Prehistoric Art

Prehistoric Europe and the Near East

Lascaux Caves 15,000 BC

Bull_ _ _ _ !

Bull

Hall of the Bulls,Lascaux, France,

ca. 15,000–13,000 BCE. Largest bull approx. 11’ 6” long

Paleolithic Art

Europe

Twisted Perspective

“Chinese Horse”, Lascaux Caves

Spotted horse & negative hand imprint,

Pech-Merle, France, ca. 22,000 BCE

Rhino, man, & disemboweled bison,

Lascaux, France, ca. 15,000–13,000 BCE

Narrative Art

“Venus of Willendorf” c. 25,000 BCE4 ½ inches high

Woman with a bison horn, Laussel, France,

c. 25,000–20,000 BCE. 1’ 6” high.

Sculpture in the round Relief Sculpture

“Venus of Willendorf” c. 25,000 BC

Clay

Reindeer horn

Medium

Mesolithic Art - Europe

Rock Shelter Paintings, Spain, c. 7000-4000 BCE

Rock Shelter Paintings, Spain, c. 7000-4000 BCE

Rhino, man, & disemboweled bison,

Lascaux, France, ca. 15,000–13,000 BCE

Neolithic Monumental Architecture Europe, 4000 BCE

1. Tombs

dolmen

post-and-lintel

Passage Grave, Newgrange, Ireland,

c. 3000 BCE

corbel vault

“Megalithic Architecture”

2. Ceremonial Structures

Carnac, France, c. 4000 BCE

menhir

Stonehenge, England, c. 2500 BCE

cromlech

Neolithic Art of the Near East

Jericho, Israel, c. 8000 BCE

The Oldest Settled Communities

Great stone tower built into the settlement wall, Jericho, ca. 8000–7000 BCE.

Catal Huyuk, Anatolia (Turkey), c. 7000 BCE

Rock Shelter Paintings, Spain, c. 7000-4000 BCE

Lascaux, France, ca. 15,000–13,000 BCE

Catal Huyuk, Anatolia (Turkey),

c. 7000 BCE

Seated Goddesses

Landscape with Volcanic Eruption, c. 6150 BCE