Paleolithic Neolithic

35,000-10,000 B.C 10,000-3,500 B.C

Old Stone Age New Stone Age

Historical Context: Historical Context:

-Nomads moved from one place to another in
search of food, water, and shelter
-live in clans
-invented the first tools made from animals’ bones.
They learned how to make and use fire
-Sedentary established in one place and found
villages
-developed agriculture
-domesticated animals like dog, sheep, and pigs
-used advance tools made from stone
-developed weaving skills and made pottery

Art theme: Art theme:

Symbols, Animals and Human hands
Believes: Magic world
Formal characteristics:
Materials charcoal, chalk, and clay painted on cave
walls
-figures were all over the cave wall without any
order
-Naturalism: They tried to imitate the real world
-The figures were big, with different colors and
tried imitating movement
Human figures and small animals
Believes: Spiritual they start loving and respecting
the dead
Formal characteristics:
Materials: Natural colors like charcoal, chalk, and
clay
-They tried to make a composition
-Antinaturalism: it does not look like the real world.
Flat figures and geometric shapes
-Monochromatic: they use one color
-tried to imitate movement