La pittura rupestre: le Grotte di Lascaux, di Chauvet e di Altamira #artepreistorica3

The first pictorial evidence tells us of expressive urges and magical-religious rituals that seemed to play a fundamental role in the social groups of prehistoric man. The examples of Lascaux, Chauvet, and Altamira allow us to begin asking important questions about the function of art and to begin mastering specific terms, such as: sign, contour, shading, volume, chiaroscuro... 00:00 Introduction 01:07 Imagine entering (scenographic effect) 03:18 Traces of hands (positive and negative) 05:22 Colors (clay, calcite, carbon, iron oxide, manganese with animal fat) 06:47 Themes and realism (Chinese horse at Lascaux) 08:20 Style (three-dimensionality, contours, stylization, flat background, shading, chiaroscuro) 11:02 Swimming deer at Lascaux (composition) 12:20 Magical and propitiatory realism (the power of art) 13:46 Movement and anthropomorphic figures (shaman at Lascaux) 15:20 Dating (16,000-15,000 BC - Magdalenian), meaning (man and nature) 5:22 PM Realistic dimensions (symbolic art) 6:32 PM The polychrome bison of Altamira (13,000 BC) 7:51 PM Banksy's graffiti