History of Arts and Interior Design Flashcards
4 Eras under Stone Age
- Paleolithic Age/ Old Stone Age
- Mesolithic Age/ Middle Stone Age
- Neolithic Age/ New Stone Age
- Bronze Age
Key Characteristics of the Paleolithic / Old Stone Age
- Concerned with Food and Fertility
- Magic
- Abstract Thinking
A technique wherein you incise the designs onto the surface.
Sgraffito
In this stone age, people shifted from hunting and gathering to farming/ agriculture.
Neolithic / New Stone Age
In this stone age, copper and tin were widely used.
Bronze age.
Architecture which was not formally designed by architects and were communally built by people.
Vernacular Architecture
The drawing depicts a shaman donning the animal suit to absorb the powers of the animal stating the shaman’s desires to be able to survive the wild.
Shaman Trois Freres
A single, unhewn and slightly shaped single stone (Monolith) usually standing upright on the ground.
Menhir
Other term for Paleolithic/Old Stone Age
Glacial Age
Structures where menhirs are grouped together to form a circle or a semi-circle.
Stonehenge in Salisbury Plain, England.
A dry walled rough stone shelter.
Trullo
In this stone age, people started domesticating animals.
Mesolithic / Middle Stone Age
Represents fertility with emphasis on female parts.
Venus
Paleolithic Sculptures are small sculptures made of _____, _____, _____, and ______ were produced during the era.
Ivory, bone, clay, and stone
Consisting of 2 or more vertical stones that support a table.
Dolmen
