Daffodil International University
Faculties and Departments => Faculty Sections => Faculty Forum => Topic started by: Sheikh on December 01, 2014, 11:11:06 AM
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Primitive art
That the aesthetic sense is inherent in most people irrespective of their intellectual standing is clearly shown by a consideration of the art of primitive peoples.
The surviving examples of this prehistoric art of the Palaeolithic period fall into three geographical groups (Franco-Cantabrian, Eastern Spanish and North African), but the most famous cave drawings of animals at Altamira in Spain are the most important.
The representations (usually drawings on the walls of caves) show no attempt at perspectives: the purpose is rather to represent the most expressive aspect of each element in an object- the side view of the foot, for example, being combined in the front view of the eyes.
The art of these primitive peoples is not naturalistic.
Definite abandonment of detail. The details of natural forms are rejected or distorted in order to suggest the prime significance of the object represented; for example, the body of a bull is elongated to suggest the act of leaping.
It is colored in flat washes differentiated (as between light and dark) in such a way as to emphasize the lines of movement in the animal’s body.
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