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NOTES: Chapter #1 > Prehistory in Europe

Spotted Horses and Human Hands found in modern day France, 25,000 - 24,000 BCE Link to this article:  Yes, there were spotted ponies , for your interest Learning Objectives: i. The variety of works found in diverse continents ii. Materials used and their application iii. Understand how the visual 'record' infers social and cultural information about the makers who made them iv. Connect the works to Formal Elements & Principles of Design p. 19 Prehistory =  Human existence before the emergence of writing.  These individuals were not making "art" nor were they "artists."   What we have found thus far, is only a very tiny portion of what was probably created on a very wide scale.  Stokstad's text reports  Homo sapiens  appeared about 200,000+ years ago.  Our sub-species to which we belong is  Homo sapiens sapiens  appear about  120,000 BCE. Archaeological evidence has made it clear that modern humans spread from Africa acro

Stokstad's Introduction p.XIV

Starter Kit XIV  Make sure you understand the page on the Formal Elements and Principles of Design as I had shown last class.   In it contains the  language  we will be using to discuss works of art continually throughout the course.  Vocabulary  needs to be studied in order to become  fluent  in the visual language we are discussing.  Extrapolate  the main ideas from our text... The Words Art Historians Use Essential vocabulary to describe - textually/audibly interpret a visual image or form Form Refers to an object's structure (not shape). Form describes a 3D object or the illusion of three dimensionality.   Composition How a maker composes a creative form. This can be made either on a flat surface (2D) or in three dimensions (3D) as in something that exists in space, occupies space and has actual form. Material: singular          Media: plural  The materials that an artist/designer  moves around  in order to make something.  This may include the