Week 1 Assignment 4

Paleolithic Neolithic Art

(Statues)Steven Yonkers-Ortiz

Female Fig.(Paleolithic)

23,000-21,000 BC

Limestone

H 10.2 cm

Kostenky settlement

I believe this figurine shows the way women were viewed in this time

period. The breasts are swelled and stomach expanded as almost to show

that women were pregnant for the majority of there lives.

The hands of the woman are behind her to almost show the insignificance of the woman as a male dominated society Also no description or detail

on her face.

Anthropomorphic Fig.

(Paleolithic)

20th-18th millennium BC

Fired clay

H 10.2 cm

Maininsk settlement, Siberia

This general human figure to me seems almost like a child toy. I

feel that it could have been used for entertainment in a young

child’s imagination.

Could also be a persons way of showing the rough portrait of the human figure. As documentation

purposes.

Bird Fig.(Paleolithic)

22th-21th millennium BC

Mammoth ivory

H 10.03 cm

Malta settlement

A goose like or swan figure. This feels like to me that it was taken

from a bird in natural habitat, due to its elongated neck, taken from a bird in flight or sailing on the water.

There seems to be a hole on the “handle” on the back of the

creature. Could've been used as a tool of some sort.

Female Fig.(Paleolithic)

22th-21th millennium BC

Mammoth ivory

H 4.2 cm

Malta settlement, Siberia

The woman in this figure seems to be really rugged and seems defiantly

used for a tool. The point at the top of the figure could've been used for digging or grinding of some sort.

This seems to be of a woman that is dressed in some sort of clothing from the time. Maybe in a pose due to the

hands crossed in front.

Head of Female Elk(Neolithic)

3rd millennium BC

Shigir peat bog, Sverdlovsk Region, the Urals

Elk horn

L 19.5 cm

Very well defined as a representable as an elk. The long snout seems like

it could be the handle to maybe a tool or a handle to a longer staff that would be connected at the neck.

The neck seems like it would be the part that would be used for the

machinery duty since the head is well carved.

Idol(Neolithic)

Usvyaty IV Settlement, Pskov Region

Second half of the 2nd millennium BC

Elk horn

H 9.3 cm

A male nude figure that seems to have been polished at its time and when it

was created probably looked beautiful. Over time looks like it has decayed or

broken.

The human form starts to come to shape. The human figure is not one

rectangle. The arms are disconnected from the waist and humanistic details start to show in the face of the figure.

Works Cited

Female Fig. http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_2_1a.html

Anthropomorphic Fig.http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_2_1b.html

Bird Fig.http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_2_1d.html

Female Fig. (2) http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_2_1c.html

Head of Female Elkhttp://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_2_2a.html

Idol http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_2_2b.html