ART TEST STUDY SET

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Chauvet Lions

30,000 BC

A.D. =

'Anno Domini/in the year of our LORD" (same as C.E.)

Composite view/twisted perspective

when a figure is shown from both a profile and frontal prospective in the same image (EX: Hall of Bulls Lascaux)

B.C. =

'Before Christ' (same as B.C.E.)

B.C.E. =

'Before Common Era' (same as B.C.)

C.E.

'Common Era' (same as A.D.)

Warty pig

44 BC - Indonesia

relief sculpture

A sculpture that comes forward from a flat surface, as opposed to being freestanding. it is meant to be viewed only from the front (EX: the Tuc d'Audoubert Bison Reliefs)

Orcher

An earthly pigment, containing iron oxide. was used for most prehistoric paintings. usually red, yellow, or orange in color

Art vs. Artifact

Art is X whereas an artifact is X. A good example of art would be X because... A good example of an artifact would be X because...

Narritive image

Image that tells a story; the image implies activity as well as a beginning and an end. (EX: Rhinoceros, Wounded Man and Bison, Lascaus Cave

Lion Man

The oldest artifact that reveals the presence of religion or creativity, made from the ivory of a mammoth made 40,000 BC 11 5/8"

Lascaux Cave

a painting discovered in a cave in france with 600 painted animals and symbols

Why would animals be painted so deep (50 ft deep) in the Lascaux Cave? (remember-- there would be no light here unless someone carried a torch) (answer with no fear)

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is love of beauty enough to explain why these images were painted? (long answer-- why were the caves of Lascaux painted)

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why were the caves of Lascaux painted? (use all previous answers as proof) (long answer--why were the caves of Lascaux painted)

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why would cavemen paint bulls and horses but not their main source of food-- reindeer? (long answer-- why were the caves of Lascaux painted)

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prehistoric

civilization that has not yet developed a written language

Paleolithic

literally means "Old Stone". Early phase of the stone age, lasting about 2.5 million years, when primitive stone implements were used.

Venus figurine

palm-sized Paleolithic sculptures of women with particularly "fertile" bodies. found all over Europe and considered one of the most widespread forms of Paleolithic art. (EX: Venus of Willendorf)


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