Cave Paintings:Cave Paintings:lines and shapeslines and shapes

A lesson by Miss RodríguezA lesson by Miss Rodríguez

What are cave paintings?What are cave paintings?

Cave paintings are Cave paintings are the traces of the traces of human activity, or human activity, or images that have images that have been engraved or been engraved or painted on rock painted on rock surfaces.surfaces.

What is a line? How many lines can What is a line? How many lines can you think of?you think of?

A A lineline is a mark that begins at one point and is a mark that begins at one point and continues for a certain distance.continues for a certain distance.

Draw different lines below.Draw different lines below.

AA shape shape is an object that has height and width.is an object that has height and width. There are two kinds of shapes…There are two kinds of shapes…

Geometric Shapes Geometric Shapes Organic ShapesOrganic Shapes

What is a shape?What is a shape?

Identify lines and shapes is this cave painting.Identify lines and shapes is this cave painting.

Identify lines and shapes is this cave painting.Identify lines and shapes is this cave painting.

Identify lines and shapes is this cave painting.Identify lines and shapes is this cave painting.

Countour lines Countour lines are outlines drawn around figures.are outlines drawn around figures.

Contour lineContour line

Compare and ContrastCompare and Contrast

ReflectionReflection Think about two ways in which cave artists are Think about two ways in which cave artists are

like artists from today. What do they have in like artists from today. What do they have in common?common?

LascauxLascaux

ReferenciasReferencias

Chanda J., Kirsten Pederson. Chanda J., Kirsten Pederson. Art EverywhereArt Everywhere, , Hardcourt, 2006Hardcourt, 2006

http://www.rupestreweb.info/introduccion.htmlhttp://www.rupestreweb.info/introduccion.html http://blogvecindad.com/picasso-y-la-abstraccion-de-http://blogvecindad.com/picasso-y-la-abstraccion-de-

un-toro/un-toro/ http://lapinturaytu.blogspot.com/2012/02/caballos-http://lapinturaytu.blogspot.com/2012/02/caballos-

pintura-rupestre.htmlpintura-rupestre.html http://www.escuelapedia.com/arte-rupestre/http://www.escuelapedia.com/arte-rupestre/

AltamiraAltamira

Where are the caves?Where are the caves?

AltamiraAltamira

LascauxLascaux

Where did they get the colors?Where did they get the colors?

What animals did they draw?What animals did they draw?

A trip through Lascaux…A trip through Lascaux…

Think…Think… Why did cave men draw pictures?Why did cave men draw pictures? Why did they make their drawings deep inside the Why did they make their drawings deep inside the

caves and not outside?caves and not outside?

ReflectionReflection

ReferenciasReferencias

http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/index.php?http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/index.php?lng=es#/es/00.xmllng=es#/es/00.xml

http://www.elartetaurino.com/lascaux.htmlhttp://www.elartetaurino.com/lascaux.html http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/06/08/chttp://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/06/08/c

ultura/1275998938.htmlultura/1275998938.html www.maps.google.comwww.maps.google.com