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Prehistoric Art
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6
Art History
Undergraduate 1
10/21/2012

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Lion Hum
Definition
30,000-26,000 BCE
Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany
ivory
1 ft
complex human thinking + imagination
Term
Women of Willendorf
Definition
22,000-21,000 BCE
Austria
limestone w/ red ochre paint
4.375 in
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Women of Brassenpouy
Definition
30,000 BCE
Grotte du Pape, Brassenpouy, France
ivory
1.25"
abstract art
BI: importance of context (we don't know her orig location, so no back-story)
Term
Altamira Cave
Definition
12,000 BCE
Altamira, Spain
Upper Paleolithic
limestone
stone shape used to form "relief"
red= ocher
black= manganese or charcoal
Term
Lascaux Cave
Definition
15,000 BCE
France
limestone
many many animal paintings and engravings
COMPOSITE POSE
curious bird-human
Term
Stonehenge
Definition
2,900-1,500 BCE
Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England
active addition/ recunstruction from Neolithic to Bronze
Neolithic- bluestone, 150 mi
later- sarsen stone
Big Idea: we understand it bc of it's physical context/ surroundings
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