Materials, Processes & Techniques in Prehistoric Art | Bone, Rock, Clay & Jade

How does what an artist uses affect what an artist creates? In this episode of AP Art History in 15, Mr. Bruns takes you deep into prehistoric art to explore how materials, processes, and techniques shaped some of humanity's earliest artistic achievements.We examine six AP Art History works:Camelid Sacrum — transforming natural bone into an animal formRunning Horned Woman — pigment, rock surfaces, and the landscape as canvasBeaker with Ibex Motifs — clay, painting, firing, and visual patternAnthropomorphic Stele — carving sandstone into an abstract human figureJade Cong — the extraordinary labor and techniques required to work jadeTerra Cotta Fragment — pottery, stamping, and evidence of Lapita cultural connections across the Pacific