Paleolithic (25,500-7,000 BCE) Flashcards
Apollo 11 Stones
First intentional piece of art of an animal
Portable
Not from original location (important enough to move)
Named because it was found on the same day as Apollo 11
Found in a rock shelter in the mountains
Hall of the Bulls
First use of twisted perspective to show which animal is what
Natural pigments
Ancestral animal worship
Motion of the animals
Not a single painting event (people kept adding on)
Different styles with different additions
Paintings flicker in firelight
Camelid Sacrum in shape of a canine
Respects original form of object while changing it to fit its intended purpose
Guides one to the afterlife
Found in a tomb
Apollo 11 stones IDs
Paleolithic Namibia
25,500-25,300 BCE
Charcoal on stone
Hall of the bulls IDs
Paleolithic Europe
15,000-13,000 BCE
Pigment on rock
Camelid sacrum IDs
Ancient Tequixquiac
14,000-7,000 BCE
Paleolithic
Bone