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Ancient Art History
ARTH2301/Pizer/Chapter 1 - Prehistoric Art/Images
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
05/01/2011

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[image]
Definition
Water worn pebble resembling a human face
from South Africa. 3,000,000 BCE

... art?
NO, not man made.
Term
[image]
Definition
Animal facing left
from Apollo 11 cave, Namibia. 23,000 BCE
charcoal on stone
Term
[image]
Definition
Human w/ feline head
from Germany. 30-28,000 BCE
mammoth ivory
Term
[image]
Definition
Nude woman (Venus of Willendorf)
from Austria. 28-25,000 BCE
limestone
Term
[image]
Definition
Woman holding a bison horn
from France. 25-20,000 BCE
painted limestone
Term
[image]
Definition
Fertility figure
from Romania. 4,000 BCE
Term
[image]
Definition
Reclining woman
rock-cut relief
from France. 12,000 BCE
Term
[image]
Definition
Two bison
reliefs in a cave in France. 15-10,000 BCE
clay
Term
[image]
Definition
Bison w/ turned head
fragmentary spear-thrower
France. 12,000 BCE
reindeer horn
Term
[image]
Definition
Bison, detail of painted ceiling in Altamira cave
Spain
12,000 BCE
Term
[image]
Definition
Spotted horses & negative hand imprints
France. 22,000 BCE
Term
[image]
Definition
Hall of the Bulls
France
15-13,000 BCE
Term
[image]
Definition
Aurochs horses,& rhinoceroses
wall painting
France
15-13,000 BCE
Term
[image]
Definition
Rhinoceros, wounded man, & disemboweled bison
France
15-13,000 BCE
Term
[image]
Definition
Painted fissure
red ochre on rock
Term
[image]
Definition
great stone tower build into the settlement wall
Jericho
8,000 BCE
Term
[image]
Definition
Human figure
from Jordan. 6750 BCE
painted plaster, inlaid w/ cowrie shell & bitumen
Term
[image]
Definition
Deer hunt
detail of wall painting from Catal Hoyuk
5,750 BCE
Term
[image]
Definition
Landscape w/ volcanic eruption(?)
watercolor copy of a wall painting in Catal Hoyuk
6,150 BCE
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