I believe it is hard for archeologists find to hard a theory that explains why cave paintings were created because humans, at modern day are so use to images being all around us. This is why I believe the theory about hallucinations comer to be. Archeologists are trying extremely hard to understand how these cave paintings came to be, that these humans must have been hallucinating in order to create them. I agree with you, that just because images did not exists already did not mean they did not have the ability to. I agree that the animals may have fascinated them and they simply figured out a way to paint them on a cave wall because paper did not exist yet.
They all used interesting techniques to spark the interest of viewers and they used common landscapes in which people can relate to. The individuals were standing still in the paintings and not communicating with each
Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” and Diego Velazquez’ Las Meninas are both commentaries about different ways of life. Velazquez gives insight into the daily life of the Spanish monarchy, and Plato, on the other hand, enlightens about the various stages of life on the path to higher knowledge. Though they use different mediums, Plato and Velazquez use a similar framework to illustrate the ways people live. They both use a hierarchical structure to divide their works into pieces that make the works more straightforward for the reader or viewer to comprehend.
Art from the natural world were made back in the day by indigenous people. Indigenous people or our ancestors used natural materials in order to create works of art. These artworks are pieces of artifacts that allow art historians to understand how our ancestors perceived art. In this essay we will be talking about the Painted Elk Hide and the Black-on-black ceramic vessels. By talking about these two works of art we will be able to have a further understanding of the natural world.
Upon visiting the Huntsville Museum of Art, I was very surprised to find all of the tremendous galleries that were currently up at the museum. In addition, after exploring the entire museum there was one gallery that really intrigued me, and this was the gallery of Antoine Ponchin and his son Jos. Henri Ponchin. What made the Ponchin gallery so interesting to me was both the father and the son were landscape artist. Moreover, both Ponchins travelled to many locations to paint magnificent pictures. Choosing a picture to paint about from this gallery was a challenge for me mainly because both Antoine and Jos.
Based on radiocarbon dating the Chauvet cave appears to have been used by humans during two distinct periods: the Aurignacian and the Gravettian. The cave is located in the Ardeche region of southern France, and it is known for the earliest and best-preserved figurative cave paintings in the world. What makes these cave paintings so unique and so special were how they were sculpted, and the patterns that were associated with not just this cave, but other caves in general during the prehistoric times. The most common stenciled arts in caves were large wild animals, such as bison, aurochs, deer, and horses. Many of these paintings were often associated with animals that were hunted by humans.
When walking in to the Dotted Dialogues exhibit, I went in with an ignorant mind and misunderstanding of what the paintings truly meant and stood for. While attending the exhibit I learned that the tribespeople saw the world from a different perspective than anyone else. Rather than seeing it from straight on and as a landscape, they saw it from a bird’s eye view; seeing mountains as ovals, and trails as branched, connected lines. These paintings were made from hundreds to thousands of dots painted on to a solid color backboard and creatively formed into an image. “All this artwork is grounded in ancestral religious stories,” said Françoise Dussart, the well-known and prestigious professor of anthropology, also the curator of the exhibit.
But here’s what we do know… In general, artists painted in the same caves over and over again, so they must have known where they were. There aren’t maps proving this, but it’s a hunch. Of course, we need to remember that the land around these caves was hard to reach. Even the entrances were narrow, cramped, and tight—not to mention the fact that the caves were just as bad!
The cave art depicts a scene of a man shooting an arrow at another man on a mountain. The circumstances of this depiction, such as the man chasing down another man shows details that were almost like a documentary of what happened to Ötzi. This could be the actual story or could be a tribal depiction of what this covetous culture’s methods used to acquire power and position. Perhaps the killer told his own story or maybe there were witnesses who depicted the horrors they saw.
Should art be pretty is a great question to think about because it is not something often thought about. When thinking of art, one thinks of a famous artist they learn about in school or maybe an art piece they saw in the store and liked enough to buy and hang in their house. So, deciding if art should be pretty is not on many people’s mind when just thinking about art. I do think art should be pretty. When I think about art I think something that looks nice and pretty.
Searching for an artwork that speaks to you can be a difficult task for some people. Some people being myself, that is. So when I finally came across Ra Paulette and his cave art or cave carvings, I was/am very much intrigued. This man has spent the better part of his last 25 years excavating caves in New Mexico. And wow, are they something.
“In the silence of their studios, busied for days at a time with works which leave the mind relatively free, painters become like women; their thoughts can revolve around the minor facts of life and penetrate their hidden meaning.” There’s a hidden meaning or objective behind every artist’s work. We all interpret paintings differently; some art can be forms of phi phenomenon (illusion of movement created by presenting visual stimuli in rapid succession), or others could be interpreting cues such as Monocular and Binocular. We can’t fully understand what the artist is trying to present unless there is an outline, but we can surely look at the texture, colour, line and shape of each painting to get a meaning for ourselves. A person that demonstrates a form of interpreting his art is Stu Oxley.
In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley presents us with a Dystopian society, for as we read, there is a revelation of the true nature of the society. The basis of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave is that the shadows in which the trapped conformists see are the flawed reflections of ideal forms, such as beauty. Within the society of Brave New World, the entire population appears perfect for they are manufactured to be that way, therefore, the ‘outsiders’ appear as the flawed reflections of their ideal forms, which is present in the Allegory of the Cave, as well as other similarities. Within the trapped society in the World State and Plato’s cave, there is a general origin of knowledge, since birth.
Pop culture has a very important effect on archeology. The way that archeology is perceived in the media can either be discouraging or influential in determining whether someone may want to become an archeologist. There are many reasons as to why pop culture has such an important effect on archeology such as gender relations that may lead to women becoming discouraged from archeology. Another reason is that the media can create unrealistic stereotypes of archeologists which may lead people to have a different idea of what archeology is like. Pop culture can also lead to someone's interest in archeology to be peaked by viewing this media.
It leaves space for us to imagine. I believe that painting as an art, is about a connection between the artist and audience, it is a way to allow us to use lines, colors and figures to show our emotions and feelings. This is why “The Flying Fish” is so attractive to me. “The Flying Fish” is a painting that holds a dreamy feel
It is important to study something in school that you enjoy but that is also useful in the real world. I have always been asked, “what's your major?”. I would answer art history and always got a response like, “what are you going to do with that?”. Most parents and students don’t feel that there is a good foundation from learning Art History. It is often heard from high school and college students (influenced by their parents) that to succeed you must major in science, technology, engineering, or business.