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What does Circa mean?
around that time
What does Paleolithic mean?
Old stone age
What does Neolithic mean?
New Stone Age
What is a freestanding sculpture/sculpture in the round?
Isn't attached to something and can be observed from all angles.
What is a relief sculpture?
Attached to a wall
What is post and lintel construction?
Vertical posts and a horizontal lintel on the top.
What were difficulties with cave painting?
Light in the cave and the walls weren't perfectly flat
What was more emphasized in paleolithic sculptures.
Reproductive parts
Name?
Medium?
Size?
Location?
Time?
Lion Human Figurine
Mammoth Ivory
12"
Hohlenstein-stadel, Germany
40,000-35,000 BCE
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Woman of Willendorf
Limestone
4 ¼ inches
Willendorf, Austria
24,000-22,000 BCE
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Hall of the Bulls
Paint on Limestone
Lascaux Cave, France
c. 15,000 BCE
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Catalhoyuk Settlement
Konya Plain, Turkey
7100-6000 BCE
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Stonehenge
Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England
c. 2550-1660 BCE
What is a henge?
A circular earth work.
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Human Figure
Fried Lime Plaster, Cowrie Shell, Bitumen, and Paint
3’ 5 3/8”
Ain Ghazal, Jordan
c. 6500 BCE
What is the Fertile Crescent