Old Stone Age Art
One of the horse of the “Hall of Bulls” painting. Like this one, most of the stationary pieces of art were in caves or on rock painted with with charcoal, blood and bone. During this primitive time the paintings were very simple and used the the mediums only for color and outlining, no real sense of using values. The colors were also limited to what they had, with usual colors of red, white and black. The art usually would be for religious purposes or a major event in hunting or of the tribe(Artlex).
One of the horse of the “Hall of Bulls” painting. Like this one, most of the stationary pieces of art were in caves or on rock painted with with charcoal, blood and bone. During this primitive time the paintings were very simple and used the the mediums only for color and outlining, no real sense of using values. The colors were also limited to what they had, with usual colors of red, white and black. The art usually would be for religious purposes or a major event in hunting or of the tribe(Artlex).
Cro-Magnon peoples, Cave at Lascaux, France, "Hall of Bulls", 15,000-13,000 BCE, "fresco" and "found relief" includes paintings of bulls, horses, deer, bison, etc
One of the horse of the “Hall of Bulls” painting. Like this one, most of the stationary pieces of art were in caves or on rock painted with with charcoal, blood and bone. During this primitive time the paintings were very simple and used the the mediums only for color and outlining, no real sense of using values. The colors were also limited to what they had, with usual colors of red, white and black. The art usually would be for religious purposes or a major event in hunting or of the tribe(Artlex).
Work Cited
"ArtLex on the Stone Age." ArtLex on the Stone Age. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2014.
"Paleolithic Art of the Stone Age - About.com." About.com Art History. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2014.
One of the horse of the “Hall of Bulls” painting. Like this one, most of the stationary pieces of art were in caves or on rock painted with with charcoal, blood and bone. During this primitive time the paintings were very simple and used the the mediums only for color and outlining, no real sense of using values. The colors were also limited to what they had, with usual colors of red, white and black. The art usually would be for religious purposes or a major event in hunting or of the tribe(Artlex).
Work Cited
"ArtLex on the Stone Age." ArtLex on the Stone Age. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2014.
"Paleolithic Art of the Stone Age - About.com." About.com Art History. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2014.