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Pre-Historical Art

Pre-Historical Art. pre-history is defined as all history before a written language was invented. Paleolithic- c. 35,000-7000 BC. Stone Age people- used stone tools. Ice Age- last advance and retreat of huge glaciers. Fashion. Sculpture.

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Pre-Historical Art

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  1. Pre-Historical Art • pre-history is defined as all history before a written language was invented

  2. Paleolithic- c. 35,000-7000 BC • Stone Age people- used stone tools

  3. Ice Age- last advance and retreat of huge glaciers

  4. Fashion

  5. Sculpture • Venus of Willendorf, c. 28,000-23,000 BC- found in Austria, Painted limestone

  6. The Lion Lady from Hohlenstein-Stadel. Height 28 cm, about 6 cm diameter. Made of mammoth ivory. Found in the cave of Hohlenstein-Stadel in the Valley of Lone, Baden-Wurttemberg (Germany), in 1931. Dated as Aurignacian, in a 32 000 year old level. • Although this is known in some places as the lion lady, it is by no means certain that it is female. It is known as both Die Lowenfrau and Der Lowenmensch. • The arms bear striations carved into the ivory. Years after the initial discovery the museum officials were presented with an ivory lion muzzle found in the cave. It was a perfect fit. Today it is pieced together from more than 200 tiny pieces. This 'venus' may be an attempt to capture the power of the lion.

  7. Woman holding a Bison Horn, Laussel, Dordogne, France- c. 23,000-20,000 BC • Painted Limestone

  8. Two Bison, Cave at Le Tue d'Audoubert, Ariege, France- c. 12,000 BC • Clay relief

  9. Bison with Turned Head, La Madeleine, Dordogne, France, c. 11,000-9,000 BC, Reindeer Horn

  10. Hunter Gatherer Society • most likely did not live in caves at all (or only out of extreme need)- made dwellings out of wood and animal hides • caves seem to be used more for religious ceremony

  11. Dwellings • Mesolithic dwelling types

  12. Caves at Lascaux, France • 15,000- 13,000 BC

  13. Miette de Lascaux

  14. Altamira Spain, 14,000-12,000 BC

  15. Chauvet Cave, Vallon-Pont-d’arc, France, c.32,000-27,000 BC

  16. Santander, Spain

  17. Neolithic • two cities of importance: • Jericho (c. 8000 BC) (modern day Palestine) • Catal Huyuk (c. 6500-5700 BC) (modern day Turkey)

  18. remains of tower and city wall at Jericho (the famous “Walls of Jericho”)

  19. skulls found at Jericho with plaster, painted with inlaid shells

  20. Catal Huyuk • planned city of attached houses • had shrines

  21. shrine at Catal Huyuk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Museum_of_Anatolian_Civilizations003.jpg

  22. sculpture found at Catal Huyuk • shapes compare to Venus of Willendorf

  23. Malta (c. 5200 BC) • first Mediterranean city • the Ggantia Prehistoric Temple there is the oldest free-standing building in the world (c. 3600 BC) • Many of the temples are in the form of five semicircular rooms connected at the centre. It has been suggested that these might have represented the head, arms and legs of a deity, since one of the commonest kinds of statue found in these temples is a voluptuous woman — a symbol of fertility.

  24. One of the Female statues at Malta

  25. Megalithic Carnac, Brittany, France

  26. Dolmen- megalithic tomb

  27. Stonehenge, c. 2000 BC

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