controversial because different people have different conjectures‚ but those mysteries will be cleared one day as more and more evidence is discovered. The cave paintings of Europe are interesting because of their special meaning. Altamira in Northern Spain‚ Lascaux and Chauvet in French are the typical representatives for European cave painting. Those paintings were drawn before 35‚000 years. They have three common characteristics for locations: “(1) in obviously inhabited rock shelters and cave
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-cave wall painting -chattel art -mobilary: figurings Characteristics -crude and unrefined -organic and of earth pigments Contents -bisons‚ horses -hunting‚ tribal wars -funeral scenes Important sites -Lascaux (35000BC)‚ France -Chauvet (33000BC)‚ France -Altamira (15000-10000BC)‚ Spain -Willendorf (25000-20000BC)‚ Austria -Wiltshire: Stonehenge (2000BC)‚ England -Cata Huyuk (1500BC)‚ Turkey Functions and purposes -ritual‚ ceremonial and magical AH1.2 (I) Early
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animals which would allow them to have more animals to feast on. Example: Chauvet‚ depicted horses and bears‚ panthers and mammoths and other animals. Included humans and handprints‚ grids and dots. Other examples included Pech-Merle‚ Altamira‚ and Lascaux. 2.
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The Beginnings of Civilization PREHISTORY • Absence of written records • Scientists rely on unwritten evidence Archaeologists-study places where prehistoric people lived Artifacts-objects shaped by human beings Fossils-human or animal bones and teeth Fossilized traces left in rocks by plants and animals Geologists- analyze fossils and the rocks in which they are found Chemists and Physicists-determines the age of the artifacts and other remains of the past THE SEARCH FOR KNOWLEDGE
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Study Guide For Midterm Slide Exam‚ ARTH10 03 Spring 2014 Below are the objects/images from your textbook for which you will be responsible on the midterm slide exam. All of the images and info on the midterm will come from this guide except for maybe a couple of extra credits that I will announce in class. There won’t be any tricks or additional material on the test. All illustration numbers on the study guide refer to the illustrations in the 14th edition of the Gardner’s text. From the art
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Man has used art to communicate and entertain since the beginning of time. In contemporary society‚ some of the most advanced and expressive from of art invades the blank walls of every city; street art. Perhaps‚ one of the most phenomenal street artists is the pseudonymous artist Banksy. Banksy is a world-renowned political activist who travels around the globe leaving behind a trail of graffiti artworks‚ portraying powerful political messages often with a satirical twist. Found in prominent public
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more colors are used in Lascaux‚ as well as a wider variety of angles (Lascaux has a horse in frontal view). The red ochre is consistent throughout both caves. The hand prints‚ both positives and negatives‚ seem entirely absent from Lascaux‚ while there are many more “symbolic” signs‚ such as the XIII‚ leading me to believe that they may have perhaps been a primitive form of descriptors or signatures. There appear to be a greater variety of animals in Chauvet than in Lascaux. While ibex‚ rhinos‚ felines
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There are many mysterious places in all nations that well-known all around world. Among those places‚ Lascaux Cave is famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings which is located in southwestern France. Researchers of the cave found it as 17300 years old. They primarily consist of images of large animals‚ most of which are known from fossil evidence to have lived in the area at the time. In 1979‚ Lascaux was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. This place is also known as “First color photos from
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The Cave of Lascaux and Cave Art Cave paintings might possibly be the oldest known form of communication that exists today. Cave paintings date back to a period of time called the Paleolithic Age. The Paleolithic Age took place from 40‚000 to 10‚000 B.C. Prehistoric Age is divided into three parts: Paleolithic being the earliest‚ Mesolithic being the middle at 10‚000 B.C. and Neolithic Age being the latest at 8‚000 B.C. During the Paleolithic Age it is believed that the cave paintings at Lascaux
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Introduction: The VR experience of a cave that’s located in Lascaux‚ which allowed people to be able to see inside the cave and it’s magic without going all the way to its location. The cave of Lascaux is a treasured monument to a past ancient culture‚ it had a historical and magical significance that’s was brought out by the painting of its culture. Just as importantly‚ however‚ it represents how humans relate to one another. The cave itself was lost shortly after the last ice age‚ and rediscovered
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