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GLOBAL PREHISTORY

Gardner's art through the ages pages 14-29

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

concepts

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

smarthistory

khan academy

You Tube Prehistory
 

AP Art History images/flashcards

Image Folder

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.

7. Jade cong. Liangzhu, China. 3300–2200 B.C.E. Carved jade.
8. Stonehenge. Wiltshire, UK. Neolithic Europe. c. 2500–1600 B.C.E. Sandstone. (2 images)
9. The Ambum Stone. Ambum Valley, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. c. 1500 B.C.E. Greywacke.
10. Tlatilco female figurine. Central Mexico, site of Tlatilco. 1200–900 B.C.E. Ceramic.

11. Terra cotta fragment. Lapita. Solomon Islands, Reef Islands. 1000 B.C.E. Terra cotta (incised).

Extra image:​

Lady of Willendorf, c. 24,000-22,000 B.C.E., limestone, 11.1 cm high (Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna)

© 2019 by Gillian Bailey

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