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- 1How do these images compare? what is the difference here between "sculpture in the round" and "relief sculpture"?venus of willendorf(L)
venus of laussel (R) france , c 25,000e
limestone & red ochre 13' - 2what are the main points about the prehistoric art in general and the venus figures-art (cave paintings) was generally found in small, secret chambers that were difficult t access
-art seems to have focused on communal fertility,hunting magic and ritual
- art work was both 2d and 3d - 3what are the main points about the prehistoric art in general and the venus figures (con)-small portable images of fertile/pregnant or postpartum women were created and possibly traded among communities for rituals related to human fertility
-the willendorf is a sculpture in the round while the laussel is a relief sculpture embodying female figures
-both are faceless figures, the women r emblematic of female persons but not portraits - 4what are the main points about the prehistoric art in general and the venus figures (con)the laussel holds a bison horn marks with 13 lines possibly an allusion to a yearly lunar activity and women periods
- 5what painting is. thishall of the bulls, 16000-14000 BCE
Lascaux caves, France
- 6main points from lecture 1-humankind originated in Africa
-the oldest human-made art objects date approximately 30,000BCE
-most caves w/ paintings are found in W. europe because of the trail that glaicers made moving across the geographical plain - 7main points from lecture 1 (con)-"art was probably used for the ritual & sympathetic magic; marking territory and a king of "time" rather than being strictly decorative
-humans were rarely represented in cabe art; animals (both hunted & apec predators) were represented - 8main points from lecture 1 (con)-additional designs included handprints and symbols possibly representing male and female genders
-cave paintings were not narratives but continued recordings of animals
-most cave paintings were never seen by an audience, hard to reach locations linking them to rituals - 9what is this ?Gobekli tepe
Temple ruins
- 10what is this?details of stele Ca 9,000bce
- 11what is this?Dolemen
megalitihic architecture
key terms: post and lintel & megaliths
- 12what is this?cromlech
megalithic architecture
key terms: post and lintel & megaliths
- 13what is this?newgrange ( front view) bru na boyne ireland c 3200 bce
- 14—Stonehedge ruins Salisbury plain Wiltshire England, ca 2550-1600 BCE
key terms: astronomical observatory; solar calendar; merlin; King Arthur
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