AP art history quiz #1

Apollo 11 cave stones

Nambia Africa, about 25,000 BCE, Art mobilier, figurative, charcoal ocher and white pigment on stone, additive

Hall of bulls

Lascaux, France, 15,000 BCE, Chauvet cave, limestone, over 400 drawings, figurative & abstract, additive , twisted perspective, mainly 2 bulls facing each other with other animals surrounding

Camelid Sacrum in the shape of a canine

Tequixquiac Mexico, Valley of Mexico, 14,000 BCE, subtractive, possibly sacred

Running Horned woman

Algeria (north africa), 6,000 BCE, additive, pigment on rock, figurative, stylized, twisted perspective, possbly sacred, possibly a goddess, decorated.

Beaker with Ibex Motifs

Susa, Iran, 4200 BCE, additive, figurative animals, abstract designs, for display and not use, 4 main bands, many similar found in graves.

Anthropomorphic stele

Arabian peninsula, 4,000 BCE, sandstone, Grave marker, funerary art, subtractive, figurative stylized, coffin shape, 3ft tall.

Jade cong

Liangzhu, China, 3,300 BCE, carved with sand and water, subtractive, figurative, stylized, unknown function, circles and squares together, Covered in what looks like facial features.

Stonehenge

wilkhire, England, 2500-1600 BCE, sandstone and bluestone, marks the solstices, solar and lunar calendar, 1st era built the “henge” or ditch, 2nd built the inner circle and had possible burials. 3rd did the megaliths, inner horseshoe, and ring of bluestone

Ambum stone

Papua, New Guinea, 1500 BCE, greywacke, Mayble a pestle, not clear in what animal it is, later used as a ritual object

Tlatilco Female figurine

Central Mexico, 1200 BCE, ceramic, duality, incised, unproportional, most likely spiritual, additive, funerary art, no hands or feet, no realistic features.

Terra Cotta Fragment

Solomon islands, 1,000 BCE, incised terra cotta, Stylized and abstract, clay and sand, shaped by hand, used to serve food