Prehistoric art

It's a metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side to create a design in low relief.

Repoussé

Sumerian art

Statues of Gudea

Egyptian art

Mastaba

Prehistoric art

Venus figurines

Assyrian art

Lamassu

What's the name of the object?

Stonehenge

When was it built?

Bronze Age

Material?

Stone

Function?

Cult function

Where? Write a country.

England

What does the term "Paleolithic" mean?

Comes from Greek and means "old stone age."

Prehistoric artists wrote down their thoughts, feelings, and artistic process for later generations of artists and others to read.

False

Humans were making art long before they invented writing or farming.

True

What did the prehistoric paintings in European caves mean to the people who created them?

We don't know.

Venus of Willendorf is made up of what raw material or substance?

Limestone and Red Ocher

The Great Halls of Bulls is composed of which 3 animal groups?

Bulls, horses and stags

When did Lascaux and Altamira caves get discovered?
Lascaux?

1940

When did Lascaux and Altamira caves get discovered?
Altamira?

1879

The prehistoric figurines that represent humans are almost all male.

False

What does the size of the Venus of Willendorf suggest about the people that made her?

The Venus of Willendorf is small and fits into the palm of your hand. The people that made the sculpture were nomadic, which means that they moved to different locations throughout the year, and did not stay in the same place.

On the picture we can see...

Dolmen

Where can we find the painting?

Lascaux

What are menhirs?

Single vertical megaliths

Venus of Petřkovice comes from what region of the World?

Czech Republic

C.E. stands for what?

Common Era

What figurine is it?

Venus of Lespugue

What's that artifact?

Trundholm sun chariot

From which period does it come?

Bronze Age

It's in the collection of the National Museum in...

Denmark