Prehistoric Art

What the resources cover

This unit sits in the Prehistoric and Ancient Art strand of Art history. The resources focus on the artworks, places and terms you are asked to recognise. The deck Global Prehistory lists works such as the Venus of Willendorf, the Ambum Stone and a Tlatilco female figurine. Another deck of the same name covers the Apollo 11 Stones, the Hall of Bulls at Lascaux and more.

Other decks go further. Arch 350 Midterm #1 includes Gobekli Tepe, with its cluster of oval cult buildings. ART 201: Reading Quiz 1 asks about structures linked in legend to Merlin. ART 1A - Art of the Stone Age: Paleolithic and Neolithic Periods asks what the prefixes mean and which conventions Paleolithic artists used.

Where to start

1. Open Art Study Topic list/Prehistory for key terms such as archaeology and the Paleolithic era.
2. Move to Prehistory art, which asks where an object is from, when it was made and what it is made of.
3. Work through the two Global Prehistory decks to learn the key works with their places and materials.
4. Take the quiz CA1: Global Prehistory Identification, which uses fill-in-the-blank questions on dates and periods.

Using quizzes and maps together

Read a mind map first to see the whole picture. The map Prehistoric Art and the Ancient World notes how paint was made from raw minerals and preserved with animal fat. Shorter maps focus on single topics, such as Venus of Willendorf, Newgrange, Gorget and Cave Art. Then test yourself. The quiz Art history review shows cave images and asks where they are from and what the hall is called. Note what you miss and go back to the matching deck.

The APAH Practice Quiz 01.05 is there for AP Art History study. University students will find many midterm and exam decks that suit image-based tests.

Next step

Choose one deck, spend ten minutes on it, then try a quiz. Afterwards, sketch your own map of the works you found hardest.