UAA1262 Stone Age art II

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Lucie Malaníková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Lucie Malaníková, Ph.D.
Institute of Archaeology – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites
Student gets credit after the successful completion of the verbal examination.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
During the lectures, students will learn about creative expression of Stone Age man in the European environment. Students will learn about creative expression in selected locations and about important phenomena. Particular attention will be paid to the cave paintings in France and Spain. Lecture series acquaint students with zoomorphic and anthropomorphic motifs, schematic symbols and pseudo-artifacts. Students will be able to analyze and stylistically interpret artwork of Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic and Eneolithic periods.
Syllabus
  • 1. Characteristics of art, means of expression, the reason of artistic expression, artistic categories, motifs.
    2. The first painting and sculptural manifestations of the Upper Palaeolithic. Franco-cantabrian region. "Macaroni" drawings (Altamira, Pindal, Lescaux, Les Trois Fr?res).
    3. Culture with the largest artistic manifestations. The most important sites with the artistic findings. Aurighnacien and the first representative art (El Castillo in Spain; Geissenklösterle and Hohlenstein in Germany; Willendorf in Austria, etc.).
    1. Workshop: Examination of selected imaging techniques.
    4. The Périgordien and Gravettian art (Brassempouy - Grotte du Pape, Abri Patuad and Lespuque in France; Willendorf II in Austria, etc.).
    2. The art of Magdalenian and Solutrean. Monumental cave paintings. (Lescaux and Vallon-Pont-d'Arc in France, Altamira in Spain). 1st Part.
    3. The art of Magdalenian and Solutrean. Monumental cave paintings. (Lescaux and Vallon-Pont-d'Arc in France, Altamira in Spain). 2nd Part.
    4. Paleolithic art in France (Dordogne, Pech Merle cave; Rouffignac; Niaux etc.).
    5. The Paleolithic art of Iberia (Candamo de la Pe?a Cave; Chimichias cave, El Castillo cave etc.).
    6. Mesolithic art in Europe. Levantine rock art of eastern Spain.
    7. Figural art of the Neolithic and Eneolithic periods in Europe.
    13. Excursion: Anthropos Institute in Brno (Venus) or Comenius Museum in Přerov and Mamutov.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Petzinger, G. von - Nowell, A. A question of style: Reconsidering the stylistic approach to dating Palaeolithic parietal art in France. info
  • Romanillo, A. M. Altamira, Cuadernos Historia 16. info
  • Barton, C. M. - Clark, G. A. - Cohen, A. E. Art as information: explaining Upper Palaeolithic art in western Europe, World Archaeology. info
  • Pettit, P. - Pike, A. Dating European Palaeolithic Cave Art: Progress, Prospects, Problems, Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 14. info
  • Podborský, V. Dějiny pravěku a rané doby dějinné. info
  • d'Errico, F. - Lázničková-Galetová, M. - Caldwell, D. Identification of a possible engraved Venus from Předmostí, Czech Republic, Journal of Archaeological Science 38. info
  • Podborský, V. Náboženství pravěkých Evropanů. info
  • Valoch, K. - Lázničková-Galetová, M. (eds.). Nejstarší umění střední Evropy: První mezinárodní výstava originálů paleolitického umění. info
  • Conard, N. J. Palaeolithic ivory sculptures from southwestern Germany and the origins of figurative art, Nature. info
  • Svoboda, J. Paleolit a mezolit: Myšlení, symbolismus a umění. info
  • Tichý, R. a kol. Pravěk Evropy I. Starší až pozdní doba kamenná (paleolit, mezolit, neolit, eneolit). info
  • Valladas, H. -Tisnérat-Laborde1, N. - Cachier, H. et al. Radiocarbon AMS Dates for Paleolithic Cave Paintings. Proceedings of the 17th International 14C Conference, edited by I Carmi and E Boaretto, Radiocarbon, Vol 43, Nr. info
  • Hernández, G. -Hernández, M. S. Rock art of the Mediterranean basin on the Iberian Peninsula. From El Cogul to Kyoto, Catalan Historical Review. info
  • Garate, D. - Labarge, A. - Rivero, O. et al. The Cave of Isturitz (West Pyrenees, France): One Century of Research in Paleolithic Parietal. info
  • Hodgson, D. - Helvenston, A. The Emergence of the Representation of Animals in Paleoart: Insights from evolution and the cognitive, limbic and visual systems of the human brain, Rock Art Research. info
  • Caldwell, D. The identification of the first paleolithic animal sculpture in the Ile-de France: the Ségognole 3 bison and its ramifications. info
  • Wildgen, W. The Paleolithic Origins of Art, its Dynamic and Topological Aspects, and the Transition to Writing. info
  • Bicho, N. - Carvalho, A. F. -Gonz, C. et al. The Upper Paleolithic Rock Art of Iberia, Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. info
  • McCoid, C. H. - McDermott, L. D. Toward Decololonizing Gender: Female Vision in the Upper Paleolithic. info
  • Pike, A. W. G. - Hoffmann, D. L. - García-Diez, M. et al. U-Series Dating of Paleolithic Art in 11 Caves in Spain, Research article, Science 15. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Student gets credit after the successful completion of the verbal examination.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2016.
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