Bison Reliefs Le Tuc d’Audoubert, France. c. 13,000 BCE. Unbaked clay, length 25″ (63.5 cm) and 24″ (60.9 cm). Recommended Reading My Modern Met 15,000-Year-Old Bison Sculptures Bradshaw Foundation Bison of Tuc d’Audoubert
Read MoreAltamira Cave Altamira, Spain. c. 12,5000 BCE. Paint on limestone. Recommended Reading My Modern Met 6 Incredible Facts about the Prehistoric Altamira Cave Paintings SmartHistory Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art in Spain Additional Material UNESCO World Heritage Centre Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain
Read MoreLascaux Cave Dordogne, France. c. 15,000 BCE. Paint on limestone. Recommended Reading Khan Academy Article Lascaux French Ministry of Culture Lascaux: Guided Tour Additional Material New York Times Lascaux: 360 View Bradshaw Foundation Lascaux Cave Paintings: An Introduction The Metropolitan Museum: Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History Lascaux
Read MoreChauvet Cave Vallon-Pont-d’Arc, Ardèche Gorge, France. c. 32,000-30,000 BCE. Paint on limestone. Recommended Reading The Metropolitan Museum: Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History Chauvet Cave The Met Chauvet Cave Additional Material Smithsonian.com Finally, the Beauty of France’s Chauvet Cave Makes its Grand Public Debut Chauvet Cave Paintings Could Depict a 37,000-Year-Old Volcanic Eruption New Timeline Zeros…
Read MoreWoman from Dolní Věstonice Moravia, Czech Republic. 34,000 BCE. Fired clay, 4 1/4 x 1 7/10″ (11 x 4.3 cm). Moravske Museum, Brno, Czech Republic. Recommended Reading Bradshaw Foundation The Art of the Ice Age Additional Material Realm of History 29,000-year old Venus of Dolní Věstonice, the oldest known ceramic artifact, reveals some of its…
Read MoreLion-Human From Hohlenstein-Stadel, German. c. 30,000-26,000 BCE. Mammoth ivory, height 11 5/8″ (29.6 cm). Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Germany. Recommended Readings The British Museum The Lion Man: An Ice Age Masterpiece Der Spiegel Online Is The Lion Man a Woman? British Museum Video
Read MoreIntro to Neolithic Art Khan Academy Articles The Neolithic Revolution Lumen Learning The Neolithic Revolution Selected Works from the Period Çatalhöyük Newgrange Stonehenge Neolithic Pottery Man and Woman from CernavodÃ
Read MoreIntro to Paleolithic Art Khan Academy Articles Paleolithic art, an introduction Paleolithic technology, culture, and art Selected Work from the Period Lion-Human Woman of Willendorf Woman from Dolní Věstonice Chauvet Cave Lascaux Cave Altamira Cave Bison Sculpture
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