BY: MIKE ANGELO VILLANUEVA

& YESHA AUNGON

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IN ART APPRECIATION
CONTENTS:
I. Paleolithic Period
(Old Stone age)

II. Mesolithic Period

(Middle Stone Age)

III. Neolithic Period

(New Stone Age)
PERIODS OF THE
STONE AGE CULTURE
(14,000-2,000 BC)

PALEOLITHIC – LATE
YEARS OF THE STONE AGE

MESOLITHIC – MIDDLE
STONE AGE

NEOLITHIC – NEW STONE

AGE
PALEOLITHIC ART

Overview

A product of climate change

 colder climate prompted

the early humans to look for
shelters that would provide
them with warmth.

 caved became protective

havens for the early humans
and paced the way for their
first attempts to create art.
LASCAUX PAINTINGS

- Done with a certain level of

crispness and life
- Evoked naturalism, evident
through the animas’ body and
colors
- Primitive spray painting: ground
pigments blown through reeds or
hollowed-out
bones
- Worked with foreshortening and
contrasting of lights and shadows,
creating the
illusion of three-dimensional forms
NOTIONS AND BELIEFS

- As these works were discovered inside the deep

recesses of the caves, they may
not necessarily be used as decorations
- painted caves may have been used as a sanctuary,
a safe haven for religious
rituals
- There was a link between what was drawn and what
could happen
- They may have reflected some of the early beliefs
of humans, especially with life
and fertility
Mesolithic Period
(Middle Stone Age)

Overview
During the Mesolithic period,
humans developed cave paintings,
engravings, and ceramics to reflect
their daily lives.
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 Mesolithic Rock Art
hunting in groups of large herd A number of notable Mesolithic rock
animals to smaller (microliths) art sites exist on the Mediterranean
chipped stone tools and a more coast of Spain. The art consists of
hunter-gatherer culture. It ends with small painted figures of humans and
the introduction of the growing of animals, which are the most
crops and husbandry of animals in advanced and widespread surviving
the Neolithic. There is rather less art from this period in Europe and
attributed to the Mesolithic than in possibly worldwide. Notably, this
the period prior and subsequent. collection is the largest
Certain regions developed concentration of such art in Europe.
distinctive pottery during this period. The human figure is frequently the
Possibly the most significant and main theme in painted scenes. When
long-lasting development during the in the same scene as animals, the
Mesolithic is the domestication of human runs towards them. Hunting
the dog. scenes are the most common, but
there are also scenes of battle and
dancing, and possibly agricultural
tasks and managing domesticated
animals.
Executive Summary

The Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age is an archaeological term used to

describe specific cultures that fall between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic
Periods.
The use of small chipped stone tools called microliths and retouched
bladelets are the key factors in identifying the Mesolithic as a prehistoric
period.
Mesolithic people likely continued the art forms developed during the Upper
Paleolithic Period, including cave paintings and engravings, small sculptural
artifacts, and early megalithic architecture.
The most extensive collection of Mesolithic rock art has been found on the
Mediterranean coast of Spain. These paintings consist of human and animal
figures in scenes of hunting and early agricultural activities, such as collecting
honey.
A Mesolithic pendant excavated in England bears striking similarities with
contemporary pendants produced in Denmark. Whether this points to
intercultural contact or travel across vast expanses is unclear.
NEOLITHIC ART

Overview

- Developed when life for

early humans has become
more stable by learning to
cultivate the land and
domesticate animals.

- on 4000 BC, there were

several monumental and
architectural structures
erected.
EGYPTIAN PERIOD
- Different elements of
Lindispensability and utility
civilization flourished in
of the Nile led to the belief
various parts of the world.
that the Nile River is to be
worshipped as a god
- Civilization emerged and
- came the notion that art
flourished in the river
valleys: was something that can be
 the Nile in Egypt ascribed and associated
 Indus in India with religion
 Tigris and Euphrates in - Periods of Egyptian
Mesopotamia, and civilization: Old, Middle, New
 Huang Ho in China Kingdom
 CONTENT

1.EGYPTIAN ART

A. OLD KINGDOM

B. MIDDLE KINGDOM

C. NEW KINGDOM
EGYPTIAN ART

Ancient Egyptian art

forms are
characterized by
regularity and detailed
depiction of gods,
human beings, heroic
battles, and nature. A
high proportion of the
surviving works were
designed and made to
provide peace and
assistance to the
deceased in the
afterlife.

- Cosmetic palette that utilized

and applied dark colors around
King Narmer’s eyes

- Symbol commemorating the

unification of Upper and Lower
Egypt
- marking the beginning of their
civilization
A. OLD KINGDOM

The main
characteristics of
the Old Kingdom
of Egypt are
sustained
economic and
political stability,
advances in arts
and culture, and
economic
prosperity.

-Religion was bound to the afterlife as

evidenced by the construction of tombs

- Tombs served to keep the dead bodies of

important people and as shelter for the
next journey (afterlife)

- Dead bodies were decorated with everyday

objects that would reflect day-today

activities as if the afterlife is a mere

continuation
B. MIDDLE KINGDOM

~ During the Middle

Kingdom,
monumentality
achieved a greater
balance between
architecture and
sculpture. While large
temples, pyramid
complexes, and tomb
superstructures were
built, none of these
buildings had the
same massiveness as
their Old or New
Kingdom
counterparts.

~Shift in the political hierarchy with the emergence of

powerful groups of landlords
that threatened the authority and rule of the pharaoh

- Art took a back seat although art in this period had

some references from the Old
Kingdom

- Marked the beginning of the Bronze Age weapons

C. NEW KINGDOM

During the Middle Kingdom,

monumentality achieved a
greater balance between
architecture and sculpture.
While large temples, pyramid
complexes, and tomb
superstructures were built,
none of these buildings had
the same massiveness as
their Old or New Kingdom
counterparts.

The Amarna Revolution was led by Kung Akhenaton

(previously known as Amenhotep) and Queen Nefertiti
- Akhenaton wanted to revolutionize the arts and
religion and ordered creation and construction of new
monuments in reverence to Aton

- Art had references from both of the preceding

kingdoms
- Tombs started to have mortuary temples which
served as a sanctuary for the
dead and a place of worship for the living
- As Egypt established itself as a more advanced and
powerful nation, their ego
inflated, evidenced by their massive sculptures