2art appreciation chapter 2 prehistoricart
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Prehistoric Western European Art
The Stone Age and Its Connection to Today’s Art
Paleolithic Age
Venus of LausselDordogne, France25,000-23,000 BC
Venus of Willendorf
25,000-21,000 BC Limestone 4 3/8 in. high
http://arthistoryresources.net/willendorf/willendorfdiscovery.html
Cave of Chauvet
Discovered in 1994 by three cave explorers.Contains over 300 wall paintings, engravings, Paleolithic bear
skeletons, and a bear’s skull set on a rock.Many images of rhinocerouses, large felines, and mammoths
The Lascaux Cave
Dordogne, France, c. 15,000-13,000 BC
“Chinese Horse”
http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/index.php?lng=en - /en/00.xml
Stonehenge-Constructed during Neolithic Age-Outer circle is post and lintel construction-2800-1500 BC-Megalithic Structure-We still can’t identify its function
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVRtYdGzmxw&feature=related
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