Prehistoric Art
Paleolithic Art
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Hohlenstein-Stadel
Statuette, Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany, c. 30,000-28,000 BC
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Venus of
Willendorf, Willendorf, Austria, c. 28,000-25,000 BC
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Bison (painted ceiling), Altamira, Spain, c.
13,000-11,000 BC
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Rhinoceros, Wounded Man, and Disemboweled Bison,
Lascaux, France, c. 16,000-14,000
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Hall of the Bulls, Lascaux, France, c. 16,000-14,000 BC
Neolithic Art
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Human skull with restored features, Jericho, c.
7200-6700 BC
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Deer hunt, wall painting from level III, Catal Hoyuk,
Turkey, c. 5750 BC
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Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England, c. 2550-1600 BC
1. What is meant by the term
‘Prehistory’?
2. What is the most common subject
of cave art?
3. The majority of cave paintings
are found deep within the cave complexes, often in difficult to reach or
difficult to view places. What does this indicate to us about the purpose of
cave paintings?
4. Which elements of the paintings
in the Chauvet Cave at Vallon Pont-d’Arc make them stylistically more advanced
than the paintings in the cave at Lascaux? (list 2)
5. What is the composite view? Why
was it so commonly used in prehistoric art?
6. Why do most researchers believe
that cave paintings were not mere decoration?
7. What are the attributes that
characterise Neolithic society? (list 3)
8. What preconditions made
Mesopotamia and Anatolia ideal for the development of sedentary communities?
(list 3)
9. Describe the burial practices of
the people of Ain Ghazal.
10. What is a megalith? Name an
example of a megalithic structure.
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