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01: Prehistoric Art in Europe
Cal Poly Winter 2012: ART 112
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
01/13/2012

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Lion-Human

Paleolithic

ivory

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Woman from Brassempouy

Paleolithic

ivory

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Woman from Willendorf

Paleolithic

limestone

 

4.5" tall; fertility; detailing on head may be hair or hat

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Spotted Horse and Human Hand

Pech-Merle Cave

Paleolithic

 

-overlapping figures; spit pigment on to wall

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Hall of Bulls

Lascaux Caves

Paleolithic

 

-network of chambers; network of scaffolding; used lamps of animal fat; twisted perspective; many artists over time

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Bird-Headed Man with Bison

Lascaux Caves

Paleolithic

 

-first narrative imagery; shaman figure?; something is occuring, an event not just representation

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Bison

Altamira Caves

Paleolithic

 

-used rock contours to emphasize 3-D; difficult to access ceilings

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Woman

Neolithic

ceramic

 

-influences Rodin's thinker; degree of contemplation

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House interior

Skara Brae, Scotland

Neolithic

 

-network of stone dwellings; surfaces covered with hide/turf; built-in post and lintel furniture; close to sea; corbelled stone

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Stonehenge

England

Neolithic

 

-heal stone oriented according to summer solstice; nearby cemetery - healing powers? scientific (early astronomy) site?

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Stonehenge

England

Neolithic

 

-heal stone oriented according to summer solstice; nearby cemetery - healing powers? scientific (early astronomy) site?

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Horse and Sun Chariot

Bronze Age

bronze and gold leaf

 

- cast bronze; decorated with incisions

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