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Stonehenge

What is it?

Who built it?

Why?

Is it art?

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The Beginning: Prehistoric Art

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Paleolithic Period

The Paleolithic is a prehistoric era distinguished by the development of stone tools. It covers virtually all of humanity's time on Earth, extending from 2.5 million years ago to the introduction of agriculture around 10,000 BCE.

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The Earliest Art-i-fact

The Venus of Tan-Tan was found in Morocco. It is 6 centimeters long.

Dated between 300,000 and 500,000 BC.

Made from quartzite, it was painted with red ochre.

It was discovered in 1999, during an archaeological survey by Lutz Fiedler.

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Lascaux Caves

http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/

Lascaux is the setting of a complex of caves in southwestern France famous for its cave paintings. They contain some of the most well-known (Upper Paleolithic) art, dating back to somewhere between 15,000 and 13,000 BC. They consist mostly of realistic images of large animals.

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Mesolithic Period

The Mesolithic period is the time between the last glaciation (ca. 10,000 years BP) and beginning of the Neolithic (ca. 5000 years BP), when farming communities began to be established. During this period, humans hunted and fished, and began to learn how to domesticate animals and plants.

Such a large span of time involves quite a bit of variety, and the late Mesolithic hunters are now known to have developed pottery and a sedentary lifestyle.

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Mesolithic Art

The rich art of the Paleolithic is replaced by a Mesolithic art with many changes in style as well as meaning. Upper Paleolithic cave art depicts colored drawings and expressive features of animals. A full range of color is used. Mesolithic art in contrast is schematic; no realistic figures are present and only the color red is used.

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Neolithic PeriodThe Neolithic period, also called New Stone Age, began when men first developed agriculture and settled in permanent villages. It ended with the discovery of bronze. The prime medium of Neolithic art was pottery. Other important artistic expressions were statuary of the universally worshiped Mother Goddess and megalithic stone monuments such as Stonehenge.

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Stonehenge

One of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world.

Located in the English county of Wiltshire.

Archaeologists believe the standing stones were erected around 2200 BC.

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Review – Prehistoric Art

Three periods of Prehistoric Art.

Paleolithic Art – Cave Paintings, Venus figurines.

Mesolithic Art – Simple, no figures, only red used.

Neolithic Art – Figures, Pottery and Megaliths.

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What is art?

What is art?

What are the reasons to create art?

Are the Prehistoric sites and objects covered previously art or artifacts?

Site all your sources. Email your answers to: [email protected]

Write a paragraph describing the characteristics of art.

Write a paragraph listing the reasons for creating art.

Write a paragraph justifying your answer.

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Resources

http://archaeology.about.com/od/mterms/g/mesolithic.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge

http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/

http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/prehistoric/mesolithic.htm

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