Art from the natural world were made back in the day by indigenous people. Indigenous people or our ancestors used natural materials in order to create works of art. These artworks are pieces of artifacts that allow art historians to understand how our ancestors perceived art. In this essay we will be talking about the Painted Elk Hide and the Black-on-black ceramic vessels. By talking about these two works of art we will be able to have a further understanding of the natural world.
Hominin Split: They were the first primates that left the trees and stood up in grassland approximately 7 to 6 million years ago. They were called spilt because this separates hominins which are basically any primates that stands at least part time from other primates like Chimpanzees, apes, Gorillas and etc. They were historically important because they were the first primates to stand up in grass land so that they can hunt and survive their life more easily comparing to other primates who didn’t stand up and which gives us idea about that from them evolution of modern man have started gradually.
Language has allowed the human species to advance unlike any other species as Pagel stated that “chimpanzees are using tools to communicate”. Chimpanzees have the ability to communicate on a level where they can establish and build social relationship among each of them. Over the years there is one question that has been left unanswered. “Why would they use a stick to extract termites from the ground”? Since Pagel stated that “the Chimpanzees were intelligent” I think that if we us human being were that intelligent as the Chimpanzees that were our ancestor years ago , we would have understand more the use of language.
Disney’s 2015 documentary film Monkey Kingdom exceeds entertainment, but instead provides a profound insight on the intricate connections that exist between humans and chimpanzees. The film steps into an immersive world created by disney’s cinematographers, revealing the similarities between the two species' shared experiences and evolutionary ties. The film provides 82 minutes of cinematography of chimpanzees in their natural habitat; captivating the world inside a “Monkey Kingdom.” Amidst the captivating landscapes and compelling narratives of the documentary, the film presents three fundamental connections humans and chimpanzees have; the complexities of social structures, complex hierarchies, and Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Through exploring
Chapter 1: Before History (to 2500 BCE) Hominids adapted to only walking on two legs after spending more time on the ground. They started walking upright in East Africa 6 and 7 million years ago. Hominid means a primate of a family. They can adapt themselves to environments such as the use of tools, and language, which connects to their culture. The hominids can use their language to help them communicate to others for protection and defense.
Compared to man, animals have been on this world for as long as history (and prehistory) can recall. These animals provided ancient people their livelihood, an occupation, source of food, transportation, and other valuable resources. Besides their functional purposes, animals were worshipped and revered--and throughout history is exhibited in the art produced, creating a connection between all the different cultures and time periods. Animals have been represented through history from realistic to mythological, and provide us new points of view into our own humanity. A look into the sculptures of the Lion Man of Hohlenstein Stadel of ca 30,000 BCE, the Eagle Headed Deity of ca 9th century BCE, and the Figurine of the Goddess Bastet as a Cat of ca 712 BCE, reveals the human-animal relationships portrayed in art.
While the true origins of modern humans or homo sapiens is shrouded in mystery, there are some things that we do know, there are some things we can speculate about and there are some things that are still just guesses. It is believed that the earlies homo sapiens originated around 200,000 years ago, but it has not been proved exactly when they appeared. It is also believed that early humans were a nomadic people that had to live on the move to follow resources and food. They had to make use of the environment around them, being hunters and gatherers is the only way they had to survive. The only tools they had were rudimentary at best having only knives and axes made from chipped rocks and using the hide and other things from animals that were
Beginning in this era, humans have expressed themselves through what we know as culture or the arts: making music with one’s voice, painting objects and walls, dancing in groups or alone, and telling tales. Some of the cultural creations seem to have had a greater purpose: to honor leaders or ancestors, assist people in remembering traditions and events, or promote safe childbirth or good hunting skills. Furthermore, Paleolithic paintings, objects, and burials suggest that people may have considered that their world extended beyond what is visible. Studies of archaeological evidence suggest that people lived in smaller groups of related persons who moved around in search of food.
The evolution of our species, Homo sapiens, took place within the past 200,000 years or so and recent research indicates that in East Africa, where Homo sapiens are thought to have originated, the trend towards greater aridity began around 660,000 years ago. It is thought that this general trend towards increased aridity had an important influence on the dispersal of early humans from their presumed original homeland. In addition to its alternate periods of heat and cold, natural movements of the Earth's crust have changed the shape of landmasses, flooding areas that were once dry land and creating continents and even mountains from areas that were once deep below the ocean. Migration to Australia took place during the closing stages of the
Language makes humans different because we are the only species that communicate with the languages we use. A honeybee uses dances and movement to communicate with other honeybees. Similar to honey bees chimps talk to each other through body language/motions. Different species of bacteria have organic modules that they have special receptors for. Honey bees use dances to communicate with each other.
The definition of a language is “the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way.” Now while there are about six-thousand-five-hundred different languages spoken around the world today, scientists are intrigued as to how these forms of communications initiated (Cite this). How did humans, evolving from one continent, expand their vocabulary to the many languages we have today? This man-made creation has lead researchers, as well as our ancestors, to develop many different theories on how communication rose, and these unanswered questions emphasize the complexity as well as the uncertainty of language evolution despite how easy a language like English may seem today (Tallerman). Some speculate that the first steps guided towards communication occurred 1.7 million years ago,
We live in a world where we are so digitally consumed and saturated with images from different mediums. These images we see have the power to educate, inform, entertain, and motivate us. Conversely, to also have the power to misinform, repulse, or scare us. The Day Pictures Were Born an episode from the BBC series How Art Made the World, with Dr. Nigel Spivey takes on his journey to examine prehistoric art with researchers and experts throughout the south of France, Spain, and Turkey. Not only does the episode discuss the significance of these famous cave paintings but also brings viewers’ attention to the fact that about 12,000 years ago, the reason we no longer see cave paintings because of the greatest transition in human history from hunting
To begin, paleolithic and neolithic cave paintings share many characteristics. For one, they are usually painted with bones, charcoal, berries, and other ingredients that can enhance color. However, the neolithic people were the first to add pigment to their mixture. Most of the paintings in both eras appear to include hunting animals or tribal ‘gatherings.’
Johnathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach is a book about a seagull that wants to fly and “The Myth of the cave” by Plato is a short story about prisoners in a cave that can only see what is in front of them, yet they have a lot of allegoric, can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, concepts that are comparable. The story of Johnathan Livingston Seagull and “The Myth of the cave” are similar in allegory because they can both be interpreted to be about kindness, truth in perception and how that truth is used to change the world. First, both stories had a character that showed kindness by teaching and forgiving those that would condemn others for being different. “Fletcher Lynd Seagull, do you want to fly so much that you will forgive the flock, learn, and go back to them one day and work to help them know.” (Bach 63).
But bear in mind, language is man's way of communicating with his fellow man and it is language alone which separates him from the lower animals' " (Angelou
