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

2 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.

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

4 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

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

6 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

7 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

8 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


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