Art History (Chapter 1) : Paleolithic Images

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Lion-Human (Age)

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30,000 - 26,000 BCE

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Lion-Human (Medium)

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Mammoth Tusk

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Lion-Human (Style)

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Relief Sculpture?

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Lion-Human (Location)

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Germany (Hohlenstein-Stadel)

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Lion-Human (Height)

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About a Foot (11 3/8 inches)

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Woman from Willendorf (Age)

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24,000 BCE

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Woman from Willendorf (Material)

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Limestone, originally covered with red ochre

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Woman from Willendorf (Location)

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Austria

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Woman from Willendorf (Height)

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Approx. 4 inches

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Woman from Willendorf (Significance)

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The artist may have been expressing fertility or health

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Woman from Ostrava- Petrkovice (Age)

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23,000 BCE

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Woman from Ostrava- Petrkovice (Location)

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Czech Republic/Found in an oval house stockpiked with flint and hematite (iron oxide) by the hearth

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Woman from Ostrava- Petrkovice (Size)

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2 inches

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Woman from Ostrava- Petrkovice (Significance)

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Was found near the hearth (not sure why) and may represent youth or athleticism

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Woman from Ostrava- Petrkovice (Style)

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Straight lines/Straight Figure

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Woman from Brassempouy (Age)

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30,000 BCE

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Woman from Brassempouy (Location)

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France

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Woman from Brassempouy (Style)

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Abstract (Meant to be recognizable, but not exact replications of nature/Reduction of Shapes and Appearances)

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Woman from Brassempouy (Size)

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1 1/4 inches

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Woman from Brassempouy (Material)

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Mammoth Tusk/Ivory (Interior of the Tusk)

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Woman from Dolni Vestonice (Age)

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22,000 BCE

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Woman from Dolni Vestonice (Location)

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Czech Republic

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Woman from Dolni Vestonice (Materials)

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Clay and Ash (Fired)

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Woman from Dolni Vestonice (Style)

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Additive Process (Clay) and then Subtractive Process (Cutting)/Triangular Shape

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Woman from Dolni Vestonice (Significance)

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May have been cracked deliberately in a ritual

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Spotted Horses & Painted Hands (Location)

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Peche Merle Cave: Dordogne, France

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Spotted Horses & Painted Hands (Age)

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25,000 - 15,000 BCE (The Horses were painted and then the Hands)

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Spotted Horses & Painted Hands (Material)

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Paint on Limestone

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Spotted Horses & Painted Hands (Significance)

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Could show rocks being thrown at the horses

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Spotted Horses & Painted Hands (Style)

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The hands use positive and negative imagery.

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Spotted Horses & Painted Hands (Size)

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Horses are about 5 Ft.

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Hall of Bulls, Cave of Lascaux (Age)

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15,000 BCE

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Hall of Bulls, Cave of Lascaux (Location)

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Dordogne, France

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Hall of Bulls, Cave of Lascaux (Materials)

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Paint on Limestone

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Hall of Bulls, Cave of Lascaux (Style)

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Twisted Perspective

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Hall of Bulls, Cave of Lascaux (Size)

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The largest Bull is about 18 Ft.

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Bird-Headed Man with Bison, Lascaux (Age)

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15,000 BCE

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Bird-Headed Man with Bison, Lascaux (Material)

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Paint on Limestone

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Bird-Headed Man with Bison, Lascaux (Significance)

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May tell a story- the Bison has been disemboweled and will soon die- there is a wooly rhinoceros to the man's left. This may represent the image of a shaman

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Bird-Headed Man with Bison, Lascaux (Size)

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Length is about 9 Ft.

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Bird-Headed Man with Bison, Lascaux (Style)

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Twisted Perspective

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Bison, Cave of Altamira (Location)

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Spain

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Bison, Cave of Altamira (Age)

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12,000 BCE

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Bison, Cave of Altamira (Size)

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About 8 Ft.

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Bison, Cave of Altamira (Material)

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Paint on Limestone

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Bison, Cave of Altamira (Style)

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Artist used natural irregularities in the cave to create the shapes of the animals/Ability to create light and dark

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Bison Le Tuc d'Audoubert (Age)

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13,000 BCE

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Bison Le Tuc d'Audoubert (Location)

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France

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Bison Le Tuc d'Audoubert (Size)

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Bison are about 25 Inches

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Bison Le Tuc d'Audoubert (Style)

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Modeled in very high relief

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Bison Le Tuc d'Audoubert (Material)

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Unbaked Clay

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Bison Le Tuc d'Audoubert (Significance)

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Found with many footpronts- could be that rituals took place here

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Coyote from Tequixquiac (Age)

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10,000 BCE

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Coyote from Tequixquiac (Material)

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Hipbone of a Camelid

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Coyote from Tequixquiac (Location)

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Mexico

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Coyote from Tequixquiac (Discovered by)

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Mariano Barcina)

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Mammoth Bone House (Age)

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16,000 - 10,000 BCE

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Mammoth Bone House (Location)

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Ukraine

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Mammoth Bone House (Materials)

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Mammoth skulls, pelvic bones, shoulder blades, jawbones and tusks

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Mammoth Bone House (Significance)

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Debate over whether this is architecture/Used as Shelter on the Plains where there were no caves