PREHISTORIC ART

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PREHISTORIC ART

• Form vs. Function

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Pre-historic Europe
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Lion-Human, c. 30,000-26,000
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Lady of Willendorfc 24,000-22,000 BCE
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Woman of Brassempouy25,000 years old found in
1892 in France
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Two bison, reliefs c. 15,000-10,000
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CAVE ART
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Chauvet Cave, France
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ALTAMIRA, Spain, c. 12,000-11,000 BCE
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LASCAUX, France, HALL OF BULLS, c.
15,000-13,000
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PECH-MERLE, France, c. 22,000 BCE
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Neolithic Art

• Form vs. Function

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Marching Warriors rock painting Castellon Spain
c. 7000-4000 BC
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Human figure from Ain Ghazal, Jordan, c.
6750-6250 BCE
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Vessel, c 3000-2000 BCE
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Stonehenge, c. 2000-1500 B.C.E. Salisbury Plains,
England ... Height of stones approximately 13'6" 
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Stonehenge

• Salisbury Plain
• Who built it?
• How?
• When?

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Stonehenge, c. 2750-1500 BCE
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WHAT STONEHENGE LOOKS LIKE NOW
STONEHENGE WHEN IT WAS COMPLETE
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Jericho7000 B.C.

• Over 2000 people
• 1st circular tower?
• Beginning of 1st monumental architecture
• Abandoned by original inhabitants new inhabitants
  fertility cult

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Jerico
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Neolithic ArtJericho

• Features reconstructed in plaster
• Sea shell eyes
• Painted hair
• Heads sep. from bodies spirit traps

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Catal Hoyuk, Turkey, c. 6000-5900 BCE
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Deer hunt, detail of a wall painting from Level
III, Catal Hoyuk, Turkey, c. 5750 BCE