Prehistoric Art History

Chapter 1

● Art Before the Written Word

Upper Paleolithic Art (c. 42,000-8000 BCE)

Sculpture● Lion-Human from Hohlenstein-Stadel● Woman from Brassempouy

Upper Paleolithic Art

(c. 42,000-8000 BCE)

Sculpture● Woman from Willendorf

Upper Paleolithic Art (c. 42,000-8000 BCE)

Architecture:● mammoth-

bone house, Ukraine

Upper Paleolithic Art (c. 42,000-8000 BCE)

Cave and rock paintings

● Chauvet Cave

Upper Paleolithic Art (c. 42,000-8000 BCE)

Cave and rock paintings

● Lascaux caves

Upper Paleolithic Art (c. 42,000-8000 BCE)

Cave and rock paintings

● Altamira

Upper Paleolithic Art (c. 42,000-8000 BCE)

● Pottery cooking vessels (Jomon vessel)

Art in the Neolithic Period (8000-3400/2300 BCE)

● Rock shelter painting (Cogul Lérida, Spain)

● Sculpture (Woman and Man from Cernavoda)

Art in the Neolithic Period (8000-3400/2300 BCE)

● Skara Brae, Village settlements (Orkney Islands, Scotland)

Art in the Neolithic Period (8000-3400/2300 BCE)

Megalithic Architecture● Newgrange, Ireland

Art in the Neolithic Period (8000-3400/2300 BCE)

Megalithic Architecture● Stonehenge

Bronze and Iron Ages in Europe (2300-1000 BCE)

● Horse and Sun Chariot

Early art outside Europe

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● Mimis and Kangaroo, Australia

– Anthromorphs, Utah