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Art 112 - Key Terms -set 1 of 3
Art Before the written word
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Art History
Undergraduate 4
10/03/2011
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Paleolithic
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means old stone age

 

hunter-gatherers

 

main types of artifacts: small portable sculptures and cave and shelter paintings

 
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Neolithic
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New stone age

 

Beginning of Ag. and animal husbandry, food production

 

stationary human settlements

 
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Twisted perspective
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corbeling
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a roofing and arching technique in which each course of stone projects inward and slightly beyond the previous layer until the uppermost corbels meet.
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Post & Lintel
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vertical - posts

horizontal - lintel

 

 
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Megalith
 Definition

huge structures made of stone

 

most popular is stonehenge
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