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Paleolithic Era
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- 1—Human with feline head, from HohlensteinStadel, Germany, ca. 40,000–35,000 BCE.
Mammoth ivory - 2—Nude woman (Venus of Willendorf ), from Willendorf,
Austria,
ca. 28,000–25,000 BCE. Limestone
- 3—Woman holding a bison horn, from Laussel, France, ca. 25,000–
20,000 BCE. Painted limestone
- 4—4. Two bison, reliefs in a cave at Le Tuc d’Audoubert, France, ca. 15,000–10,000 BCE.
Clay, each 2’ long.
- 5—Bison with turned head, fragmentary spearthrower, from La Madeleine, France, ca. 12,000 BCE. Reindeer horn, 4’’ long.
- 6—Spotted horses and negative hand imprints, wall painting in the cave at Pech-Merle, France, ca. 23,000–22,000 BCE. 11′ 2″ long.
- 7—Bison, detail of a painted ceiling in the cave at Altamira, Spain, ca. 13,000–11,000 BCE.
- 8—Detail of Hall of Bulls, Lascaux II (replica of the original cave, which is closed to the public), original cave: c. 16,000–14,000 BCE.
- 9—Rhinoceros, wounded man, and disemboweled bison, painting in the well of the cave at Lascaux, France, ca. 15,000–13,000 BCE. Bison 3’ 8’’ long.
- 10—Human skull with restored features, from Jericho, ca. 7200–6700 BCE, Features modeled in plaster, painted, and inlaid with seashells.
- 11—T-shaped stone pillar with animal reliefs, from Göbekli Tepe, Turkey, ca. 9000 BCE. Sanliurfa Museum, Sanliurfa.
- 12—Human figure, from Ain Ghazal, Jordan, ca. 6750–6250 BCE, Plaster, painted and inlaid with bitumen
- 13—Deer hunt, detail of a wall painting from level III, Çatal Höyük, Turkey, ca. 6000 BCE.
- 14—Tumulus, Newgrange, Ireland, ca. 3200–2500 BCE.
- 15—Stonehenge (looking north), Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, ca. 2550–1600 BCE. Circle 97′ in diameter; trilithons 24′ high.
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- 1 History of Art I Flashcards on Paleolithic Era, created by Alex Papoutsas on 23/06/2019.
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