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Primitive Art
Early Beginnings
Primitive Art
• The history of art begins at the start of man in the caves where primitive humans lived.
• It has developed just as humans through out the centuries.
• Most primitive art was created to record an event or as a functional tool.
Cave Paintings• The earliest cave paintings date
from 15,000 B.C.• The artist made their own colors
from earth pigments. • They even used primitive
scaffolding.• Their brushes were mats of
moss or hair.• Some of the paintings were very
large. Some animals were draw 16-20 feet long.
• The caves were lit using torches or by burning animal fat on a flat of dished stone. A primitive lamp
Primitive Sculpture• Carvings not cave paintings
are the oldest form of art.• Venus of Willendorf was
found in Austria and is considered 25,000 years old.
• The small bulging figure suggests abundant fertility and a plentiful supply of food which are the two foremost needs of any society.
• Many of these figures have been found in the ground. Primitive people planted them in an effort to guarantee a good food supply.
Primitive Tools• This lamp was found
in the same caves as the paintings. It is an example of a dished lamp.
• They were used to light the caves and to help the artist see as they painted.
• Notice the uses of lines to decorate the handle.
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