PREHISTORIC ERA

TRUE

Humans make art.

Prehistoric art

refers artifacts made before there was a written record.

TRUE

people had become expert at creating forms that were both practical and beautiful.

Paleolithic era

The earliest art comes from the

Neolithic era

the most important developments in human history.

Archaeologists

have identified 4 basic types of Stone Age art

petroglyphs

cupules, rock carvings and engravings

pictographs

pictorial imagery, ideomorphs, ideograms or symbols

pictographs

a category that includes cave painting and drawing

prehistoric sculpture

including small totemic statuettes known as Venus Figurines, various forms of zoomorphic and therianthropic ivory carving, and relief sculptures

megalithic art

petroforms or any other works associated with arrangements of stones

parietal art

Artworks that are applied to an immoveable rock surface are classified as

Mobiliary art

works that are portable are classified as

TRUE

The earliest forms of prehistoric art are extremely primitive.

Cupule

a mysterious type of Paleolithic cultural marking - amounts to no more than a hemispherical or cup-like scouring of the rock surface.

Stone tools

instruments by which early Man developed and progressed.

TRUE

All human culture is based on the ingenuity and brainpower of our early ancestors in creating ever more sophisticated tools that enabled them to survive and prosper.

FALSE ( Fine art, Paleolithic)

Mesolithic is merely a reflection of society, and Mesolithic societies were largely defined by the type of tool used.

Golan Heights

the Venus of Berekhat Ram found on the

Morocco

the Venus of Tan-Tan discovered in

Mesolithic period

 is a transitional era between the ice-affected hunter-gatherer culture of the Upper Paleolithic, and the farming culture of the Neolithic.

Epi-Paleolithic

people transitioned quite rapidly from hunting/gathering to agriculture. They called as

Mesolithic art

reflects the arrival of new living conditions and hunting practices caused by the disappearance of the great herds of animals from Spain and France, at the end of the Ice Age.

European Mesolithic rock art

gives more space to human figures

Neolithic era

saw a fundamental change in lifestyle throughout the world.

Neolithic culture

was characterized by stone tools shaped by polishing or grinding, and farming and led directly to a growth in crafts like pottery and weaving.

Prehistoric Art

Refers to artifacts made before there was a written record

Aurignacian Culture

witnesses an explosion of rock art

old

paleo means

Paleolithic Period

making advances (especially in tool technology) among different human cultures.

Upper Paleolithic

modern man produces recognizable carvings and pictures

**Gravettian** and **Magdalenian Cultures**

gave birth to even more sophisticated versions of prehistoric art

Paleolithic Period

paleolithic man lived solely by hunting and gathering

stone tools

 were the instruments by which early man developed and progressed

paleolithic culture

is charted and classified according to advancing tool technologies

middle

meso means

Mesolithic Rock Art

gives more space to human figures, and is characterized by keener observation and greater narratives in painting

new

neo means

**Neolithic Culture**

saw a fundamental change in lifestyle throughout the world

Neolithic Art

Chinese art first appeared in this era

Neolithic Era

this era saw a fundamental change in lifestyle around the world

For tens of millenia, before the advert of agriculture, population is

5-8 million