The Prehistoric World

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Art History 101
Alexis Ganop
Flashcards by Alexis Ganop, updated more than 1 year ago
Alexis Ganop
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Venus of Willendorf -Paleolithic Europe -Limeston/red ocre Fertile Female -Represented Fertility and was a good luck charm
Woman from Brassempouy, France -Paleolithic Europe -Ivory Head -Fertility Image, intimacy, first self-portrait, memory images
Lion-Human -Paleolithic Europe -Man body w/ lion head; made of ivory -could represent power, transformation, or could be used as a weapon
Chauvet Cave -Paleolithic Europe -Animal paintings not included in their diet -animals connected to power; an imaginary magical world
Altamira Cave -Paleolithic Era -painted with red & yellow ochre; bison -power in animals
Pech Merle Cave -Paleolithic Era - Spotted horses and negative handprints -Power and handprints could represent signatures
Lascaux Caves -Paleolithic Europe -Chinese Horse; pregnant?; surrounded by traps -hunting; life & death
Lascaux Caves -Paleolithic Europe -located in the well of the cave; rhino, wounded man, & disemboweled bison -life & death
Bison from Le Tuc'd Audoubert -Paleolithic Europe -Built up from rock form with clay -power
Bison with Turned Head -Paleolithic Europe - Bison licking himself - Probably wounded
Reclining Woman -Paleolithic Era -red ochre -sexuality, fertility
Woman Holding Bison Horn -Paleolithic Europe -large breast and stomach; hand bringing attention to the stomach area -Fertility; Horn is calling for a child?
Temple B at Gobekli Tepe, Turkey -Neolithic Europe -Animal predators - columns can represent lunar patterns
Dwelling at Skara Brae, Scotland -Neolithic Europe -Living spaces dug into the hills by the water -firepit in middle; beds on the side; stonewall overlay
Tomb at Newgrange, Irelands -Neolithic Europe -Dome is held up by the weight of the corbeled stones - Burial chamber
Stonehenge, England -Neolithic Europe - circles of stones -functioned as an astronomical observatory
Hagar Qim, Malta -Neolithic Europe -Stone Temple; used curved forms of building -Religious shrines and alters
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