Prehistoric Art

Water Worn Pebble Resembling a human face

• Paleolithic

• Stone wasn't made by humans, Is it considered art then?

Animal Facing Left

• Paleolithic

• Animal in profile to show the shape of said animals

Venus of Willenddorf

• Paleolithic

• Sculpture had a face covered by braids

• Large, exaggerated body

• Name Venus doesn't suit this piece as the Goddess Venus wasn't presented at that time

• Statue could be about fertility

Bison w/ Turned Head

• Detailed features of Bison

• Head is still in profile (Animals are more common than human in Paleolithic Era)

Cave painting in the Hall of Bulls

• Paleolithic

• Ancient Ox are shown as well as other animals

• No ground is presented (usually all paleolithic art shows no ground or setting)

Aurochs, Horses, and Rhinos

• Paleolithic

• Shows horns & features in perspective

• Possibly the oldest cave painting? (puts in jeopardy the idea of cave art being simple if its the oldest)

Rhinos, Wounded man, & Disemboweled Bison

• Paleolithic

• Shows a story possibly one of the earliest ones

Stone Tower of Jericho

• Neolithic

• Stone tower

Landscape with Volcanic Eruption

• Neolithic

• Possibly shows a town during a volcanic eruption

• 1st known landscape without humans & animals

Stonehenge

• Neolithic

• Megalithic (Big stones)

• Possible for being a calendar of sorts or an astronomical observatory

• Stones came from other places like Wales & Scotland