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Humans beings are thought to have first intentionally created artworks around the year, _______BCE. |
30,000 |
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The subjects most often depicted by Paleolithic artists. |
The female form Animals
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Twisted Perspective |
A convention of representation in which part of the figure is shown in profile and another part of the same figure is shown frontally. |
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Lintel |
A horizontal beam used to span an opening |
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Terracotta |
Hard-baked clay, used for sculpture and as a building material |
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Relief |
In sculpture, figures projecting from a background of which they are part |
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In the round |
Freestanding sculptures, carved or modeled in 3 dimensions |
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Subtractive Sculpture |
A kind of tech. in which materials are taken away from the original mass to create a form |
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Megalith |
Greek, "great stone." A large, roughly hewn stone used in the construction of monumental prehistoric structures |
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Additive Sculpture |
A kind of tech. in which materials are built up or "added" to create a form |
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Why might Paleolithic cave paintings have been placed deep within the caverns? |
There is no clear, undisputed answer, but the relative inaccessibility to the paintings likely points to the importance of the pieces and the "journey" required to access them |
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The Altamira Bison can best be described as a "group" because they are thought to have been composed as a single composition |
False |
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Two different tech. used at Lascaux to depict animals |
Twisted Perspective Contour Lines
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The earliest permanent stone fortifications are found at_________ |
Jericho |
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The site of____________is best known for its wall paintings and shrines. |
Catal Hoyuk |
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A peculiar feature of Catal Hoyuk was its: |
Lack of streets |
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Agriculture and stock raising became humankind's chief source of food during the ________period. |
Neolithic |
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Most archaeologist consider Stonehenge to be an accurate: |
Astronomical Observatory |
