:06:00
- Why don't you go first?
- Connie Baker.
:06:02
- Katherine Watson. Nice to meet you.
- Dr. Watson, I presume.
:06:08
- Not yet. And you are?
- Giselle Levy.
:06:11
Giselle. If someone could get the...
:06:15
- Susan Delacorte.
- Thank you, Susan Delacorte.
:06:22
From the beginning, man has always
had the impulse to create art.
:06:27
- Can anyone tell me what this is?
- Wounded Bison, Altamira, Spain...
:06:30
...about 15,000 B.C.
Joan Brandwyn.
:06:34
Very good, Joan.
:06:36
Despite the age of these, they are
technically sophisticated because...
:06:40
The shading and the thickness of the
lines moving over the bison's hump.
:06:44
- Is that right?
- Yes, that's exactly right.
:06:49
Next slide.
:06:51
This is probably less familiar.
It was discovered by archeologists...
:06:55
In 1879, Lascaux, France.
Dates back to 10,000 B.C.
:06:59
Singled out because of flowing lines
depicting the movement of the animal.
:07:06
- Impressive. Name?
- Herd of Horses.
:07:08
- I meant yours.
- We call her Flicka.
:07:12
Elizabeth Warren.
They call me Betty.
:07:15
Very good.
:07:17
Betty is also correct.
:07:19
Just because something is ancient
doesn't mean that it is primitive.
:07:23
For example. Next slide, please.
:07:26
Mycerinus and His Queen. 2470 B.C.
:07:28
It's a funerary statue
of the pharaoh and queen...
:07:31
...originally intended to preserve
the pharaoh's ka. Soul.
:07:38
Have any of you taken
Art History before?
:07:41
No.
:07:46
Let's go on. Slide.
:07:49
Seated Scribe. Egypt. 2400 B.C.
:07:52
Peasant Couple Plowing.
Sixteenth century B.C. Egypt.
:07:57
Snake Goddess.
Minoan. 1600 B.C.