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10 Cards in this Set
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Water worn pebble
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Location: South Africa
Time Period: 3,000,000 BC Medium: Jasperite ===== -Evidence of capability to recognize facial features. -Found far away from any Jasperite mine -Found in a habitation site with other objects. -“Found art” -Oldest piece of Paleolithic art. |
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Venus of Willendorf
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Location: Austria
Time Period: 28,000-25,000 BC (Paleolithic) Medium: Limestone ===== -Found in 1908 -Possibly a fertility figure -A crude representation of life -Small size could mean it was meant for travel or that it was a personal item. |
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Woman holding a Bison horn
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Location: France
Time Period: 25,000-20,000 (Paleolithic) Medium: Limestone ===== -One of the earliest relief sculptures -Stationary object -Large body -Traces of pregnancy |
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Two Bison
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Location: France
Time Period: 15,000-10,000 BC (Paleolithic) ===== -Relief Sculpture -Formed and shaped with clay on rock -Evidence of tools and hands -Illustrates the genius of paleo “artists” -Largest known Paleolithic sculpture |
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Spotted Horses and Negative Handprints
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Location: France
Time Period: 22,000 BC (Paleolithic) ===== -Selection is obvious -Hands could possibly be a signature. Or show ownership. -Is it a Documentary/Décor/Memorial? -Medium and method also show selection. |
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Hall of the Bulls
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Location: Lascaux, France
Time Period: 15,000-13,000 BC (Paleolithic) ===== -Mural Painting -Art begins 100 feet inside the cave -No natural light available / Lamps had to be brought in = Shows intent -Bulls and Bison shown. Very common representation. -Some in silhouette or outline. Twisted perspective. -Descriptive as opposed to optical |
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Rhinoceros
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Location: Lascaux, France
Time Period: 15,000 BC (Paleolithic) ===== -“male-ness” exaggerated -Possibly the first narrative scene |
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Great Stone Tower
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Location: Jericho
Time Period: 8,000-7,000 BC (Neolithic) Medium: Stone ===== -Built into settlement walls / 5 feet thick -First known permanent stone fort -Shows knowledge of Architecture/Team Building/Working for greater good -Marks the beginning of monumental architecture |
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Landscape of Volcano
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Location: Catal Hoyuk, Turkey
Time Period: 6150 BC (Neolithic) ===== -Little town, behind it is a twin peaked mountain, volcanic eruption -First true landscape art / Geographical narrative -Mountain is Mt. Hassan |
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Stonehenge
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Location: Salisbury, England
Time Period: 2250-1600 BC (Neolithic) Medium: Stone ===== -Megalithic monument -Made over 100s of years -Derived from “henge”= stones in a circle / Cromlech -Sarsen stones on the outside / Post and Lintel / Trilithon / Alter Stone -Aligned by a headstone, which marks the point at which the sun rises during the summer solstice. -Astronomical Observatory/Star Calendar -Possible lunar calendar |
