Tuesday 28 February 2012

Neolithic Art - Art History 101 Basics ca. 8000-3000 BC

After the rather ho-hum art of the Mesolithic era, art in the Neolithic (literally: "new stone") age represents a spree of hellzapoppin' innovation. Humans were settling themselves down into agrarian societies, which left them enough spare time to explore some key concepts of civilization - namely, religion, measurement, the rudiments of architecture and writing and, yes, art.


http://arthistory.about.com/od/neolithicart/a/neolithic.htm

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