Flashcards
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.
Polychrome
Repoussé
Alla Prima
Ziggurat
Statues of Gudea
Mastaba
Venus figurines
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."
Comes from the Hebrew word meaning "hard stone."
Comes from Latin and means "a really long time ago."
Comes from Arabic and means "before writing."ic"
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.
True
False
Humans were making art long before they invented writing or farming.
False
True
What did the prehistoric paintings in European caves mean to the people who created them?
We don't know.
The cave paintings show how much people cared about animals.
The cave paintings are evidence of a prehistoric religion.
The cave paintings are evidence of a prehistoric political system.
None of the above.
Venus of Willendorf is made up of what raw material or substance?
Sand and Mudd
Rock, Mudd, and Sticks
Limestone and Red Ocher
We don't know.
Steel
The Great Halls of Bulls is composed of which 3 animal groups?
Lions, tigers and bears
Cheetahs, stags and horses
Bulls, horses and stags
Horses, rhinos and bulls
Lascaux?
1940
Altamira?
1879
The prehistoric figurines that represent humans are almost all male.
False
True
What does the size of the Venus of Willendorf suggest about the people that made her?
The Venus of Willendorf is as small as a bead, so that she could be worn on a necklace by women.
The Venus of Willendorf is the size of a newborn, which shows that she reminded people about fertility and the goddess Venus.
The Venus of Willendorf is a giant statue (as seen in the movie Hellboy 2). People probably worshipped this sculpture and gave her offerings of food. These people lived in the same place over a long period of time.
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.
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...
Cromleh
Obelisk
Menhir
Dolmen
Where can we find the painting?
Carnac
Lascaux
Altamira
Niaux
What are menhirs?
Clay tablets covered with ocher
Cobblestoned reeds
Single vertical megaliths
Big stones
Single vertical megaliths
Venus of Petřkovice comes from what region of the World?
Czech Republic
Austria
Central America
Poland
C.E. stands for what?
Common Era
Put in order from the eldest to the youngest.
PaleolithicMesolithicIron AgeNeolithicBronze Age
PaleolithicMesolithicNeolithicBronze AgeIron Age
What figurine is it?
Venus of Lespugue
Venus of Willendorf
Venus of Urbino
Venus de Milo
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
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