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PREHISTORIC ART
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- 1—Woman (Venus) of Willendorf
28,000-25,000 BCE
-small enough to hold in hand
-nude women in art show changing standards over time
-emphasizes fertility (for the life and staying power of the tribe) - 2—Hall of Bulls, Lascaux Cave
15,000-13,000 BCE
-one bull is 11.5 ft long
-cave was 55 degrees with same humidity for 50,000 years before people came
-more about act of painting then preservation
- 3—Stonehenge
2100 BCE (a major guess)
-developed over centuries
-associated with seasons and celestial calendar
-people from all over British isles would come to visit for social or religious reasons
-post and lintel structure
-each stone is 50 tons and comes from 20+ miles away-- suggests possible social system
-only open on summer solstice
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