Prehistoric / Ancient Art Flashcards
“Hall of Bulls”
unknown / paleolithic
Lascaux, France
15000-13000 BCE
“Chinese Horse”
unknown / paleolithic
Lascaux, France
40000-8000 BCE
“Venus of Willendorf”
unknown / paleolithic
Willendorf, Austria
24000-22000 BCE
limestone *
less than 5 inches *
“Votive Figures”
unknown / Sumerian
Tell Asmar, Iraq
2900-2600 BCE
limestone, alabaster, gypsum *
“Cuniform”
uknown / Sumerian
graphic symbols used to represent sounds, syllables, and ideas
“Minoan Snake Goddess”
unknown / Ancient Greek
Crete, Greece
1800-1550 BCE
“Uruk Vase”
unknown / Sumerian
3300-3000 BCE
alabaster *
3 feet tall *
“Stonehenge”
unknown / neolithic
Amesbury, England
3000-2000 BCE
what did they paint with?
charcoal, ochre, spit, animal fat, water, hollowed bones, sticks, hands
what country are the Lascaux caves in?
France
why is the fertility figure Venus of Willendorf so small?
portability - fits comfortablly in a hand, due to peoples nomadic life style
why did they close the caves in Lascaux, France to the public in the 1960’s?
the paintings were getting visably damaged and they wanted to preserve the art (carbon dioxide & touching)
what is cuniform?
Sumerian form of writing using graphic symbols to represent sounds, syllables, and ideas (early form of writing)
is Stonehenge paleolithic or neolithic in origin?
neolithic
what area is known as the fertile crescent or bread basket of the world?
Mesopotamia
