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art before history
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Art History
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paleolithic
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he "old" Stone Age, during which humankind produced the first sculptures and paintings.
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neolithic
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The "new" Stone Age
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Burin
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A pointed tool used for engraving or incising
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relief Sculpture
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In sculpture, figures projecting from a background of which they are part. The degree of relief is designated high, low (bas), or sunken. In the last, the artist cuts the design into the surface so that the highest projecting parts of the image are no higher than the surface itself. See also repoussé.
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Mural
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A wall painting.
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megalith
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Greek, "great stone." A large, roughly hewn stone used in the construction of monumental prehistoric structures.
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tumulus
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Burial mound; in Etruscan architecture, tumuli cover one or more subterranean multichambered tombs cut out of the local tufa (limestone). Also characteristic of Neolithic funerary architecture and the Japanese Kofun period of the third and fourth centuries.
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Corbelled Vault
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A vault formed by the piling of stone blocks in horizontal courses, cantilevered inward until the two walls meet in an arch.
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post and lintel
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A system of construction in which two posts support a lintel.
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[image]
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what:animal plaque where:apollo 11 cave when:23,000 bce
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[image]
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when:1400bce where: Lascaux what: rhinoceros, wounded man, disemboweled bison.
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what:human with feline head where:hohlenstein-stadel when:30,000
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what:venus of willendorf when:26,000
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what; woman with bison horn. where: laussel,ca when:20,000 bce
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what:two bison. Where:Le Tuc d'Auboubert when:15,000 bce
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what:Bison with turned head. Where:La medeleine. when: 12,000 bce
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What:Hall of bulls. Where:Lascaux when:15,000 bce
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What:Stone tower. Where:Jericho When:8,000 bce
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What: Deer hunt. Where:Catal hoyuk. When:5750 bce
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What: passage grave. Where:New Grange. when:3,000 bce
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What:stonehenge Where: Salisbury plain. when:2,000 bce
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