Get your own Free Home PageThe students will: 1) tell or write about what prehistoric living conditions were like and how that influenced art at that time, (2) tell or write general information on cave painting and prehistoric sculpture, (3) tell or write what happened in art when villages began to form, (4) will demonstrate a general knowledge of pottery, and of using the coil method to create pottery.
Tie-in's: Lascaux, France; Bison Licking It's Flank from La Madeleine, France; Neolithic pottery from around the world; other prehistoric art resources that are available.
Compare and contrast painting 20,000 years ago to painting today. Compare and contrast sculpture 20,000 years ago to painting today. Compare and contrast pottery 8,000 years ago to pottery today.
Compare and contrast prehistoric composition with modern ideas of composition. Were prehistoric artists concerned with composing their paintings? Why or why not? Why isn't much pottery found from this period?
Does the composition of cave paintings bother you? Why or why not? Would you rather have a "primitive" sculpture in your home, or a Michelangelo? Why? Is prehistoric pottery art? Why or why not?
herdsmen, ochre, charcoal, wedging, slip, score, coil, earthen ware, green ware
Students will create a pottery piece using coils.
Time line: 10 days
water base clay, modeling tools, glaze (depending upon how primitive you want it), plastic bag, wood sheet/platform to sit clay project on
reading on clay, handouts for students about prehistoric art (if you want a copy of my handout, e-mail me from the DBAE page), a video on Korean or primitive pottery, additional prints or slides as available that go with the unit, a slide or print of a Michelangelo sculpture
Why was most prehistoric art about animals and hunting? What possible way did cave painting start? What materials were used? What possible way did sculpture begin? Who were prehistoric artists? Why/how did people start settling in villages? What other art areas originated during this time? How did they make pottery? What was it used for? Who still creates Stone Age type art today? What can we learn from them?
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