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The Evolution of Human Artistic Creativity - Coggle Diagram
The Evolution of Human Artistic Creativity
Introduction
What is art?
Practiced by almost all human cultures - music, dance, ritual, and language
Ritual - death + politics + religion
Language - poetry + song + story-telling
Regarded as one of the defining characteristics of human species
Definition
: objects produced with the intention that they be aesthetically pleasing and not merely pragmatically functional
Incorporates a symbolic element
Visual Creativity and Language
Neurological relationship
relationships that deal with the brain and nervous system
Vocalization + ritualized movement + visual display
What the article looks at
Looks at
use of color - body, 3D object, flat surface
pattern - is there symbolic intent?
modification of naturally occurring forms
de-novo of 2D and 3D images
from the new / restarting / over again
ALL THREE ROSE INDEPENDENTLY
FOURTH SUMMARIZES FUNDAMENTAL COGNITION-RELATED CHANGE
Limitation
did not know whether any prehistoric art was created simply for aesthetic pleasure
HOW WHEN AND WHERE WAS ART FIRST CREATED
EUROPEAN CAVE ART OF UPPER PALAEOLITHIC AND 3D ARTEFACTS
FERTILITY DOLL LIKE VENUS
VENUS OF WIKENDORF/NUDE WOMEN
FOUND IN 1908
APPEARANCE
HEAD IS PRESENT AND REPRESENTS BRAID/CAP
NO FACIAL FEATURES
NO FEET
ARMS ARE NON-EXISTENT + CRUDLY DEPICTED
WHEN IT BEGAN - ART
HOMO SAPIENS MIGRATED FROM AFRICA TO EUROPE
45000 YEARS BEFORE PRESENT (BP)
BASED OFF IDEA THAT THERE WAS RAPID EVOLUNTIONARY CHANGE IN HUMAN BRAIN -> COGNITION
UPPER PALAOLITHIC REVOLUTION