Details Title: 2200 Art history one Description: Paleolithic-NEOLITHIC ART Total Flash Cards: 10 Created: 02/01/2009 10:16:38		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Fine Art Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term {image:http://www.humanities-interactive.org/ancient/iceage/400/ex038_05d.jpg|center} Definition *Spotted horses and negative hand imprints, wall painting in the cave at Pech-Merle, Lot, France, ca. 22,000 BCE. -a form of stylization - the dots might be representation of wounds in an animal -The hands are signatures -some think that they are ritual spaces -some think that art has a social function, like a totem. Term {image:http://www.brekka.net/images/268_SA_Bulls.jpg|center} Definition *Hall of the Bulls (left wall), Lascaux, Dordogne, France, ca. 15,000–13,000 BCE. -Most famous of cave pantings -Most complex example of cave paintings in the world. -aurochs is a type of deer -horses -conventional deer - the animals stand on a horizon, first time ever - Descriptive Term {image:http://physikgarden.com/glasshouse/RD/IMAGES/FIG02.GIF|center} Definition * Rhinocerous, bird-headed man and disembowelled bison, painting in the well, Lascaux, ca. 15,000-13,000 BCE -its located down a 15 foot shaft. Keeps it safe, protects it, hides it. -possibly not for human eyes, but for the spirit world. Term {image:http://www.brekka.net/images/268_PH_aurochs.jpg|center} Definition *Aurochs, horses, and rhinoceroses, wall painting in Chauvet Cave, Vallon-Pont-d’Arc, Ardèche, France, ca. 30,000–28,000 or ca. 15,000–13,000 BCE. -discovered in 1994 -naturalistic Term {image:http://www.brekka.net/images/268_SA_Bison.jpg|center} Definition *Two bison, reliefs in cave at Le Tuc d’Audoubert, Ariège, France, ca. 15,000–10,000 BCE. Clay, each approx. 2’ long. -2 feet long each -the end of a remote section of a cave -done by torch light -small foot prints meaning there where children back in these caves. Term {image:http://www.brekka.net/images/268_PH_humanfeline.jpg|center} Definition *Human with feline head, from Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany, ca. 30,000–28,000 BCE. On of the oldest and largest objects found. -12 inches tall -freestanding -made out of mammoth hide -first human animal hybrid -imaginary figure - Could be a person who is wearing a mask -example of a figurine because they are portable. Term {image:http://pirate.shu.edu/~violardi/Final%20Project/willendorfa.jpg|center} Definition *Woman from Willendorf, (Venus of Willendorf), Austria, ca. 28,000–25,000 BCE. - 3 to 4 inches tall - best known example of prehistoric art -no face, not a portrait, represents all women -old woman - Prosperity, represents life. Term {image:http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/2/2329/2329_6.jpg|center} Definition Reconstruction of Catal Hoyuk, Turkey, level VI, ca. 6000-5900 BCE - made out of obsidian Term Definition Deer hunt, Catal Hoyuk, level III, Ca. 5750 BCE -Composite view. - Shows how the human body acts in the hunt. Term {image:http://www.aboutstonehenge.info/images/education/stonehenge-wallpaper-1.jpg|center} Definition Stonehenge, ca 2550-1600 BCE -MEGALITHIC - Super stone -17 feet, can weigh 60 tons. -Shows social structure -thought has religious -it’s in england. -100 feet across -24 feet high. -collection of 900+ stones -Most famous but not the biggest -its a henge -circle of stones surrounded by a ditch -the site is sacred -thought to be a type of a calendar -it marks the longer day of the year, showing the different seasons