art history slide exam

1. Name?

2. Origin?

3. BCE?

4. Which early human species made these?

5. Why can they be seen as the beginnings of art?

6. The name of the archaeological site and modern African country this one comes from?

7. What was unusual about some of the hand axes that were found here, and possible explanations for this?

1. Acheulean hand axe

2. from Isimila, Tanzania.

3. 600,000 BCE

4. Homo erectus

5. are highly symmetrical, though they don’t need to be to work as tools, reflect having some standard or plan in mind before making them that the they had to conform to

6. Archaelogical site is called Olduvai Gorge. The modern african country is Olorgesailie in Kenya

7. hundreds of hand-axes, far more than would have been needed in functional terms, suggesting that they served to announce an individual’s skills, status, and standing in his or her community.

1. Name?

2. Date/period?

3. modern country?

4. Theories about female images?

5. How were figures made/used at this site?

6. what type of belief or ritual does this action and the fact that this figure was stabbed twice in the stomach may reflect?

1. Figure of a woman from Dolni Vestonice.

2. 23,000 BCE

3. Czech Republic

4. mean (“mother goddess,” fertility magic, ideal of female beauty, etc., know all of these speculations are unproven

5. modeled of clay and thrown in the fire, where they exploded

6. may have served a symbolic or ritual purpose and enact power over the female form, fertility, or birth

1. name?

2. BCE?

3. significance?

4. name of site?

5. modern country in which it was discovered?

6. name of site, modern country in which it was discovered?

7. theories of why these images were created?

8. problems with all of these theories?

1. Painting from Chauvet Cave.

2. 31,000 BCE

3. one of the oldest European cave paintings

4. name of site

5. modern country in which it was discovered

6. hunting magic, education about hunting for initiation of children into adulthood, male/female symbols, animals representing families/clans, images of shaman’s visions

7. problems with all of these theories

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