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Prehistoric Art Flashcards

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PREHISTORIC PERIOD year

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AROUND 30,000 BC – 3RD CENT BC

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time before writing

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Prehistoric

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without written records

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Prehistoric

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works themselves and archaeological evidence

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Prehistoric

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Pre:

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Before

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Historic:

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Written History

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Prehistoric art is divided into:

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PALEOLITHIC period
MESOLITHIC
NEOLITHIC period

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PALEOLITHIC period is also known as

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OLD STONE AGE

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known as the OLD STONE AGE

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PALEOLITHIC period

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from 30,000 - 10,000 B.C

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PALEOLITHIC period

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earliest period of the Stone Age

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PALEOLITHIC period

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transitional period of change

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MESOLITHIC

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known as NEW STONE AGE

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NEOLITHIC period

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NEOLITHIC period is known as

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NEW STONE AGE

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from 8,000 - 5,000 B.C.

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NEOLITHIC period

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begins with the first use of stone tools

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PALEOLITHIC ART / PERIOD

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end of the last ice age.

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PALEOLITHIC ART / PERIOD

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highlights of the Middle Paleolithic.

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systematic burial of the dead
the music
early art
use of increasingly sophisticated multi-part tools

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Ancestors are migratory hunters

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PALEOLITHIC ART / PERIOD

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Ancestors are gatherers

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PALEOLITHIC ART / PERIOD

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Ancestors relied heavily on the animals in the area for food, clothing, shelter and tools.

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PALEOLITHIC ART / PERIOD

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No written language

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PALEOLITHIC ART / PERIOD

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pictures as symbols used to communicate.

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PICTOGRAPHS

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used of PICTOGRAPHS

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PALEOLITHIC ART / PERIOD

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Subjects of Paleolithic art:

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> Animals (bison, horses, deer and lions).

> People were only represented as “stick” figures

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People were only represented as “stick” figures

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PALEOLITHIC ART / PERIOD

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> Pigments were ground up and mixed with animal fat, blood, oils, bone marrow or saliva.

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PALEOLITHIC ART / PERIOD

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blown , applied or painted on with a stick or a sharp object or by a finger.

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PALEOLITHIC ART / PERIOD

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Dark lines outlining the contour of the animals

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PALEOLITHIC ART / PERIOD

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techniques used in PALEOLITHIC ART / PERIOD

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Pigments were ground up and mixed with animal fat, blood, oils, bone marrow or saliva.
blown , applied or painted on with a stick or a sharp object or by a finger.
Dark lines outlining the contour of the animals
Earth colors (from natural pigments)
Smudging to fill in shapes
Flat shapes

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Earth colors (from natural pigments)

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PALEOLITHIC ART / PERIOD

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Smudging to fill in shapes

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PALEOLITHIC ART / PERIOD

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Flat shapes

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PALEOLITHIC ART / PERIOD

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REASONS:

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animals that were around at that time
Instructions on how to hunt or not to hunt
The cave was used for religious ceremonies.
Paintings were for good luck in hunting.

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good luck in hunting.

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Paintings

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Neolithic” means

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“New Stone Age.“

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period of primitive technological and social development, toward the end of the “Stone Age.“

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“New Stone Age.“

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development of early villages, agriculture, animal domestication, tools and the onset of the earliest recorded incidents of warfare.

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“New Stone Age.“

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Settled in fixed abodes and domesticated animals and plants.

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NEOLITHIC:

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systematic agriculture, weaving, metalworking, pottery, and counting & recording with tokens.

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NEOLITHIC:

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represented by a number of large and varied collections of objects found in vast isolated areas in Eastern Europe, Siberia and Central Asia.

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Neolithic Art

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the main occupations of the inhabitants of the forest territories during the neolithic period

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fishing and hunting

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known as the world’s first artists.

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Cro-Magnon peoples

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lived in caves when it was cold.

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Cro-Magnon peoples

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Hunted animals for food, clothing, tools, and shelter.

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Cro-Magnon peoples

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3 theories ( why they painted on the walls):

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  1. to decorate the cave and chose animals because they were important to their existence.
  2. considered it magic that will help the hunters.
  3. Prehistoric man documented their hunting expeditions
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Methods of Painting

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Prehistoric people would have used natural objects to paint the walls of the caves.
To etch into the rock, they could have used sharp tools or a spear.
The paint or color that they probably used was from berries, clay, soot, or charcoal.

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consisted of rude forms carved in stones & woods in order to produce figures and images to commemorate heroes & heroines & perpetuate the memory of men

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PREHISTORIC SCULPTURE

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The oldest traces of early man

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tools made of stone (200,000 years old)

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is an ivory carving of a lion-headed figure

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Lion Man of Hohlenstein Stadel (30,000 BCE)

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oldest known anthropomorphic animal carving in the world.

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Lion Man of Hohlenstein Stadel (30,000 BCE)

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discovered in a cave in Hohlenstein Mountain, located in the Swabian Jura of southwest Germany.

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Lion Man of Hohlenstein Stadel (30,000 BCE)

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Beginning of architecture

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Neolithic Age, the New Stone Age (8000-3000 BC)

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man used caves for shelter & most probably for religious ceremonies

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Before Neolithic (Paleolithic & Mesolithic Periods),

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A prehistoric rock monument.

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Stonehenge

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Made of monoliths- large rocks.

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Stonehenge

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Very mysterious-align with the sun-
cast shadows during solstices and may
have been a type of calendar.

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Stonehenge

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when is the stonehenge created?

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Around 2000 BCE.

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Ancestors during the paleolithic period are

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Migratory hunters
Gatherers
Relied heavily on the animals for food, clothing, shelter and tools

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