Prehistoric Western European Art

The Stone Age and Its Connection to Today’s Art

Paleolithic Age

Venus of LausselDordogne, France25,000-23,000 BC

Venus of Willendorf

25,000-21,000 BC Limestone 4 3/8 in. high

http://arthistoryresources.net/willendorf/willendorfdiscovery.html

Cave of Chauvet

Discovered in 1994 by three cave explorers.Contains over 300 wall paintings, engravings, Paleolithic bear

skeletons, and a bear’s skull set on a rock.Many images of rhinocerouses, large felines, and mammoths

The Lascaux Cave

Dordogne, France, c. 15,000-13,000 BC

“Chinese Horse”

http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/index.php?lng=en - /en/00.xml

Stonehenge-Constructed during Neolithic Age-Outer circle is post and lintel construction-2800-1500 BC-Megalithic Structure-We still can’t identify its function

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVRtYdGzmxw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVRtYdGzmxw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGaqLT-gO4