GLOBAL PREHISTORY
September 4th
only 5th Period
Construct an F2C2 in your Journals
on the Apollo 11 Stone
using Khan Academy 250 Essay
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/global-prehistory-ap/paleolithic-mesolithic-neolithic/a/apollo-11-stones-2
August 30 & August 31
HOMEWORK:
Create (3) F2C2 Art Analysis
with Corresponding Images in your Composition Books:
- Running Horn Woman
- Anthropomorphic Steele
- Jade Cong
Use Khan Academy For the Research at
Khan Academy 250 Required Works
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/introduction-ap-arthistory/a/required-works-of-art-for-ap-art-history
and the Videos Below
GLOBAL THEMES:
N.I.F.S
NATURE, IDENTITY,
FERTILITY & SURVIVAL
Key Ideas
- *Early humans responded to the beautiful and aesthetic (Makapansgat Pebble)-ultimately responding by creating object and images
- *Earliest works are cave paintings and portable sculptures
- *Conjectures are made about the meaning of prehistoric works
- *Monuments like Stonehenge show that people were able to build structures made of the post and lintel system.
- *The need to create is one of the strongest human impulses.
- *Focus on materials indigenous to the environment/geography
- *Since context is largely unknown, focus on original location and content
ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS & KNOWLEDGE
*Human Expression existed across the globe-Art existed before written record
*Prehistoric human behavior & artistic expression was influenced by changing geographic environments
*Periods of Global Prehistory-
Paleolithic ( old stone)
Mesolithic ( middle stone age)
Neolithic (new stone age)
*First peoples were small groups of hunter-gatherers whose focuses was survival
*Early humans created practical tools, ritual & symbolic objects made from ceramics, painted on rock surfaces, sculptures of woman and animals as well as architecture ( stone megalithic installations)