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Prehistoric and Neolithic
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- 1Prehistorica time before writing and historical documentation
- 2Stone Ageusing stone tool until ~ 3,300 bce
- 3Bronze Age3,000 BCE- 1,200 BCE
use of bronze and writing - 4Readymadeart with little or nothing added to be art, urinal or pebble
- 5sculpture in the roundsculpture carved on all sides
- 6relief sculpturecarved on flat surface
- 7composite figurefigure with both human and animal features
- 8composite viewfigure shown with both profile and frontal views
- 9megalithlarge stones used in monuments
- 10fortified settlementa settlement surrounded by walls and towers
- 11apotropaichave purpose to ward off evil
- 12hengecircular earthwork
- 13sarsenslarge stones making up outer ring
- 14bluestonessmaller stones inside the sarsens
- 15trilithonlarge, singular, post and lintel arrangements at the very center
- 16post and lintel constructiontwo pillars supporting a horizontal stone
- 17—venus of Willendorf
c.30,000-28,000 BCE, Upper Paleolithic
fertility goddess, porn, portrait, trade? - 18—Chinese Horse
c. 15,000-13,000 BCE, Upper Paleolithic, Lascaux Cave, France
called because resembles horses in Chinese murals
- 19—Rhinoceros, Wounded Man and Bison,
c. 15,000-10,000 BCE, Upper Paleolithic, Lascaux Cave, France
1st image of man
narrative
- 20—Göbekli Tepe
c. 9,500 BCE , Mesolithic, Turkey
- 21—Stonehenge
c. 2,550-1,600 BCE, Bronze Age,
Salisbury Plain, England
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- Art History Survey 1 Flashcards on Prehistoric and Neolithic , created by Erin Mckinley on 03/10/2022.
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