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Woman From Willendorf
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Human with Feline Head
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Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany
28K BCE
limestone, ivory from mammoth tusk, reindeer horn. |
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Woman with Bison Horn
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Laussel France
25K BCE
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2 Bison
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Le Tuc d'Audoubert, France
15K BCE
clay affixed to natural rock |
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Aurochs, horses, and rhinos wall painting
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Chauvet Cave, France
30-15K BCE
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Hall of the Bulls
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Lascaux France
15K BCE
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Rhino, wounded man, and disemboweled bison
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| Lascaux France 15K BCE organic and mineral pigments |
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Bison with turned head from spear thrower
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La Madeleine France
12K BCE
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Bison, detail of painted ceiling.
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Altamira, Spain
12K BCE
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| What are 4 characteristics of the Neolithic Era? |
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1. Ice started to recede from the earth.
2. People began to settle forming communities.
3. The beginning of agriculture.
4. Began to see monumental sculpture and architecture and paintings that are narratives. |
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Tower of Jericho
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Landscape with volcano of Catal Hoyuk
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Anatolia
6150 BCE
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Gallery to grave chamber
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Newgrange, Ireland
2.5K BCE
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Hagar Qim
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island of Malta
2.5BCE
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Stonehenge
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| Salisbury England 2.5K BCE megaliths (inner is blue stone, outer is sandstone) |
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| No written record. Use carbon dating. |
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Paleolithic Art dates
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| What was represented in most art works during the Paleolithic Art? |
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| Nude woman (even tho they likely wore garments.. revealing preoccupation with women..perhaps for child-bearing ability) and predatory animals. |
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| What is the importance of the Hohlenstein- Stadel Human with Feline head? What does the piece likely represent? |
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| Unsure other than it must have been important to the maker because would've taken a few days work. It may represent a priest wearing a ceremonious mask or representing the animal spirit that lives inside of people. |
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| What was the number one priority of the Paleolithic people? |
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| How did Paleolithic people live daily life, eat, female or male run, sleep, religion? |
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| They were nomadic (itinerant) people, they were hunter gatherers, matriarchal, slept in soft shelters (easily broken down and moved), and Polytheistic religious system. |
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| Describe artistic qualities of the Woman from Willendorf. |
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Her reproductive parts are emphasized. She seems to be lactating, has a protruding abdomen (either pregnant or postpartum), and pubic triangle is clear.
Her face is obscure, either because unimportant feature to the artist or it is hidden by a vegetable cap (maybe indicating she is a deity).
She has useless feet and arms.
She is a sculpture in the round.
She is probably a fertility object (either good luck charm or represents the mother goddess). |
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| Describe the artistic qualities of the Human with Feline Head. |
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It is either a representation of a priest wearing a tribal/ ceremonial mask. Could represent the animal spirit that lives within humans.
It is a sculpture in the round.
Probably has to do with rituals. |
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| Describe artistic qualities of the Woman with the Bison Horn. |
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She is a low relief sculpture.
She has an obscure face (possible deity) and pronounced reproductive parts. Lactating breasts, protruding abdomen (pregnant or postpartum), huge thighs (good for child birthing), and note the pubic triangle is seen.
Her hand is on her stomach indicative of fertility and her hand is holding a bison horn- may be a phallic figure.
She may be a mother goddess or mother earth. |
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| Describe artistic qualities of 2 Bison. |
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| They are high relief sculptures. They are in profile for the purpose of clearly representing the animal. They have been given natural appearing hair by making incisions into the clay with burin. |
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| Describe artistic qualities of Aurochs, horses, and rhinos wall painting. |
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The figures were all drawn by the same person (in profile) but at different times. May have been done by a priest doing timely rituals or as a coming of age task.
Thought to be the first cave painting we have (surprising for the complexity of the images).
If the rhinos are fighting (as it may appear) then this is the first action painting. |
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| Describe artistic qualities of the Hall of the Bulls. |
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This painting seems to have a baseline.
Twisted perspective- both compositional and profile view of the animals to give the most recognizable representation of the animals. |
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| Describe artistic qualities of Rhino, wounded man, and disemboweled bison |
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| This is possibly the first narrative painting. A man is in the painting which is a very rare find in Paleolithic art. |
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| Describe artistic qualities of Bison with turned head from spear thrower. |
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The head is 180 of the direction that normal bison head would be facing- reason is likely because of spacial restrictions and trying to best show the bison head as a profile view.
This weapon was probably decorated to show ownership, capture the animal spirit, and intimidate opponents. |
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| Tower of Jericho served what purpose and marked the beginning of what? |
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| Purpose of fortification and marked the beginning of monumental architecture. |
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| The painting of the volcano of Catal Hoyuk has what historical significance? |
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| It is the first landscape. |
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What is the significance in history and the importance of the Gallery to grave chamber seen in Newgrange Ireland?
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Tombs are indicative of a settled community and it may have been the oldest graves in Europe.
Incisions made on the rocks may have been for decorative purposes. |
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| Hagar Qim. What style of architecture is used here? |
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| The post and lintel system. |
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| Stonehenge. What style of architecture is utilized here? What was its purpose? |
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Post and lintel system.
Used as a solar calendar. |
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