Art Finals- Prehistoric Flashcards
(8 cards)
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Paleolithic
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10,000 to 40,000 years ago
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Prehistoric Art
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40,000 years ago
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Cave Paintings
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- subject: animals, weapons, humans (rare)
- materials: charcoal, charred bones, minerals, fat
- purpose: religion, record of hunts, fertility
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Architecture
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Solemn tombs for the dead/ ritual centers
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Stonehedge
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- Salisbury Plain, Britain
- purpose: mark passing of time/ ritual
- arranged in a circle
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Megalith
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Huge block of stone used for tombs and rituals
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Post and Lintel
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- arrangement with two upright stones (post) supporting a third horizontal capstone (lintel)
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Henge
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Circular ditch
