Course Description

Instructor: Marilyn Morton

We will examine images of paintings, objects, and structures from first, the Paleolithic Period, before the development of agriculture and even the most basic forms of written language. We will depend heavily on the theories of anthropologists regarding the impetus that impelled early humans to create copies of what they saw in the dangerous world that they inhabited. Since the evolution of homo sapiens had stopped 300,000 years ago in Africa, these art products less than 25,000 years old were created by artists similar to modern homo sapiens, albeit without the protections of civilization and the comforts that technology will bring.

Bio: S, MS: Univ of TN, Art Ed. Ph.D: Emory Univ, the ILA (Interdisciplinary Studies, 1998. Adj. Instructor, Univ of TN, 1974-1986: Art Appreciation, Art Structure, Art Education Adj. Asst. Professor, Atlanta College of Art, 1992-2006: Art History Volunteer Instructor Senior Programs, 2007-Present: Art History