Prehistoric Art

PREHISTORIC ART : 

PREHISTORIC ART

CHRONOLOGY : 

CHRONOLOGY Prehistoric = before writing Paleolithic Period (Paleo =old, lithos = stone) (Ice Age/Old Stone Age) c. 40,000 – 8,000 BCE Lower, Middle, Upper (most recent) – based on relative position of objects found in the layers of excavation Mesolithic Period (Middle Stone Age) c. 10,000 – 4,500 BCE (transitional) Neolithic Period (New Stone Age) c. 8,000 – 1,500 BCE beginning and duration vary by location as glaciers retreat Near East, Turkey, Egypt c. 7,000 – 3,500 BCE Europe c. 4,500 – 1,500 BCE

Vocabulary : 

Vocabulary Profile Three Quarter View Frontal View Incise In The Round Pigment Terracotta Post Lintel Menhirs Relief Burin Silhouette Outline BCE (before common era) Dolmens Cromlech Barrows Tenon

PALEOLITHIC ART40,000 – 8,000 BCE : 

PALEOLITHIC ART40,000 – 8,000 BCE

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Title: Human with Feline Head Date: c. 30,000–26,000 BCE Medium: Mammoth ivory Size: height 11⅝" (29.6 cm) Source/Museum: Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany / Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Germany

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Title: Woman from Willendorf Date: c. 28,000 – 24,000 BCE Medium: Limestone Size: height 4⅜" (11 cm) Source/Museum: Austria. Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna

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Title: Woman Holding a Bison Horn Date: ca. 25,000 – 20,000 BCE Medium: limestone Size: 1’ 6” high Source: Laussel, Dordogne, France rock shelter, mouth of cave

Title: Two BisonDate: c. 15,000 – 10,000 BCEMedium: Unbaked claySize: length 25" ( 63.5 cm) and 24" (60.9 cm)Source/Museum: Le Tuc d’Audoubert, France : 

Title: Two BisonDate: c. 15,000 – 10,000 BCEMedium: Unbaked claySize: length 25" ( 63.5 cm) and 24" (60.9 cm)Source/Museum: Le Tuc d’Audoubert, France

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Title: Bison with Turned Head (Bison Licking its Back) Date: ca. 12,000 BCE Medium: Reindeer Antler Size: approx. 4” long Source/Museum: La Medeleine, Dordogne, France

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Title: Spotted Horses and Human Hands Date: Horses 25,000–24,000 BCE; hands c 15,000 BCE Medium: Paint on limestone Size: individual horses are over 5' (1.5 m) in length. Source/Museum: Pech-Merle Cave, Dordogne, France

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NEGATIVE IMAGES POSITIVE IMAGES

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Title: Hall of Bulls Date: c. 15,000 BCE Medium: Paint on limestone Size: length of the largest auroch (bull) 18' (5.50 m) Source/Museum: Lascaux Cave, Dordogne, France

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Title: Bird-Headed Man with Bison Date: c. 15,000 BCE Medium: Paint on limestone Size: length approx. 9' (2.75 m) Source/Museum: Shaft scene in Lascaux Cave

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Title: Bison Medium: Paint on limestone Size: length approx. 8'3" (2.5 m) Date: c. 12,500 BCE Source/Museum: Ceiling of a cave at Altamira, Spain

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Title: Lamp with Ibex Design Medium: Engraved stone Date: c. 15,000–13,000 BCE Source/Museum: La Mouthe Cave, Dordogne, France

ABORIGINAL PREHISTORIC ART : 

ABORIGINAL PREHISTORIC ART Title: Mimis and Kangaroo Medium: Red and yellow ocher and white pipe clay Date: Older painting 16,000–7000 BCE Source/Museum: Prehistoric rock art, Oenpelli, Arnhem Land, Australia

Wandjina : 

Wandjina

NEOLITHIC ART8,000 – 1,500 BCE : 

NEOLITHIC ART8,000 – 1,500 BCE

Jericho : 

Jericho Great Stone Tower Title: Human Skull Date: 6,000 – 5,500 BCE

Çatal Höyük : 

Çatal Höyük

Title: Reproduction of Landscape Scene of Çatal Höyük Medium: wall paintingSource/Museum: Çatal Höyük, Turkey Date: 6,150 BCE : 

Title: Reproduction of Landscape Scene of Çatal Höyük Medium: wall paintingSource/Museum: Çatal Höyük, Turkey Date: 6,150 BCE

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Title: Tomb interior with corbeling and engraved stones Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: c. 3000–2500 BCE Source/Museum: New Grange, Ireland

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Title: Stonehenge Date: c. 2750–1500 BCE Source/Museum: Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire England

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Tenon : 

Tenon

Summary : 

Summary In groups of two identify some of the main themes of Paleolithic and Neolithic art and architecture. Write these at the end of your notes for this unit. Make sure as you create your note cards that these are included.