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Pre-historic Art
Fine Arts Survey: Paleolithic and Neolithic
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Old Stone Age | Paleolithic |
| New Stone Age | Neolithic |
| (c. 40,000 - 10,000 B.C) | Paleolithic |
| (c. 8,000- 2,000 B.C.) | Neolithic |
| modulate contours and use of light and dark to create the illusion of mass or three dimensionality | modeling |
| art that began in the last part of the Paleolithic Age | Cave Art |
| art found mostly in southwest France and in Spain | Cave Art |
| people were _________ during the paleolithic period | hunters-gatherers |
| no art exists before the Paleolithic period most likely because_______________. | it was being made of things that did not last (wood) |
| Cave art mostly consists of images of_____________. | animals |
| cave painting found in altamira spain (c. 15,000-10,000 B.C.) | Wounded Bison |
| several famous images of cave paintings (c. 15,000-10,000) have been found in ________ | Lascaux, France |
| Cave Paintings occur ________________ | in the darkest recesses of a cave, as far as the entrance as possible |
| The Lascaux paintings were discovered by accident in ________. | 1940 |
| Cave paintings were part of a magic ritual to ensure ________. | a good hunt |
| a carved object from la Madeleine area, made of reindeer horn (c. 15,000-10,000 B.C) | Bison |
| a carved object from the Paleolithic period (c. 25,000-20,000); now found in natural history museums ion Vienna | Venus of Willendorf |
| _________ evokes natural contours of material its made of | carved objects from the Paleolithic period |
| Venus of Willendorf emphasizes the importance of fertility as demonstrated in _________ | the roundness of her hips and breasts |
| Venus of Willendorf has no ______ | Facial Features |
| The plastered skulls (c.7,000 B.C.) were not intended to "________" by to perpetuate it | create life |
| The plastered skulls replace _______ with more lasting substances | flesh |
| The plastered skulls could have been displayed as __________. | venerated ancestors |
| the plastered skulls suggested a belief in a _________. | spirit or soul |
| prehistoric arhitecture in Salisbury Plain, Southern England (c. 3,000 - 1,800 B.C.) | Stonehenge |
| Stonehenge was built in ___ stages | 3 |
| Stonehenge was probably built by the ______. | Celts |
| Stonehenge was used for ______ by celtic priests known as druids. | religious purposes |
| The celts probably worshiped ________ and _________. | ancestors, nature |
| built of post (upright) and lintel (horizontal) construction | Stonehenge |
| Greek; meaning higher than ordinary | arch |
| Greek; meaning construction on buildings | tecture |
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