AP Art History: 1.05 Global Prehistory

Paleolithic era

was a period of time spanning 30,000- 9000 B.C.E.

Mesolithic era

was a period of time spanning 9000-8000 B.C.E

Neolithic era

was a period of time spanning 8000-2300 B.C.E

Paleolithic

old stone age

Mesolithic

middle stone age

Neolithic

new stone age

geometric patterns, animals, and women

What did the paleolithic era's artwork often include?

paintings

What type of two-dimensional artwork did the paleolithic era have?

sculptures, monuments, and large-scale objects

What type of three-dimensional artwork did the paleolithic era have?

melting of ice and migration of humans during the Mesolithic era

What led to the Neolithic age?

human life with the beginnings of agriculture, stone implements, and the formation of the first settled communities

What did the Neolithic age revolutionize?

features were more defined and artworks began to document religious deities in human form

During the Neolithic era what became more prominent?