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ART ACROSS PLACES & TIMES  Today, we are going to explore how people from different places and times have made art for various reasons. Art is a way for people to express themselves, tell stories, and share their ideas and emotions. ANCIENT TIMES Long ago, people p...

ART ACROSS PLACES & TIMES  Today, we are going to explore how people from different places and times have made art for various reasons. Art is a way for people to express themselves, tell stories, and share their ideas and emotions. ANCIENT TIMES Long ago, people painted in caves. They painted their lives and animals. These artworks helped them communicate and pass down their history to new generations.  CAVE ART (OR PALEOLITHIC ART) PALEOLITHIC ART WAS MADE WITH THE LIMITED MATERIALS THAT WERE AVAILABLE AT THE TIME. THIS INCLUDES NATURAL PIGMENTS SUCH AS OCHRE AND CHARCOAL APPLIED TO CAVE WALLS BY USING PLANTS OR THE ARTISTS' HANDS AS BRUSHES. MIXTURES AND POWDERS WOULD ALSO HAVE BEEN BLOWN ONTO WALLS THROUGH REED-LIKE TUBES OR USING THE MOUTH, WHILE PORTABLE OBJECTS WERE OFTEN CARVED OUT OF ANIMAL TUSKS SUCH AS THOSE OF MAMMOTHS, USING PIECES OF FLINT OR ROCK.  HALL OF BULLS (16,000-14,000 BC) HAND STENCILS (11,000-7,500 BC) THE HALL OF BULLS IS A 829 HANDPRINTS MOST ARE MALE, ONE HAS PAINTING FEATURING A LARGE SIX FINGERS AND ONLY 31 ARE OF RIGHT NUMBER OF PREHISTORIC HANDS. ALL OF THE PRINTS ARE NEGATIVES ANIMALS, INCLUDING BULLS, OR STENCILS; CREATED BY PLACING THE HAND AGAINST THE ROCK FACE AND HORSES, AUROCHS, AND DEER. BLOWING PAINT AT IT THROUGH A TUBE MADE OF BONE.  CLOVIS CULTUTRE CLOVIS POINTS, FOR EXAMPLE, REVEAL TECHNOLOGIES OF HUNTING AND PROCESSING MEAT, AS WELL AS CRAFTING A SHARP POINT FROM AVAILABLE RESOURCES. WORKERS USED A HARD ROCK TO CHIP FLAKES FROM A SOFTER ONE, SHAPING IT INTO A STURDY POINT THAT COULD BE USED BY HAND OR FASTENED TO A WOODEN SPEAR.  MESOLITHIC ART THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE PALEOLITHIC AGE AND THE NEOLITHIC AGE IS KNOWN AS THE MESOLITHIC PERIOD. THE YEARS ATTRIBUTED TO THIS PERIOD VARY FROM REGION TO REGION, BUT IT ROUGHLY CORRESPONDS TO THE TIME IN NORTHERN EUROPE DURING WHICH THE CLIMATE BEGAN TO WARM AND THE GLACIERS TO RECEDE. SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MESOLITHIC AGE ARE A TRANSITION FROM LARGE CHIPPED STONE TOOLS AND HUNTING IN GROUPS OF LARGE HERD ANIMALS TO SMALLER (MICROLITHS) CHIPPED STONE TOOLS AND A MORE HUNTER-GATHERER CULTURE. HUNTER GATHERER’S CAMP AT IRISH NATIONAL HERITAGE PARK EXHIBIT: DEMONSTRATION OF HOW A 7000 BCE CAMPSITE OF MESOLITHIC PERIOD HUNTER-GATHERERS WOULD HAVE LOOKED. THEY WERE NOMADIC AND BUILT TEMPORARY HOUSES. WOOD, BONE AND FLINT WERE THE MATERIALS OF THEIR TOOLS. THEY FISHED USING DUGOUT CANOES – THERE IS ONE IN THE PHOTO.  BACKED EDGE BLADELET: MESOLITHIC TOOLS WERE GENERALLY COMPOSITE DEVICES MANUFACTURED WITH SMALL CHIPPED SMALL STONE TOOLS CALLED MICROLITHS AND RETOUCHED BLADELETS. THE MAN OF BICORP: THE MAN OF BICORP HOLDING ONTO LIANAS TO GATHER HONEY FROM A BEEHIVE AS DEPICTED ON AN 8000-YEAR-OLD CAVE PAINTING NEAR VALENCIA, SPAIN.  DANCE OF THE COGUL: EL COGUL, CATALONIA, SPAIN. THE NATIVE MESOLITHIC POPULATIONS WERE SLOW IN ASSIMILATING THE AGRICULTURAL WAY OF LIFE, STARTING SOLELY WITH THE USE OF CERAMICS. IT TOOK A THOUSAND YEARS INTO THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD BEFORE THEY ADOPTED ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (WHICH BECAME ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO THEM) AND PLANT CULTIVATION. WHEN THEY EVENTUALLY DEVELOPED AN INTEREST IN THE MORE FERTILE AREAS UTILIZED BY THE LATE DANUBIAN CULTURES, THEY COMPELLED THE DANUBIAN FARMERS TO FORTIFY THEIR SETTLEMENTS.  NEOLITHIC ART THE NEOLITHIC OR NEW STONE AGE WAS A PERIOD IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM AROUND 10,000 BCE UNTIL 3,000 BCE. CONSIDERED THE LAST PART OF THE STONE AGE, THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD IS SIGNIFIED BY A PROGRESSION IN BEHAVIOURAL AND CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDING THE CULTIVATION OF WILD AND DOMESTIC CROPS AND THE USE OF DOMESTICATED ANIMALS.  NEOLITHIC WALL PAINTING: BUILDING 80, STONEHENGE: C. 3,000 BCE, SALISBURY PLAIN, ENGLAND. BULL BUCRANIA REASONS FOR MAKING ART To express their feelings and emotions. To tell stories and share their culture. To create beauty and bring joy to others. To communicate ideas and provoke thought.  EGYPTIAN ART In ancient Egypt, people created paintings and sculptures. They made art to honor their pharaohs and gods, and to decorate tombs and temples.  CHINESE ART In ancient China, artists used brush and ink to create beautiful paintings. Their art captured the beauty of nature, tell stories, and express their thoughts and feelings. Chinese art often included landscapes, animals, and calligraphy. NATIVE AMERICAN ART Native Americans created art to connect with nature and their cultural traditions. They made pottery, jewelry, and colorful textiles. It featured symbols, animals, and geometric patterns. MODERN ART In more recent times, artists use bright colors and abstract shapes, while others create sculptures or installations. Modern art helps us to see the world in new ways. REASONS FOR MAKING ART To express their feelings and emotions. To tell stories and share their culture. To create beauty and bring joy to others. To communicate ideas and provoke thought.  OVERVIEW Art allows people to express themselves across different places and times. By looking at artworks from around the world, we can learn about different cultures and understand the diversity of human creativity.  Q&A Do you have any questions about art across places and times?