Visual Art Packet 1 - Hinds County School District



Visual Art Packet 1

ART OF THE ANCIENT WORLD part 1

Prehistoric Art 30, 000-2000 BC

AS far as we know, the story of art began about 30,000 years ago. Some of the earliest artworks are paintings discovered in caves of Spain, France and Africa. The cave paintings show hunting scenes that include cattle, deer and bison. People are shown as stick figures with spheres.

Answer the following

• Where are the Lascaux Caves? What were the cave artists trying to say?

• In what other countries have cave paintings been discovered?

• Why do you think that there were so many animals and not as many people in the paintings?

• What can the paintings tell us about other aspects of the life of cave dwellers or Paleolithic people?

• How did they make these pictures if there were no stores to buy paint and brushes or tools for carving?

• What colors are prominent in the paintings, and what natural sources might provide these pigments if they didn't have crayons or markers

What other images are seen in cave art?

Identify:

BC

STONEHENGE

Hall of Bulls, Lascaux Cave

Megaliths

Petroglyph

ART PROJECT1- CAVE ART

1. You will wad up a square of brown paper into a ball.

2. Unroll it. This is your cave wall.

3. You will use artist chalk to create your own cave image. You may try to draw one of the cave painting animal examples or you can use your hand as a stencil. NO WORDS. The cave dwellers didn’t have a written language.

Grading: Based on following the directions, working in a timely manner, putting forth best effort, care of materials and cleaning up mess. Name and class period must be on the BACK of your work to receive a grade

Art of the NEAR EAST 3500-331 BC

One of the first known centers of civilization is Mesopotamia, a region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers near present-day IRAN and Iraq.

At different times, the region was ruled by the Sumerians, Babylonians, Hittites, Assyrians, and later , the Persians. In 331bc, Alexander the Great conquered the region and united it with Greek Culture.

These ruling groups created art about their beliefs and conquests of their leaders. Some of the rulers are portrayed as animal gods. Relief and mosaic friezes tell stories of hunts, battles and ceremonies.

Answer:

• What is one of the first known centers of civilization?

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• What is that are called now?

Identify:

Bull from Ishtar Gate, 580 BC

Frieze

Relief

Ancient Egyptian Art 3000-500 BC

Ancient Egyptian civilization developed along the NILE RIVER in AFRICA.

The Egyptians believed their pharaohs were gods who would live after death. Many of the pharaohs built tombs shaped like temples or pyramids. The tombs were filled with furniture, jewelry and other things the rulers might need in the afterlife. Wall paintings, relief sculptures and small models show servants bringing gifts, harvesting crops and fishing. For nearly 2, 500 years, artists used many of the same artistic rules. Their portraits of phraohs and other important people are similar in style. The subjects are usually shown with calm expressions and poses that seem to be frozen for eternity.

Ancient Egyptian art was created using media ranging from drawings on papyrus, wood, stone, and paintings.

Identify:

Pharaoh

Papyrus

Hieroglyphics

Ankh

Wedjat Eye

Pectoral

Rosetta Stone

Scarab

Cartouche

The Great Sphinx

Pyramids of Giza

Obelisks

The Golden mask from the mummy of Tutankhamen

Inventions created by the ancient Egyptians

Egyptian project #1 Design a cartouche Daily grade.

1. You may use the template or redraw your own cartouche.

2. create your name using the correct hieroglyphics. Hieroglyphs spell out the sounds of the name. You only need the hieroglyphs that represt the sound.

3. Hieroglyphs should be arranged to create interesting designs instead of the straight lines that we use to arrange or letters and sentences.

4. Cartouches can be vertical or horizontal.

5. Once you have drawn your hieroglyphics, draw a rope design or decorate the boarder around the cartouche.

Egyptian project #2- draw an Egyptian self portrait. Test Grade

1. Using your own photograph- that I take in class- trace your profile.

2. Add an Egyptian eye with heavy dark out line.

3. Add an Egyptian crown- You must choose one from the handout and try to draw it. They don’t look like what we usually think of as crowns. They are more like head dresses.

4. Add a Pectoral. Remember the shoulder will be facing forward even though the face is in profile.

5. include Hieroglyphics in the background.

6. Everything must be colored. Their should be no white paper seen.

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