Discuss theories explaining the purposes of prehistoric art. ...

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Discuss theories explaining the purposes of prehistoric art.
 
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Question 2

Discuss the influences of Greek architecture and sculpture on the Roman arts. Compare and contrast several works from both Greece and Rome, emphasizing cultural reasons for the differences in both form and content.
 
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Answer to Question 1

Prehistoric art forms include cave paintings and statuettes. Experts agree that the animal images are meaningful, although their exact meaning remains obscure. Some theories on the cave images are that they were made as a form of magic to ensure success in the hunt. Recent theories focused on the arrangement of the animals by species or gender. Nearly as old as the cave paintings were small female statuettes, named Venus by modern scholars. Considering the size of the statuette, it was clear that it was some type of fertility image, to be carried as an amulet for good luck. It is theorized that much prehistoric art seems to have been created to make sense of the universe and exert control over the forces of nature.

Answer to Question 2

Responses will vary depending on artwork selection. Greek architecture and sculpture had an enormous influence on the later civilizations of Rome. Greek painting, architecture, and sculpture were discussed as techne, meaning things requiring a special body of knowledge and skill to make. The skillful accomplishments in Greek arts and architecture were benchmarks of quality, and subsequent cultures copied and carried forward their classical styles.