Flashcards
Prehistoric art
Cards in this deck (11)
- 1—Lion Man of Hohlenstein stadel, Germany, c.30,000-26,000 BCE, prehistoric
- 2—Venus of Willendorf
Austria
c.24,000 BCE
Prehistoric
- 3—Horses, Rhinoceroses,and Aurochs
Chauvet Cave, Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, Ardeche Gorge, France
c.32,000 BCE
prehistoric
- 4—Bird-headed Man with Bison
Lascaux cave, Dordogne, France
c.15,000 BCE
Prehistoric
- 5—Stonehenge
Salisbury Plain, England
c. 3000 BCE
Prehistoric
- 6—Tomb Interior
Newgrange, Ireland
c.3000-2500 BCE
Prehistoric
- 7Subtractive vs. additive processAdditive: a process that adds successive layers of material to create an object
Subtractive: involves removing sections of a material by machining or cutting it away - 8Narrativeart that tells a story, either as a moment in an ongoing story or as a sequence of events unfolding over time
- 9Corbelingan architectural member that projects from within a wall and supports a weight especially : one that is stepped upward and outward from a vertical surface
- 10post and lintel
- 11megalithicrelating to or denoting prehistoric monuments made of or containing large stones.
ie. very big stone