Art Before History Ch 1 Flashcards

AACC History of Western Art 1

136663072	Animal Plaque, Appollo 11 Cave, 23,000 BCE		0
136663073	Human with Feline Head, Hohlenstein-Stadel, 30,000- 28,000 BCE		1
136663074	"Venus" of Willendorf, 28,000- 25,000 BCE		2
136663075	Woman with Bison Horn, Laussel, ca. 25,000- 20,000 BCE		3
136663076	Two Bison, Le Tuc d' Auboubert ca. 15,000- 10,000 BCE		4
136663077	Bison with turned head, La Madeleine, ca. 12,000 BCE		5
136663078	Hall of Bulls, Lascaux, 15,000- 13,000 BCE		6
136770733	Rhinoceros, wounded man, disemboweled bison, Lascaux, 15,000- 13,000 BCE		7
136770734	Deer Hunt, Catal Hoyuk, ca. 5750 BCE		8
136770735	Passage Grave, Newgrange, c. 3200- 2500 BCE		9
136770736	Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, ca. 2550- 1600 BCE		10
136770737	Paleolithic	The "old" stone age, during which humankind produced the first sculptures and paintings.	11
136770738	Neolithic	The "new" stone age.	12
136770739	Burin	A pointed tool used for engraving or incising.	13
136770740	Relief Sculpture	Figures projecting from a background of which they are part.	14
136770741	Mural	A wall painting	15
136770742	Megalith	Greek, "great stone." A large, roughly hewn stone used in the construction of monumental prehistoric structures.	16
136770743	Tumulus	Latin, "burial mound." In Etruscan architecture, tumuli cover one or more subterranean multi-chambered tombs cut out of the local tufa (limestone).	17
136770744	Corbelled Vault	A vault formed by the piling of stone blocks in horizontal courses, cantilevered inward until the two walls meet in an arch.	18
136770745	Post and Lintel	a system of construction in which two post support a lintel.	19