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Introduction to the History of Art
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Sunday, January 27, 2008. Bison, 15000 BCE. Musée national de Préhistoire. Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, Aquitaine, France. Http:/ www.musee-antiquitesnationales.fr/homes/home id20392 u1l2.htm. Detail of the mouth. Http:/ www.musee-prehistoire-eyzies.fr/homes/home id24991 u1l2.htm. Marcelo Guimaraes Lima. PhD. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What is Art History? Marcelo Guimaraes Lima. PhD. View my complete profile. Dr Marcelo Guimarães Lima - academia.edu. Texts by Dr Marcelo Guimarães Lima at Acdemia.edu.
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Introduction to the History of Art: The Ziggurat
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Monday, January 24, 2011. Ziggurat of Ur (ca 2100 BCE), Tell Muqqayar, Iraq. The ziggurat is a kind of artificial mountain emerging in the Mesopotamian flatlands. It was part of an architectural complex that may have included also, among other structures, temples and other public buildings, different civic and commercial spaces, etc. Access to the ziggurat was probably restricted and controlled as a space for the performance of specific rituals under the direction of priests. Etemenanki ("temple of the f...
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Introduction to the History of Art: The Beginnings of Art
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Thursday, January 17, 2008. The Beginnings of Art. Various sites in France). Source: http:/ www.handprint.com/LS/ANC/stones.html. The capacity to enjoy aspects of experience that relate to the relatively autonomous play of perceptual abilities and motor activities resulting in a sort of realization and confirmation of our “sensuous self” (however mediated), that is, our corporeal being and vital impulses, is an important part of what we may call “aesthetic satisfaction”. With a biological basis, accordin...
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Introduction to the History of Art: Early sculpture: the Lion-Man
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Sunday, January 20, 2008. Early sculpture: the Lion-Man. The "Lion Man" from Hohlenstein-Stadel. Heigth 28 cm, about 6 cm diameter. Made of mammouth ivory. Found in the cave of Hohlenstein-Stadel in the Valley of Lone,. Dated as Aurignacien, about 30,000 years ago. Http:/ home.bawue.de/ wmwerner/english/lionlady.html. Anthropomorphism is an important element in shamanic belief-systems and cultures. The practices and beliefs of shamanism. Marcelo Guimaraes Lima. PhD. November 5, 2013 at 3:42 PM. View my c...
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Introduction to the History of Art: Sumerian Art: The Warka Vase
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011. Sumerian Art: The Warka Vase. Height: ca. 105; upper diam.: 36. Date: (ca. 3000 BC). Status: stolen in April 2003, returned to museum in June 2003. Source: http:/ oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/dbfiles/objects/14.htm. Image source: http:/ www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/04/040408.looting.shtml. Source: http:/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warka Vase. Image source: http:/ www.nyu.edu/classes/wright/Fall03/paper1images.html. Image source: http:/ www.lessing-photo.com/dispimg.asp? Thank you for t...
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Introduction to the History of Art: Greek Sculpture
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Sunday, February 20, 2011. Excerpt from the BBC documentary "How Art Made The World" concerning greek sculpture. Presented by Dr Nigel Spivey (University of Cambridge). Music: "Enfer (La Double Vie De Veronique)" by Zbigniew Preisner. Marcelo Guimaraes Lima. PhD. Nice post very helpful. July 3, 2013 at 3:03 PM. A million thanks to the author of this site for spending more time and effort to share on this very nice and interesting topic with us. August 8, 2013 at 3:06 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Introduction to the History of Art: Paleoart - The Oldest "Work" of Art?
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007. Paleoart - The Oldest "Work" of Art? The Makapansgat jasperite cobble, 3 million years, South Africa. According to archeologist Robert Bednarik, manuports are : “unmodified objects transported and deposited by hominids, and they are distinguished by being of a usually striking material clearly foreign to the sediment containing the occupation deposit they occur in.”. Red Cliffs at the head of the Makapansgat Valley. We can say therefore that art started with the “ready...
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Introduction to the History of Art: May 2009
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Saturday, May 09, 2009. 8220;What is art? 8221; To start with, we can change the tense of the sentence. And this simple procedure can help us frame the question. The problem of art is also the problem of the “question of art”, of its structure, purpose and functions. To change the question: “What was art? We can also change the verbal tense in the other direction: “What will be art? 8221;, or “What will art become? Therefore, we do not start with a general, abstract definition that would encompass past, ...
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Introduction to the History of Art: January 2011
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011. Displayed in the visitor centre at Çatalhöyük. Marcelo Guimaraes Lima. PhD. Monday, January 24, 2011. Sumerian Art: The Stele of the Vultures. Stele of The Vultures. Image source: I.Winter-"After the battle is over: The Stele of The Vultures and Historical Narrative". Marcelo Guimaraes Lima. PhD. Ziggurat of Ur (ca 2100 BCE), Tell Muqqayar, Iraq. The Sumerians, as we know, established the early cultural matrix, including writing and literature, architecture and the arts, religi...
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Introduction to the History of Art: Prehistoric Rock Art in Africa: the Apollo 11 Cave painted slabs (Namibia)
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Saturday, January 19, 2008. Prehistoric Rock Art in Africa: the Apollo 11 Cave painted slabs (Namibia). Painted Slab, Apollo 11 Cave, Namibia, approx. 5"x4¼". 2600 to 2800 BCE. Image source: http:/ www.heinrich-barth-stiftung.de/index.html. From: Apollo 11 (ca. 25,500–23,500 b.c.) and Wonderwerk (ca. 8000 b.c.) Cave Stones, Metropolitan Museum website http:/ www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/apol/hd apol.htm. On art and "conceptual realism". The notion of structural unity. Marcelo G. Lima. What is Art History?