Stone Age

Question 1

The Venus of Willendorf

Answer 1

25,000 BCE
Made of limestone
Found in 1908
 Classical goddess of love and beauty
Thought of as a joke or failed Venus

Question 2

Relief sculpture

Answer 2

Sculptures seen from only the front

Question 3

Lascaux cave

Answer 3

A cave containing large animals, thought to be once native to the region.
Separated into three categories
Animals, humans figures and abstract art.

Question 4

The two kinds of arts created during the Paleolithic period? (Mobiliary & Parictal)

Answer 4

Mobiliary- small portable sculpted items found buried

Parictal- paintings, sculptures, & and engravings found in caves

Question 5

Carving vs modeling

Answer 5

Carving-subtractive

Modeling-additive

Question 6

Chauvet cave

Answer 6

One of the most famous prehistoric site in the world.
In southern France.
Importance relies on the quality of the paintings and the age of the paintings.

Question 7

The two types of sympathetic magic? Imitative and contagious

Answer 7

Contagious- physically connected items can never be seperated
Imitative- following or imitating to be like

Question 8

Sculpture in the round

Answer 8

Sculptures that cold be seen from all directions

Question 9

Pigment

Answer 9

Colored powders made from organic substances such as mineral and stones

Question 11

The liquid component of paint

Answer 11

Pigment

Question 12

The lion panel

Answer 12

25000-17000 BCE
Black pigment on limestone
The wall depicting lions hunting animals such as bison.
Uses heads to depict animals

Question 12

Cosquer cave

Answer 12

Unlike most caves Marine animals such as jellyfish, shellfish, fish are found.
Big bellied horses are seen