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| Woman of Willendorf, 28,000-25,000 BCE |
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| Old Stone Age, c. 40,000-10,000 BP, Ice Age |
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Hall of the Bulls, Lascaux, France, c. 15,000 BCE
Discovered 1940 |
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| Bison, Altamira Cave, Spain, c. 12,000 BCE |
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| Spotted Horse (25,000-24,000 BCE) and Hands (15,000 BCE), Pech Merle Cave, France |
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| (From Greek neo= new, lithos= stone), New Stone age, Began 10,200 BCE |
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| Ancient civilization living is Mesopotamia. Started farming, domesticating animals, creating early art, lived in fixed settlements, used writing. Invented wheel, plow, casted metals, created first eic literature (Epic of Gilgamesh) |
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| Earliest form of writing used by the Sumer. Started as pictographs, ended up smaller and more abstract. |
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| A filled in sloped platform with a temple placed at top. Used by the Sumer to worship, thought to be able to come face to face with the divine when inside. |
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| Shaft Scene, Lascaux, France |
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| Warka Head/Inanna, 3300-3000 BCE |
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| Nanna Ziggurat, Ur (modern day Iraq), c.2100-2050 BCE |
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| White Temple and Ziggurat, Uruk, c.3100 BCE |
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| Relief Sculpture vs. Sculpture in the Round |
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Sculpture in the Round: a free standing sculpture that you can see on all sides.
Relief Sculpture: 2-D sculpture that is raised from a flat surface |
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| Behistun Inscription, Iran, 522-486 BCE |
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| Votive Fugures from Eshnunna, 2900-2600 BCE |
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| Steele of Naram-sin, 2350 BCE |
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| Steele of Hummurabi, 1792-1750 BCE |
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| Palette of Narmer, from Hierkonpolis c. 2950-2775 |
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