cave artists
Line and Traits of Cave Art
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
100
blood, charcoal, twigs
What are some materials cave artists used to create cave paintings.
100
Charcoal
What is a media used by cave artists that we still use today?
100
to usher in the afterlife
What is the main purpose of ancient egyptian art?
100
columns
How were hieroglyphics arranged?
200
Wall is bumpy It's dark Worked from memory Very little time to create work
What are some challenges cave artists faced?
200
Contour line
What is an outline?
200
pharoahs
Who was art made for?
200
the story of what the pharoah enjoyed doing in life so he/she could continue that in the afterlife
What was the subject of the cave paintings?
300
-rituals -record history -menu of what they ate -good luck in their hunt
What are possible theories for why cave artists created art?
300
Differences in line width
What is line weight?
300
eye torso
What is frontal in an egyptian figure
300
Key of life
What does this symbol stand for?
400
Animals
What is the main subject of many of the cave paintings.
400
texture
What is the term that visually shows you how something feels?
400
8 head lengths
What is the egyptian canon of proportion?
400
oval, rectangle, square
What are the geometric shapes that make up the structure of the human body?
500
contour lines, neutral colors, charcoal and subjects are animals
What traits define cave artists style?
500
pressure, line direction, putting lines close together, smudging
What are some ways you can create texture with charcoal?
500
Death Underworld Nature
What are some ideas that gods/goddesses symbolized?
500
embossing
What is the technique you used to press into the metal?
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