Exam 1: Prehistoric Art Flashcards
1
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Characteristics of Prehistoric Art
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- a lot of rocks
- representational art
- not always practical
2
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Ways Prehistoric Art wasn’t Always Practical
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- Pigments: charcoal, yellow, ochre, red ochre
3
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Motive for Prehistoric Art
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- human beings NEED to create
4
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Theory of Agency
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- create image you then create power of reality
- ex. hunting or fertility
5
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Ideas of Ritual
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- w/ meaning (possibly religious) to civilization
- create
6
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Architecture
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- Door in Roof
- Post- and Lintel
- Megaliths
- Menhirs
- Stonehenge
7
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Door in Roof
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- warmer
- more defensive
8
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Post and Lintel
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- stability
- structure
9
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Megaliths
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- post and lintel corbeling
- burial pit (sealed)
- ingenuity/ strength
10
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Corbeling
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stack stones until they meet
11
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Menhirs
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- single standing stones
- cremlich: circle of menhirs
12
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Stonehenge
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- circle of menhirs - earthwork
- astrological point alignment (calendar)
- religious/ social significance
