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Prehistoric Art: The Beginning
Neanderthal tool-making mentality gives way to the Cro-Magnon urge to
make images.
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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.
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Venus de Willendorf24,000–22,000 BCE (Before Common Era)
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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
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El CastilloYucatan, Mexico
900 – 1200 CE (Common Era)
Ziggurat – Structures built on a raised area
Ziggurat of UrIran
2,100 BCE
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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
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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
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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