Transcript of Prehistoric Art Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) 40,000 BCE – 8,000(Near East) or 4,000 (Europe)BCE...
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- Prehistoric Art Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) 40,000 BCE
8,000(Near East) or 4,000 (Europe)BCE Neolithic (New Stone Age)
8,000 (Near East) or 4,000 (Europe)BCE 2,000 (Europe)or 3,000 (Near
East) BCE
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- Prehistoric Culture Paleolithic 40,000 BCE approx. 4,000 BCE
Hunter-gathers Nomadic Neolithic approx. 4,000 BCE 2,000 BCE
Cultivation/livestock Organized settlements / division of
labor
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- Paleolithic Sculpture Woman of Willendorf (Venus of
Willendorf), c. 28,000-21,000 BCE, limestone. May have been a
fertility symbol Reproductive organs emphasized Lack of emphasis on
arms and legs No feet was not meant to stand Approx. 4 tall
Portable No facial features / hair in clumps around head Traces of
paint on head
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- Paleolithic Sculpture Lion-Human, Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany,
c. 30,000-26,000 BCE, mammoth ivory
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- Paleolithic Sculpture Woman from Ostrava Petrkovice, Czech
Republic, c. 23,000 BCE, hematite, 1
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- Neolithic Sculpture Figures of a woman and a man, Cernavoda,
Romania, 3500 BCE, ceramic
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- Paleolithic Painting Cave Paintings of Lascaux, 15,000- 13,000
BCE, Dordogne, France It is believed that paleolithic people did
not live in caves, but may have sought shelter near the mouths of
caves Charcoal, iron ore and plants mixed with animal fat to make
paints Overlapping figures Animal figures painted deep inside caves
Bodies in profile Cows, bulls, horses, deer are common in 650
drawings Animals were naturalistic, while humans were mostly stick
figures May have been used ensure a successful hunt or as ancestral
animal worship
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- Neolithic Architecture Stonehenge, c.2100 BCE, Wiltshire,
England Post-and-lintel construction May have been oriented toward
sunrise on the summer solstice (longest day of the year) Might have
been used to predict eclipses Large megaliths in the center form a
horseshoe around a flat stone Megaliths (originally topped with
lintels) encircle the central horseshow Some stones are from 200
miles away May have taken 1,000 years to build
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- Neolithic Domestic Architecture House Interior, Skara Brae,
Orkney Islands, Scotland. C.3100-2600 BCE
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- Architectural Elements
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- Important Terminology Cromlech Megalith Menhir
Mortise-and-tendon Post-and-lintel Archaeology