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Paleolithic |
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Old Stone Age |
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Megalith |
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monumental architecture employing massive rough-cut stones |
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"In the round" |
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three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials - typically stone - or marble, metal, glass, or wood. Softer ("plastic") materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals. |
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Shamanism |
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anthropological term referencing a range of beliefs and practices regarding communication with the spiritual world. |
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feline headed humanHuman with feline head, from Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany, ca. 30,000–28,000 BCE. Mammoth ivory, 11 5/8” high. Ulmer Museum, Ulm.
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Venus of Willendorf or Woman of WillendorfNude woman (Venus of Willendorf), from Willendorf, Austria, ca. 28,000–25,000 BCE. Limestone, approx. 4 1/4” high. Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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Hall of the Bulls (left wall), Lascaux, Dordogne, France, ca. 15,000–13,000 BCE. Largest bull approx. 11’ 6” long |
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Rhinoceros, wounded man, and disemboweled bison, painting in the well, Lascaux, Dordogne, France, ca. 15,000–13,000 BCE. Bison approx. 3’ 8” long. |
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Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, aerial view, ca. 2550-1600 BCE. Circle is 97' in diameter; trilithons approx. 24' high.Megalith site |
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Horse and Sun Chariot c. 1800 - 1600 BCE. Bronze, length 231/4" (59.2 cm). National Museum, Copenhagen
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Neolithic = New Stone Age
from c. 8,00 BC - 3,000 BC
Man moves from chasing natue to controlling nature
Agriculture: Domestication of plants and animals from hunting and gatherin to farming and animal herds
From nomadic existence |
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Woman holding a bison horn, from Laussel, Dordogne, France, ca. 25,000-20,000 B.C. PAINTED LIMESTONE, APPROX. 1' 6" HIGH. MUSE'E D'AQUITAINE, BORDEAUX.
A relief sculpture of a nude woman with exaggerated breasts, abdomen, and hips. |
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Spotted horses and negative hand imprints, wall painting in the cave at Pech-Merle, Lot, France, ca. 22,000 BCE. Approx. 11’ 2” long. |
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Catal Huyuk |
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Earliest town on EarthTurkey (pro. Chattle Hooyuck)
c. 6,000 BC
Landscape with volcanic erupion over the town
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wall painting from a house at Catal Huyuk, Turkey
perspective foverlooking town and volcano -- perspective off |
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village of Skara Brae, Orkney Islands, Scotland, c. 3100 - 2600 BCE
House interior (house 7 in plan)
development of post and lintel architecture (door frames) |
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Henge |
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Implies a circle |
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The Megalithic Passage Tomb at Newgrange was built about 3200 BC. The kidney shaped mound covers an area of over one acre and is surrounded by 97 kerbstones, some of which are richly decorated with megalithic art. The 19 metre long inner passage leads to a cruciform chamber with a corbelled roof. It is estimated that the construction of the Passage Tomb at Newgrange would have taken a work force of 300 at least 20 years. |
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Figures of a man and a woman from Cernavoda, Romania, c. 4000-3500 BCE. Ceramic (clay and bone ash), height 4 1/2" (11.5 cm) National Museum of antiquities, Bucharest
Found in a grave |
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