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Debate Question 8/25
• Defend or refute the following statement:
• “Humans are the highest and most important of all animals.”
Dating Conventions and Abbreviations
B.C.=before ChristB.C.E.=before the Common Era
A.D.=Anno Domini (the year of our Lord)C.E.=Common Era
c. or ca.= circa C.=century
Pebble resembling a human face
from Makaspansgat South Africa
ca. 3,000,000 B.C.E.reddish brown jasperiteapproximately 2 3/8 in. wide
Human with Feline Head
from Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany
ca. 30,000-28,000 B.C.E.mammoth ivory11 5/8 in. high
Human with Feline Head
from Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany
ca. 30,000-28,000 B.C.E.mammoth ivory11 5/8 in. high
Woman of Laussel
from a cave in Laussel, Dordogne, France
ca. 25,000-20,000 B.C.E.painted limestoneapproximately 18 in. high
Bison reliefs
from a cave at Le Tuc d’Audoubert, Ariége, France
ca. 15,000-10,000 B.C.E.clayeach approximately 2 feet long
Bison reliefs
from a cave at Le Tuc d’Audoubert, Ariége, France
ca. 15,000-10,000 B.C.E.clayeach approximately 2 feet long
Human Skulls with Restored Features
from Jericho, Israel/Gaza
ca. 7,000-6,000 B.C.E.skulls, plaster, shells
Human figure
From Ain Ghazal, Jordan
ca. 6,750-6,250 B.C.E.plaster, painted and inlaid with cowrie shell and bitumen
Warm-up 08/27
• Why do humans feel the need to make large buildings? What is the definition of architecture? What type of building do you think of when you hear “architecture,” Why?
Merlin tells King Aurelius about Stonehenge
• Laugh not so lightly, King, for not lightly are these words spoken. For in these stones is a mystery, and a healing virtue against many ailments. Giants of old did carry them from the furthest ends of Africa and did set them up in Ireland what time they did inhabit therein. And unto this end they did it, that they might make them baths therein whensoever they ailed of any malady, for they did wash the stones and pour forth the water into the baths, whereby they that were sick were made whole. Moreover they did mix confections of herbs with the water, whereby they that were wounded had healing, for not a stone is there that lacketh in virtue of leechcraft.
Timed Essay 1
• A friend says in a college art class, “those idiots didn’t know they were making art, they were just drawing stick figures.”
• How might you defend Paleolithic and Neolithic Art as products of sophisticated intent?
• Choose two works from these eras (properly attributed) and describe the purposeful principles of design that were used, as well as the possible theory behind why it was created.
• Defend why it is art and not just nonsense.
Quiz 1: 8/29/141. The earliest paintings on plaster covered walls occur at _______.
A. Altamira, Spain
B. Jericho
C. Stonehenge
D. Catal Huyuk
2. The Old Stone Age, dating from 40,000 to 10,000 B.C., is also known as the____________.
A. Dynastic period
B. Paleolithic period
C. Neolithic period
D. Mesolithic period
3. The earliest known examples of Paleolithic painting are from ____________. A. Altamira
B. Lascaux
C. Chauvet
D. Jericho
4. A sense of space and depth is created in cave paintings by ______.A. overlapping
B. linear perspective
C. locating one figure higher than the other
D. B and C