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15 Cards in this Set
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Male figurine with feline head
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Paleolithic, 28,000 BCE, Germany
Ivory 1 foot tall - ritualistic? Shows development of creative artistic ability |
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Woman of Willendorf
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Paleolithic, 24,000 BCE, Austria
Limestone Associated with fertility? Purpose unknown |
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Chauvet Cave
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Paleolithic, 30,000 BCE, France
Reasons for animal depictions unknown 1) rituals 2) documentation 3) aesthetics 4) sense of permanence / "marking" territory |
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Lascaux Cave
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Paleolithic, 15,000 BCE, France
Contains best-known cave paintings Incredibly realistic Rare example of story-telling |
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Hall of Bulls
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Paleolithic, 15,000 BCE, France
Lascaux Cave best-known examples of twisted perspective, composite view |
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Altamira Cave
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Paleolithic, 13,000 BCE, Spain
First discovered cave Use of natural projections to paint - sculptural effect |
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Paleolithic to Neolithic
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Development of agriculture, settlements, domesticated animals
Nomadic - settlers Paleo - 42,000 BCE - 8,000 BCE Neo - 6,500 - 2300 BCE |
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Çatalhöyük
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Neolithic, 7,500 BCE, Turkey
first traces of settlements burial of dead underneath buildings "permanence" sense of historical continuity |
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Skara Brae
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Neolithic, c. 3000 BCE, Orkney Scotland
early settlement, post-and-lintel corbet construction (development of p&l) courtyards - family gatherings? space separation evident |
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Man and Woman from Cernadova
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Neolithic, 4,500 BCE, Cernadova Romania
simple, but aesthetic imagination is evident everyday poses - contemplation or prayer? |
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Stonehenge
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Neolithic, 3,000 BCE, Southern England
although not the largest/most technical megalithic structure astronomical concerns evident, solar cycle built in accordance with Summer Solstice - proves complexity and ability of human mind in prehistoric times, mathematic society |
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Dolmen (term)
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tomb chamber formed of stones supporting table-like rocks (capstones) in post-and-lintel system
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Newgrange
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Neolithic, 3000 BCE, Ireland
astrological connections (like stonehenge) matches up with Winter Solstice Burial site post-and-lintel, corbel skill, interest in labor, division (who did what) aesthetic, ritualistic, spiritual? |
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Standard of Ur
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Mesopotamian, 2600 BCE, Iraq
Wood with inlay supposed "peace side" "war side" - is it just storytelling of war and agricultural (everyday) practices? now thought to be running narrative twisted perspective hierarchic scale lapis azuli, Afghanistan (trade?) |
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Votive Statue of Gudea (Lagash)
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Mesopotamian, 2100 BCE, Iraq
Diorite Cuneiform script on garment stream of water - reference to Tigris/Euphrates (life and civilisation development because of 2 rivers) |
