AP ART HISTORY
PHS - BAILEY
Dates to Know
Paleolithic (Old Stone Age): 40,000 - 9,000 BCE
Neolithic (New stone Age): 8,000 - 2300 BCE
Vocabulary
Post & Lintel Monolith
Additive Composite View
Subtractive Silhouette
Figural Contour
Anamorphic Positive/Negative Space
Statuette Relief
Trilithon Shaman
Cong Terracotta
MEANING AND PURPOSE IS CONJECTURE
Paleolithic - Hunter/Gatherers - Nomadic -
Cave paintings & portable sculpture
Neolithic - Organized Settlements - Agriculture and
Raised Livestock - Monuments (Stonehenge)
THEMES
Power and Authority
Funereal Traditions
Sacred Objects and Spaces
Historical Record
AP Art History images/flashcards
1. Apollo 11 stones. Namibia. c. 25,500–25,300 B.C.E. Charcoal on stone.
2. Great Hall of the Bulls. Lascaux, France. Paleolithic Europe. 15,000–13,000 B.C.E. Rock painting.
3. Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine. Tequixquiac, central Mexico. 14,000–7000 B.C.E. Bone.
4. Running horned woman. Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria. 6000–4000 B.C.E. Pigment on rock.
5. Beaker with ibex motifs. Susa, Iran. 4200–3500 B.C.E. Painted terra cotta.
6. Anthropomorphic stele. Arabian Peninsula. Fourth millennium B.C.E. Sandstone.