By - Leidy Annie N.

Leysic
Pre Historic Art
A term that refers to Stone Age, Paleolithic, and Neolithic art and
Artifacts. Literally referring to the time before recorded history.

Lascaux Cave Paintings- 15,000-11,000 B.C.

Chauvet Cave Drawings- 28,000 B.C

Venus of Willendorf - 25,000 B.C.

Stonehenge - 3,000-2,000 B.C.

 Stone Age Art

Stone Age Stencils: Old Art Ancient Rock Art

Stone Age art illustrates early human creativity through small

portable objects, cave paintings, and early sculpture and architecture.
 Parietal Art
 Paintings

 Murals

 Drawings

 Etchings

 Carvings

 Pecked Artwork
 Paleolithic Period or Old
Stone Age
The Paleolithic era is characterized by the emergence of basic stone
tools and stone art in the archaeological record. For the first time,
humans began to create durable products of self expression that served
no function for survival.

Two types of Art

Portable Art - These things were carved (from stone, bone or
antler) or modeled with clay. We refer to most of the portable art
from this time as figurative, meaning it actually depicted something
recognizable, whether animal or human in form.
Stationary art - Was just that: it didn't move. We've guessed
(and it's only a guess) that these paintings served some form of
ritualistic or magical purpose. We refer to most of stationary art as
non-figurative, meaning elements are symbolic rather than realistic.
Portable Art
Stationary
Art
 Neolithic Period or New Stone
Age
In Neolithic period humans were settling in agrarian society, which left
them enough free time to explore some key concepts of civilization – namely,
religion, measurement, writing, rudiments of architecture and art. In this
period the trades activities become wider helping the human
conglomerates become stronger as such.

The kind of art that was developed during

this period
Textiles Architecture Megaliths

Tombs Painting Ceramics

TEXTILES
ARCHITECTURE
MEGALITHS
 PAINTING

TOMBS

CERAMICS
 Artifacts
An artifact, or artefact, is something made or given shape by humans,
such as a tool or a work of art, especially an object of archaeological
interest.
1. They used human creativity through small portable objects to depict
everyday life.

2. The humans began to create durable products of self expression.

3. The humans were settling to agrarian society which left them enough
free time to explore some key concepts of civilization.
Tools like
Spear
Animals
Rock Shelter
Animal Skin Clothing
Lines and Zigzag
Hand Print Art
 Egyptian Art
It is based on perfect balance because it reflects the ideal world of the
gods. The same way these gods provided all good gifts for humanity, so the
artwork was imagined and created to provide a use. Egyptian art was always first
and foremost functional. No matter how beautifully a statue may have been
crafted, its purpose was to serve as a home for a spirit or a god.

Pyramid of
Giza Built around 2550 to 2490 B.C. for:

 Khufu
 Khafre
 Menkaure
 Great Sphinx of Giza
 241 ft long, 20 ft wide & 66 ft high.
 Built by Khafre to guard his tomb
and was made in his image.
 Mummification
 The body is drained of
any liquids and left with
the skin, hair and
muscles preserved.

 The internal organs are

buried with the body
(mummy) inside canopy jars.

 This process took 40 days.

 God of the Sun  Goddess of Motherhood and
wife of Horus
 King of the Gods
 Sky Goddess  Earth God
 Father of the
 Married to her
5 Great Gods
brother Geb
 Daughter of Shu
 God of the Dead  Son of Isis and Osiris
 Husband of Isis and  Avenged his father
the Father of Horus from Seth
 Dressed in white with
crook and flail
 Brother of Osiris  A great healer and magician

 God of the desert,  The wife of Osiris and

storm and violence the mother of Horus
  God of Wisdom, Time
 River Goddess
and Writing
 The wife of Seth and  Has the head of an Ibis
the mother of Anubis
 God of Funerals and Death

 Has the head of a Jackal

 The son of Nephthys and

Osiris
 Guide of the dead
Techniques Used During
the Three (3)
Kingdoms of Early Egypt

OLD KINGDOM NEW KINGDOM

MIDDLE KINGDOM
 OLD KINGDOM
 Pharaohs Buried in pyramids.

 Pharaoh viewed as an inaccessible God-King who rules

absolutely over his people

 “Age of Pyramids”

 Capitol was Memphis

 United under King Menes

 Included the 3rd to the 6th dynasty

 MIDDLE KINGDOM
 Pharaohs Buried in hidden tombs

 Pharaoh viewed as the “Shepherd of his people” with the

task to build public works and produce for the welfare

 “Golden Age”

 Capitol was Thebes

 United under King Mentuhotep

 Included the 11th to the 12th dynasty

 NEW KINGDOM
 Pharaohs Buried in the Valley of the Kings

 Pharaoh viewed not only as a leader and ruler of an empire,

but also as an important figure in religion and religious
practice.

 “Imperial Age”

 Capitol was Thebes

 United under Pharaoh Ahmose 1

 Included the 18th to the 20th dynasty