CH 1-2 (Beginning / Early African Art)

Hand prints/ stencils

Cueva de Los Manos, Argentina

11-7000 BCE (Paleolithic)

Hall of the Bulls

Lascaux, France

15-13000 BCE (Paleolithic)

Megaloceros Gallery Cave Paintings

Chauvet Cave, France

30,000 BCE (Paleolithic)

Woman of Willendorf

Austria

Oolitic Limestone

22-24000 BCE (Paleolithic)

Stonehedge

Sailsbury Plain, Southern Eng

2900-1500 BCE (Neolithic)

Wall painting from Catalhöyük, Türkiye

6400-6200 BCE (Neolithic)

Jackal Headed or Masked Figure

Large Fauna Style Relief

Libya

7500-5000 BCE (African Neolithic)

Scene of Cattle with Men, Woman, and Children

Pastrolist style

Nigeria

5000-2000 BCE (African neolithic)

Pendant with the Head of a Goddess, Sudan

Nubia

Napata period

750ish BCE (African neolothic)

Head broken from a figure, Nok Style

Nigeria

700-400 BCE (African Iron Age)

Roped Pot on a Stand, Leaded bronze

Nigeria

Igbo-Ukwu

9-10th CE

Lost-Wax Technique

Clay core, wax modeled over, sticks, outer mold, melt wax, pour metal, break mold

Twisted perspective/composite view

Occurs when we see the body and head of the figure in profile while seeing all limbs either way

Megaliths

Large stones used / part of prehistoric monuments

Post and lintel construction

Two upright blocks (posts) which support a horizontal beam (lintel)

Cromlech

Stonehedge (megaliths in a circle)