Prehistoric Art: The Beginning Neanderthal tool-making mentality gives way to the Cro-Magnon urge to make images.

Lascaux Cave Paintings 30,000 – 24,000 BCE 600 cave paintings and 1500 engravings Discovered in 1940 by four teenagers, Marcel Ravisdat, Jacques Marsal, Georges Agnel and Simon Coencas.

Venus de Willendorf 24,000–22,000 BCE (Before Common Era)

Stonehenge Wiltshire, 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

El Castillo Yucatan, Mexico 900 – 1200 CE (Common Era) Ziggurat – Structures built on a raised area Ziggurat of Ur Iran 2,100 BCE

Easter Island Moai 1,250 – 1,500 CE Monolith: Single piece of rock placed as, or within, a monument (25 – 50 tons) Note: 1 ton = 2,000 lbs

TriskeleNautilus Shell Jewelry Fibonacci Spiral Italian mathematician Spiral: a curve emanating from a central point moving farther away as it revolves around the point Helix: a 3D Spiral Pottery 1800 BCE Chevron: inverted V-shaped pattern (Greek) Rank Insignia Newgrange 1000 years older than Stonehenge Architecture Everyday ArtLogos

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. PatternsArchitectureAncient Greek ArtModern Fabric