Art History Timeline Presentations
We will begin to research Art together in teams.
Each group will be given an period of art to research and answer the following questions:
• What technologies are evident in the artwork?
• How does the technique of this work relate to their subject matter?
• How does the artwork relate to its time and culture?
• Why is this work important?
• How do all of the works compare to each other? Similarities? Differences?
• Do you see a progression of techniques? Of ideas?
• What connections can I make to my own experience?
We will then put together a collection of photos and facts about your assigned period, finally assembling the information into slides that will tell a story about art from the beginning to contemporary times.
Each group will be given an period of art to research and answer the following questions:
• What technologies are evident in the artwork?
• How does the technique of this work relate to their subject matter?
• How does the artwork relate to its time and culture?
• Why is this work important?
• How do all of the works compare to each other? Similarities? Differences?
• Do you see a progression of techniques? Of ideas?
• What connections can I make to my own experience?
We will then put together a collection of photos and facts about your assigned period, finally assembling the information into slides that will tell a story about art from the beginning to contemporary times.
- 250-100,000 BCE The period of the Lower Paleolithic
- 100k-35,000 BCE This is the Middle Paleolithic
- 35k-25,000 BCE In Australia, Aboriginal rock paintings were made as far back as this time
- 35k-10,000 BCE The Upper Paleolithic Period. There was considerable variation in the types of tools that were used and according to prehistorian J.D. Clark, a new self-awareness or concern for matters that had no relation to fulfilling biological needs. This is shown by the burial of the dead together with food and weapons.
- 33,000-9,000 BCE Europe's Upper Paleolithic age
- c. 30,400 BCE Radiocarbon date for the Cave paintings at Chauvet, France. The first period of cave art is called Aurignacian.
- 28,000 BCE Homo sapiens (modern). Skull of adult male found by French workmen (L. Lartet) at Cro-Magnon, France in 1868.
- 28,000 BCE The Cussac cave in France was found in 2000 to contain drawings from this time. Bones of 5 people from the Neolithic era were also found.
- 15,000 BCE The cave art of Paleolithic man of Lascaux, France dates to this time. It contains some 600 paintings, 1,500 engravings, and innumerable mysterious dots and geometric figures.
- 10,000 BCE The Paleolithic period comes to a close.
- 10,000-3500 BCE The Neolithic or New Stone Age.
- 9,600 BCE Radiocarbon date for the cave paintings at Le Portal, France. The last period of cave art is called Magdalenian.
STUDENT INTERVIEWING... WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO DOCUMENT PEOPLE?
assignment 1
We will spend the first few classes reviewing our interviewing skills, combined with obtaining a "history" of our peers.
These classes will be entertaining, and heartfelt. I appreciate your stories and histories shared.
These classes will be entertaining, and heartfelt. I appreciate your stories and histories shared.
Why do we study Art? A Discussion.
We will take time today in class to talk about the following three questions:
What art did people make in the past?
Why have humans always made art?
What does that art teach us about humans?
What art did people make in the past?
Why have humans always made art?
What does that art teach us about humans?
Who were They?
Artist Research Project
Create a purposeful oral report about your artist. This report will contain the following:
-basic facts about your artist (birth, death, country of origin, age, etc...)
-why they are important in history
-what kind of art did they create?
-any interesting facts about your artist that might engage the class
-an example of their art/designs
- Max Ernst- David Hockney- Alphonse Mucha - Hieronymus Bosch- Maxfield Parrish- Eva Hesse- Pablo Picasso- Tom Thompson- Michelangelo
Create a purposeful oral report about your artist. This report will contain the following:
-basic facts about your artist (birth, death, country of origin, age, etc...)
-why they are important in history
-what kind of art did they create?
-any interesting facts about your artist that might engage the class
-an example of their art/designs
- Max Ernst- David Hockney- Alphonse Mucha - Hieronymus Bosch- Maxfield Parrish- Eva Hesse- Pablo Picasso- Tom Thompson- Michelangelo