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PALAEOLITHIC ART - Coggle Diagram
PALAEOLITHIC ART
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC
MAGDALENIAN
Outline of a weasel at Niaux Cave (Reseau Clastres) c.13,000 BCE. One of the rarest animal figures in prehistoric cave painting
SOLUTREAN
Clashing Ibexes at Roc de Sers. Exceptional Paleolithic Carving from the Solutrean (17,200 BCE). Roc-de-Sers Cave.
GRAVETTIAN
The Venus of Moravany, made of mammoth tusk ivory
AURIGNACIAN
Red Sign, El Castillo Cave, Spain The smudged red disk under the hand stencils has been dated to 39,000 BCE. This makes it the earliest art of the Aurignacian period.
CHATELPERRONIAN
Large thick flakes/small blocks were used for cores, and were prepared with a crest over a long smooth surface. Using one or two striking points, long thin blades were detached.
PORTABLE ART
VENUS FIGURNES
A replica of the Gravettian Venus of Lespugue. The Gravettians produced a large number of Venus figurines
CARVINGS AND STATUETTES
The Venus of Willendorf is a 4.4-inch-tall figurine made from limestone discovered in Willendorf, Austria. It is believed to have been crafted between 30,000 and 25,000 BCE, making it one of the world's oldest known works of art.
PARIETAL ART
WALL ART
Cave painting of a bison head. Altamira cave main gallery.
Magdalenian parietal art c.15,000 BCE
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