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Period: 40,000 BCE to 9000 BCE
Paleolithic Era
40,0000 BCE - 9,000 BCE
"Old Stone Age"
nomadic hunter gatherers
art:
-small, portable freestanding sculptures in the round and reliefs
style: subtractive, representational but abstracted, non individualistic
subjects: humans and animals
made for: fertility, peace, protection, spirituality/animism
-cave paintings
style: twisted/composite perspective, descriptive
subjects: animals and hands
made for: sympathetic magic/magico-religion, teaching tools, records, narrative -
28,000 BCE
Nude Woman (Venus of Willendorf)
made of limestone
4" tall
subtractive, small freestanding sculpture from Willendorf, Austria
possibly self referential, representational but abstracted, not individualized/a portrait
may have been worn as necklace
subject: a woman, geometric forms, exaggerated features, covered face/head
reasons for creation:
-fertility
-peace offering
-ideal beauty standard
-matriarchal society
problematic to label "venus" because of cultural relativity/not making assumptions
