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Prehistoric Art: The Beginning

Prehistoric Art: The Beginning. Neanderthal tool-making mentality gives way to the Cro-Magnon urge to make images. 600 cave paintings and 1500 engravings Discovered in 1940 by four teenagers, Marcel Ravisdat , Jacques Marsal , Georges Agnel and Simon Coencas . Lascaux Cave Paintings

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Prehistoric Art: The Beginning

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  1. Prehistoric Art: The Beginning Neanderthal tool-making mentality gives way to the Cro-Magnon urge to make images.

  2. 600 cave paintings and 1500 engravings Discovered in 1940 by four teenagers, Marcel Ravisdat, Jacques Marsal, Georges Agnel and Simon Coencas. Lascaux Cave Paintings 30,000 – 24,000 BCE

  3. Venus de Willendorf 24,000–22,000 BCE (Before Common Era)

  4. Stonehenge Wiltshire, U.K. 3,100 – 2,000 BCE Megalith(greek) – large stone use to create a structure or monument Trilithon – structure of 2 upright posts and lintel across

  5. Ziggurat – Structures built on a raised area Ziggurat of Ur Iran 2,100 BCE El Castillo Yucatan, Mexico 900 – 1200 CE (Common Era)

  6. Easter Island Moai 1,250 – 1,500 CE Monolith: Single piece of rock placed as, or within, a monument (25 – 50 tons) Note: 1 ton = 2,000 lbs

  7. Spiral: a curve emanating from a central point moving farther away as it revolves around the point Helix: a 3D Spiral Triskele Nautilus Shell Jewelry Fibonacci Spiral Italian mathematician Newgrange 1000 years older than Stonehenge Chevron: inverted V-shaped pattern (Greek) Rank Insignia Everyday Art Logos Pottery 1800 BCE Architecture

  8. Ogee – a curve shaped somewhat like an S, consisting of 2 arcs that curve in opposite directions Architecture Jewelry Modern Furniture Fabric A meander or meandros is a decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif. Greek Key – an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines. Patterns Architecture Ancient Greek Art Modern Fabric

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