Section 1: Art Before The Written Word

What changes occurred between the Paleolithic ('Old Stone Age') to the Neolithic ('New Stone Age') period?

Explain why calling a prehistoric figure a "woman" instead of "Venus" frees us to think about the object in new and different ways.

Refer to at least three works of art in explaining how Paleolithic works of art show an aesthetic sense.

What evidence is there that some megalithic monuments, such as Stonehenge, may have had a relationship to celestial events in the calendar?

Compare any prehistoric work to something that is created in present day.

Click here for a pretty good Prehistoric website: http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/s/stoneage.html

Artwork to remember
Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc	Hall of Bulls (Lascaux) - Cool website	Skara Brae (Scotland)
Tombs of Newgrange (Ireland)	Woman from Willendorf (Austria)	Cave Paintings (Altamira, Spain)	Woman from Brassempouy (France)