旧石器时代的艺术与符号

(Jennifer Midori Miller)SS1682024秋 2024春  
2024秋 2024春
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  • 课程难度
    中等
  • 作业多少
    中等
  • 给分好坏
    超好
  • 收获大小
    一般
选课类别:文理通识 教学语言:英文
课程类别:社科类 开课单位:社会科学中心
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符号是社会交流的有力工具。虽然书面文字是一种被广泛用于思想交流的视觉符号,但个人装饰物与艺术品在人类交流的历史长河中有着更早的渊源。在史前的大部分时间里,我们的祖先专注于生存活动,比如收集食物或建造住所。然而,在考古记录中出现了一些没有明显生存用途的物品,最早的包括功能未知的粉末状赭石颜料,以及带有锯齿图案的海洋贝壳,两者都与直立人有关。大约10万年前,非洲出现了明确的符号,如穿孔的海洋贝壳珠;考古学家还在世界不同地区发现了3万年前人类精心制作的珠子,以及熟练绘制的洞穴场景(欧洲)。这些发现表明,旧石器时代人们的生活方式发生了重大变化,艺术与象征性符号的出现,标志着人类思维有了抽象的概念和审美的能力,也凸显了人类物种的进化优势。在本课程中,我们将探究史前考古记录中,艺术品和符号的起源和演变,以及学者们研究艺术与符号的各种方法。揭秘人类最古老的艺术与符号,有助于理解人类种群交流、群体归属和文化多样化的起源。


Symbols are powerful tools for social communication. Although written language is now a widespread visual symbol used to represent thoughts, personal adornments and artwork have considerably deeper roots in human history. For most of prehistory, our predecessors focused on survival activities such as collecting food or building shelters; suddenly, objects with no apparent survival use began to appear in the archaeological record. The earliest possible precursors include powdered ochre pigment of unknown function, and a marine shell with a zig-zag motif, both associated with Homo erectus. Unambiguous symbols emerge ~100,000 years ago (in Africa) as perforated marine shell beads, and by 30,000 years ago there are elaborate bead traditions found in various regions, and expertly painted cave scenes (in Europe). These discoveries point to significant changes in Palaeolithic people's lifestyles and suggest an evolutionary benefit to of symbolic representation. In this course, we will investigate the genesis and evolution of artwork and symbols in the archaeological record, as well as the various methods used by scholars to investigate them. Ultimately, these lines of inquiry help to illuminate the origins of communication, group affiliation and cultural diversification.
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user avatar   Anna_Hardy     2024春
  • 难度:中等
  • 作业:中等
  • 给分:超好
  • 收获:一般

这是Jennifer老师来南科大开的第一门课,挺有意思的课程,全英教学,好好听好好学还是可以锻炼自己的听力阅读能力

课程氛围比较轻松,第一节课要大家去找教学楼里存在的符号、期中pre后有一节电影课,最后一节课去参观楼下的海报展览…还有有奖互动答题

任务跟其他社科课程差不多,一个期中单人5min的pre,期末一张海报,和一些零散的当堂作业,给分也挺不错的,稍微认真一点A或者A+应该是没问题的

 


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