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NEOLITHIC OR NEW STONE AGE WESTERN EUROPEAN ART Detail of a Kerb Stone at Newgrange
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NEOLITHIC OR NEW STONE AGE WESTERN EUROPEAN ART
Detail of a Kerb Stone at Newgrange
TIMELINE
Neolithic Period or New Stone Age occurred in Europe from 6000 to 4000 years ago
Megalithic art carved on the underside of the roof stone inside the mound at Newgrange
Brittany
• Newgrange
• Stonehenge
Some of the Menhirs or Megalithic stones at Avebury, England
STYLE/DISTINGUISHING FEATURES
A count of one
A set of units counted as one
A count of five items, for example: instances are given from three to twenty-two and thirty-three
Begin
End
A single day
Two days
Three days
Group of days
A whole unit; a whole night and day;a week; a month
Half a whole unit
A count of three whole unitse.g. three days and nights
Four weeks
Four quarters in a year,Four seasons in a year
The Heavens
The winter sun, a clockwise spiral
The summer sun,an anti-clockwise spiral
The equinox,spring and autumn
Engravings inside the Cairn T, Loughcrew, Ireland, at time of the Autumn Equinox
The 6ft high monolith or menhir that is only illuminated on the 8th November and 4th Februaryeach year marking the beginning of Spring and Autumn.
The huge engraved stones inside the Gavrinis Cairn, Brittany, France
Examples of ceramic and stone Neolithic statuettes
Aerial photo of Newgrange, Ireland
KEY ARTISTS/MOST IMPORTANT WORKS
Entrance Kerbstone and Roof box of Newgrange, Ireland
The Three-spiral motif inside Newgrange, Ireland
The tri-spiral is often referred to as a Celtic design, however it was carved about 2500 years before the Celts reached Ireland.
Stonehenge, England as it is today
Stonehenge as it may have originally looked
Spindle for weaving
Stone weight
Examples of everydayportable objects
SOCIO-POLITICAL AGENDA
Ceremonial Flint Axe head
Ceramic bowl
Examples of Neolithic ceramic pottery
Stone Necklace
Stone Beads
LEGACY TO CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE
Decorative arts had a new religious and ceremonial focus which influenced art among later generations.
The emergence of transport – mainly boats – allowed for a sharing of cultural beliefs and an exchange of artefacts and techniques.
The arrival of pictorial methods of communication and religious worship lead to early hieroglyphic writing systems.
REFERENCES
Mythical Irelandhttp://www.mythicalireland.com/
Megaliths in Morbihanhttp://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/megalithes/en/index_en.html
Knowth.comhttp://www.knowth.com/index.htm
About Stonehengehttp://www.aboutstonehenge.info/index.php
Encyclopedia of World and Irish Arthttp://www.visual-arts-cork.com/index.htm
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages 11th EditionKliener, F., Mamiya, C., & Tansey, R. (2001) Gardner’s art through the ages. U.S.A.: Harcourt College Publishers
Virtual Museumhttp://www.europeanvirtualmuseum.net/virtual_museum/virtual_museum.asp?lingua=en&tab=0
