AP Art History

Apollo 11 Stones

year & place

Nambia, Africa in a cave

25,500-25,300 B.C.E

Paleolithic era

Great Hall of the bulls

year & place

Lascaux, France

15,000-13,000 B.C.E

Paleolithic era

Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine

year & place

Tequixquiac, Central Mexico

14,000-7,000 B.C.E

Paleolithic

A Running Horned Woman

year & place

Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria

6,000-4,000 B.C.E

Neolithic

Beaker with Ibex Modifications

year & place

Susa, Iron necropolis

4,200-3,500 B.C.E

Neolithic/Prehistoric

Anthropomorphic Stele

year & place

Arabian Peninsula

Fourth millenium B.C.E

Neolithic

Jade Cong

year & place

Laingshu, China

3,300-2,200 B.C.E

Paleolithic

Stonehenge

year & place

Wiltshire, UK

2,500-1,600 B.C.E

Neolithic

The Ambum Stone

year & place

Ambum Valley, Enga province, Papua New Guinea

1,500 B.C.E

Neolithic

Tiatico female figurine

year & place

Central Mexico, site of Tilatico

1,200-900 B.C.E

Neolithic

Terra Cotta fragment

year & place

Lapita, Solomon Island

1,000 B.C.E

Neolithic

Apollo 11 Stones

cultural ideas & techniques

cultural idea- spiritual practices

technique- scratching charcoal

Great Hall of the bulls

cultural ideas & techniques

cultural idea- hunters & gatherers

technique- rock painting

Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine

cultural ideas & techniques

cultural ideas- hunters & gatherers

technique- bone & subtractive sculpture

A Running Horned Woman

cultural ideas & techniques

cultural ideas- agriculture

technique- grain/rain

Beaker with Ibex Modifications

cultural ideas & techniques

cultural ideas- burial rituals

technique- teracotta by hand

Anthropomorphic Stele

cultural ideas & techniques

cultural ideas- long distance trade

technique- carving stone

Jade Cong

cultural ideas & techniques

cultural ideas- burial and spirit animal

technique- abrasion w/ sand & carved jade

Stonehenge

cultural ideas & techniques

cultural ideas- religious/connections

technique- sandstone & post lintel

The Abum Stone

cultural ideas & techniques

cultural ideas- ceremonial use

technique- subtractive carving

Tiatico female figurine

cultural ideas & techniques

cultural ideas- cycle of life

technique- clay incised and pinched

Terra Cotta fragment

cultural ideas & techniques

cultural idea- trading

techniques- terracotta incised