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Prehistoric Art: The Beginning. Neanderthal tool-making mentality gives way to the Cro-Magnon urge to make images. 600 cave paintings and 1500 engravings Discovered in 1940 by four teenagers, Marcel Ravisdat , Jacques Marsal , Georges Agnel and Simon Coencas . Lascaux Cave Paintings - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Prehistoric Art: The Beginning
Neanderthal tool-making mentality gives way to the Cro-Magnon urge to
make images.
Lascaux Cave Paintings30,000 – 24,000 BCE
600 cave paintings and 1500 engravingsDiscovered in 1940 by four teenagers, Marcel Ravisdat, Jacques Marsal, Georges Agnel and Simon Coencas.
Venus de Willendorf24,000–22,000 BCE (Before Common Era)
StonehengeWiltshire, U.K.
3,100 – 2,000 BCE
Megalith(greek) – large stone use to create a structure or monument
Trilithon – structure of 2 upright posts and lintel across
El CastilloYucatan, Mexico
900 – 1200 CE (Common Era)
Ziggurat – Structures built on a raised area
Ziggurat of UrIran
2,100 BCE
Easter Island Moai1,250 – 1,500 CE
Monolith: Single piece of rock placed as, or within, a monument (25 – 50 tons)Note: 1 ton = 2,000 lbs
Triskele Nautilus ShellJewelry
Fibonacci SpiralItalian mathematician
Spiral: a curve emanating from a central point moving farther away as it revolves around the pointHelix: a 3D Spiral
Pottery1800 BCE
Chevron: inverted V-shaped pattern (Greek)
RankInsignia
Newgrange1000 years older than Stonehenge
Architecture Everyday Art Logos
Ogee – a curve shaped somewhat like an S, consisting of 2 arcs that curve in opposite directions
A meander or meandros is a decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif.
Architecture Jewelry Fabric Modern Furniture
Greek Key – an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines.
Patterns Architecture Ancient Greek Art Modern Fabric