QUARTER 1: LESSON 1

• Prehistoric Era - Includes all human existence before the emergence of writing.
• FOUR BASIC TYPES OF PALEOLITHIC ART

  1. Petroglyphs
  2. PIctograph
  3. Prehistoric Sculpture
  4. Megalithic Art
• Parietal Art - refers to artworks applied to an immovable rock surface.
• Mobiliary Art - refers to portable artworks.
• PETROGLYPHS Came from the Greek words petra, which means stone, and glyphein, which means to carve.
• Petroglyphs - This refers to any image created on rock surfaces by means of carving, rubbing, scratching, cutting, engraving, fashioning, or other similar methods.
• PETROGLYOHS CREATIONS

  1. Cupules
  2. Angono Petroglyph
• Cupules - non-functional rock markings resembling the shape of a cup. It serves as a marker or map. They may also be sacred, ceremonial, linguistic, or symbolic markings.
• Angono Petroglyph - were discovered in 1965 and were considered the oldest known artworks in the Philippines. These 50000-year-old rock carvings include more than 120 figures. 
• PICTOGRAPH - Is an image or a symbol created to express an idea or a piece of information.
• PICTOGRAPH CREATIONS

  1. Cave Painting
• Cave Painting - an image created by applying color pigments on a cave wall, ceiling, or floor.
• PREHISTORIC SCULPTURE - Were less common in the prehistoric society. Prehistoric society was mobile (nomadic); therefore, a sculpture was more prone to loss or damage.
• SCULPTURE CREATIONS

  1. Venus of Berekhat Ram
  2. Venus of Willendorf
  3. Venus of Brassempouy
• Venus of Berekhat Ram - is the oldest known sculpture from the Paleolithic period. Found on the Golan Heights north of Israel, this humanoid sculpture was made of volcanic rock.
• Venus of Willendorf - is the most popular Venus figurine  discovered in 1908. A statuette of a female figure in Austria. The statuette is 4.4 inches and was carved from a limestone and colored with red ocher. It suggests a strong connection to fertility as the breasts, belly, and vulva are exaggerated. 
• Venus of Brassempouy - A sculpture of a lady with the hood. It is a fragmentary ivory figurine from the Upper Paleolithic era that realistically represents the human face and hairstyle.
• MEGALITHIC ART (BIG ROCK) - Is a parietal art that involves the use of large stones as medium.
• MEGALITHIC CREATIONS

  1. Dolmen
  2. Menhirs
  3. Tumulus
  4. Cromlech
• Dolmen: large upright standing stones.
• Menhirs: aligned upright and parallel standing stones.
• Tumulus: mound of stones and earth raised over a grave.
• Cromlech: monuments of stones arranged in a circle. Crom means bent or curved, while lech means slab flat stones.