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18 Cards in this Set
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What: Woman from Willendorf
Who: Where: Willendorf, Austria When: Paleolithic Significance: Symbol of fertility Provides insight into culture one of the oldest statues to survive |
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What: Hall of Bulls - Lascaux Cave Paintings
Who: Cave painters Where: France When: Paleolithic Significance: one of the earliest examples of human visual communication |
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What: Bird-Headed Man With Bison - Lascaux Cave
Who: Cave painters Where: France When: Paleolithic Significance: life-like bison earliest human depicted visually |
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What: Stonehenge
Who: Where: England When: neolithic Significance: post and lintel. blue stones traveled from Wales. sun rises over heel stone at summer solstice. |
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What: Cernavoda Woman and Man
Who: Where: Romania When: Neolithic Significance: expressive depiction of people |
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Lion-Human, from
Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany. C. 30,000-26,000 bce. Mammothe ivory, height 11 5/8 |
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Pebble resembling a human face. Makaspansgat, South Africa. ca. 3,000,000BCE. Jasperite, 2 3/8 inches
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Apollo II Cave Charcoal on stone, Namibia, 23,000 BCE
Portable objects Species uncertain Animals- bison,mammoth,ibex,horse Humans infrequently, men almost never. Strict Profile |
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Human with Feline Head
from Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany ca. 30,000-28,000 B.C.E. mammoth ivory 11 5/8 in. high |
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Woman,(Venus) of Willendorffrom Willendorf, Austria
Found in 1908. 4 1/4 in. high Limestone Fecundity |
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Woman of Laussel
from a cave in Laussel, Dordogne, France ca. 25,000-20,000 B.C.E. painted limestone approximately 18 in. high Relief sculpture Today exhibited in a museum She once was part of a large rock which stood in the open area in front of a rock shelter. Note arms have greater importance and hold a bison horn. |
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Bison reliefs
from a cave at Le Tuc d’Audoubert, Ariége, France ca. 15,000-10,000 B.C.E. clay each approximately 2 feet long Clay applied to rock outcropping Strict profile Twisted perspective known as descriptive perspective. Cracks resulted during the drying process, probably within days of creation. |
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Pech-Merle Cave paintings
Lot, France ca. 22,000 B.C.E. pigment on stone Painted rocks thrown at painting Human hands leaving a positive imprint? Signatures? Figures seem to be inspired by the shapes of the outcroppings. Cloud forms inspire imaginative forms. |
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Altamira Cave paintings
Santander, Spain ca. 12,000-11,000 B.C.E. pigment on stone |
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Lascaux Cave paintings
Lascaux, Dordogne, France ca. 15,000-13,000 B.C.E. pigment on stone Best known- Running of the bulls Hundreds of feet from the entrance Descriptive perspective |
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Great Stone Tower of Settlement Wall
Jericho, Israel/Gaza -Ancient Near East ca. 8,000-7,000 B.C.E Ten thousand year-old stone tower Unfailing spring Town covered 10 acres Built fortifications |
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Human Skulls with Restored Features
from Jericho, Israel/Gaza ca. 7,000-6,000 B.C.E.skulls, plaster, shells. Appearance is strikingly lifelike Skulls were detached from the bodies and buried separately Belief in afterlife????? |
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Landscape with Volcanic Eruption
Çatal Höyük, Turkeyca. 6150watercolor copy of a wall painting |