Prehistoric Western European Art The Stone Age and Its Connection to Today’s Art
Jan 16, 2015
Prehistoric Western European Art
The Stone Age and Its Connection to Today’s Art
Paleolithic Age
Venus of LausselDordogne, France25,000-23,000 BC
Venus of Willendorf
25,000-21,000 BC Limestone 4 3/8 in. high
http://arthistoryresources.net/willendorf/willendorfdiscovery.html
Cave of Chauvet
Discovered in 1994 by three cave explorers.Contains over 300 wall paintings, engravings, Paleolithic bear
skeletons, and a bear’s skull set on a rock.Many images of rhinocerouses, large felines, and mammoths
The Lascaux Cave
Dordogne, France, c. 15,000-13,000 BC
“Chinese Horse”
http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/index.php?lng=en - /en/00.xml
Stonehenge-Constructed during Neolithic Age-Outer circle is post and lintel construction-2800-1500 BC-Megalithic Structure-We still can’t identify its function
QuickTime™ and a decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVRtYdGzmxw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVRtYdGzmxw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGaqLT-gO4