AP Art History

1. AP Art History Chapter 1 Art Before History

2. Paleolithic Sculpture • Subject matter: animals and women (things to control or possess or things pertinent to survival) • Created descriptively convincing images (rather than optical images) • Purpose unknown, although conjectures exist – must have been important

3. Found in Austria Some art historians felt that her exaggerated anatomy suggested that this served as a fertility image Like most Paleolithic figures there is no facial features Curly hair or a hat woven out of plant fibers? Venus of Wilendorf, ca. 28,000 -25,000 BCE. Limestone.

4. Figure 1-7 Two bison, reliefs in cave at Le Tuc d’Audoubert, France, ca. 15,000–10,000 BCE. Clay, each 2’ long.

5. Paleolithic Painting • Subject matter: animals • Created descriptively convincing images (rather than optical images) • Purpose unknown, although conjectures exist • Limited media led to limited color palette

6. Figure 1-11 Hall of the Bulls (left wall) in the cave at Lascaux, France, ca. 15,000–13,000 BCE. Largest bull 11’ 6” long.

7. Figure 1-13 Rhinoceros, wounded man, and disemboweled bison, painting in the well of the cave at Lascaux, France ca. 15,000 – 13,000 BCE. Bison 3’ 8” long.

8. Neolithic Architecture • Created with megaliths(large stones) in post and lintelconstructions • Trilithon: group of three stones • Henge: circle of stones (also called cromlechs) • Menhir: single stone • Alignment: line of stones

9. Figure 1-20 Aerial view of Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England, ca. 2550–1600 BCE. Circle is 97' in diameter; trilithons 24' high.