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Arts Day 3

The document outlines various prehistoric and ancient sculptures, including the Venus of Willendorf and the Venus of Brassempouy, highlighting their materials, significance, and characteristics. It discusses the evolution of artistic styles from the Early Age to the Classical period, emphasizing the role of sculptures in religious and cultural contexts. Additionally, it includes questions to assess understanding of the content related to the sculptures' purposes and historical significance.

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Arts Day 3

The document outlines various prehistoric and ancient sculptures, including the Venus of Willendorf and the Venus of Brassempouy, highlighting their materials, significance, and characteristics. It discusses the evolution of artistic styles from the Early Age to the Classical period, emphasizing the role of sculptures in religious and cultural contexts. Additionally, it includes questions to assess understanding of the content related to the sculptures' purposes and historical significance.

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FILL ME UP!

ACTIVITY:
Fill the missing letters and guess the
word correctly.
V_NUS OF WILL_NDORF
V_NUS OF BR_SSEMP_UY
M_RON THE DISC_BULUS
At the end of the lesson, 70% of the
students are expected to:

Identify the Sculptures From The Early Age


(A9EL-Ia-2)
PRE-HISTORIC SCULPTURES
• Materials used in sculptures vary according to region and
locality. Archeologists believed that their sculpture is a result of
natural erosion and not of human artistry. Frequently carving may
have mythological or religious significance.
Venus of Willendorf
28,000 Β.C.E. - 25,000 B.C.E
Image from Treasures of the World, 1961 CCP Library
It is carved from limestone with excessively heavy
breast and abdomen used as charm to ensure fertility.
Venus of Brassempouy
Museed'Archéologie National e at Saint-Germain-enlaye
25,000 years old
Image from Treasures of the World, 1961 CCP
Library
A sculpture of a lady with the hood. It is a fragmentary
ivory figurine from the Upper Paleolithic era that
realistically represents the human face and hairstyle
SCULPTURES FROM THE EGYPTIAN ERA
• Symbolic elements were widely used such as forms,
hieroglyphics, relative size, location, materials, color, actions and
gestures. Their tombs required the most extensive used of
sculpture.
• The most common materials used for sculptures are wood, ivory
and stones.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SCULPTURES:

1. Symbolisms were heavily used to represent the gods. They were


represented as composite creature with animal heads on human bodies
2. Relief compositions were arranged in horizontal lines to record an event or
represent an action.
3. Most of the time the gods were shown larger than humans, the kings larger
than their followers, the dead larger than the living.
4. Empty space were filled with figures or hieroglyphics
5. 5. All individual components were all brought to the plane of representation
and laid out like writing.
Queen Nefertiti, painted limestone

18th Dynasty, 1375-1357 BC


Image from Treasures of the World, 1961 CCP Library
Realistic, with heavy lided eyes, slender neck,
determined chin and pure profile under her heavy crown.

Queen, refers to the Great Royal wife of the Egyptian


pharoah.
The Pharoah Menkaure and his Queen, stone

4th Dynasty, 2548-2530 B.C.E.


Image from Treasures of the World, 1961 CCP Library
An example of portraits presented in rigid postures, and were
simple and powerful with very little show of private emotion.
SCULPTURES FROM THE CLASSICAL
PERIOD
Greek Sculptures

Early Greek sculptures were tense and stiff, their bodies were
hidden within enfolding robes. After three centuries of
experiments, Greek sculptures had finally evolved and showed
all the points of human anatomy and proportion.
One of the most popular styles of the greek sculptures
was the Hellenistic style. Hellenistic denotes a
preference in sculpture for more elaborated patterns,
mannered arrangement of figures and groups, and an
emphasis on the representation of movement for
dramatic effects.
Myron; The Discobulus, 450 BC I
mage from Treasures of the World, 1961 CCP Libraryx`
Shows an attitude of maximum tension, full of compressed
energy, and about to explode an action.
ROMAN SCULPTURES
• Most Roman sculptures are made of monumental
terra-cotta. They did not attempt to compete with the
free standing Greek works of history or mythology but
rather they produced reliefs in the Great Roman
triumphal columns with continuous narrative reliefs
around.
The Portonacio Sarcophagus between 180-190 BCE
Museu Nationale Romano
- Used for the burial of Roman General involved in the
campaign of Marcus Aurellius
- The best known and most elaborate of all
"sarcophagus" (It is a box-liked funeral receptacle for a
dead body. Comes from a Greek word "sarx" meaning
flesh and "phagein" meaning "to eat")
- It depicts battle scenes between Romans and Germans
-Carved in marble
Sarcopagus, from cervetiri, c. 520 ВСЕ, Museo
Nazionale de Villa Giulia, Rome
-Made of Terra Cotta
- length 6'7" (2.06 m)
- a husband and wife are shown reclining
comfortably, as if they were on a couch
1. How did the artistic style of sculptures evolve from
the Early Age to Classical Antiquity?
2. What role did sculptures play in Early Age societies,
and how were they used?
1.Why do we need to give importance to the
Sculpture from the early age?
2. How do you describe their works?
In a ¼ sheet of paper, identify the
Sculpture from the early age. Write the
letter of the correct answer.
1. What was the purpose of fertility figurines like the Venus
figurines in prehistoric societies?
A) To represent gods and deities
B) To serve as religious idols
C) To enhance fertility and ensure survival
D) To commemorate historical events
2. The shift from abstract to more lifelike human forms in
sculpture is most notably seen during which period?
A) Renaissance
B) Classical period of Ancient Greece
C) Middle Ages
D) Baroque period
3. In which civilization were sculptures often created to ensure a
successful afterlife for pharaohs?
A) Ancient Greece
B) Ancient Rome
C) Ancient Egypt
D) Mesopotamia
4. Which of the following is a famous example of a
prehistoric sculpture?
A) The Venus of Willendorf
B) The Discus Thrower
C) The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
D) Michelangelo’s David
5. What was the primary material used to create
sculptures during the Stone Age?
A) Bronze
B) Marble
C) Bone and stone
D) Clay

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