over),
super –imposed (done
over)

42. Juxtaposed (side by side)

43. superposed (place over)

44. super –imposed (done over)

45.  Their compositions were in profile
dimensions.
Eg. Animals and Human beings

46. The sculpture forms were in low relief and
in the round. (small world)

47.  Figures were scattered in their
paintings and engravings

48. Media:
animal fat
 Blood colors =red,
 Clay =brown
Charcoal= black
kaolin = white

49.  Simple outline in their drawings

50. Females figures ( Venus of willendorf )
made in limestone
discovered in 1908
large breast
 Large buttocks
 Not realistic
 swollen belly
 No face
No limbs
Fertility doll
It measures 11.2 cm

51. TOOLS USED BY CAVEMAN
Flint
Stones
Bones
Sticks

52. LIKELY EXAMINATION QUESTION
1.Describe sympathetic magic and shows its relevance to the
prehistoric man.
(a) Discuss four (4) techniques used by the caveman in his
drawings and painting
(b) List three media and three tools used by the cavemen in
making his arts.
3. How did the prehistoric man used art to satisfy his needs
4. Explain why the caveman is said to be the most creative
artist.
5. Explain the fact that caveman paintings were not only
decorative but also magical
6. (a) What is the stone age?
(b) Write short notes on Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic
Periods.

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