Prehistoric Art

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Prehistoric Art
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Left Prehistoric EuropeRight Left section of
the Lion Panel, Chauvet Cave,Vallon Pont dArc,
Ardeche gorge, France, 31,000-21,000 BC (1.3)
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Spotted Horse from Pech-Merle 22,000-15,000 BC
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Pech-Merle cave
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Altamira Cave, Altamira, Spain
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Left Prehistoric Europe Right Map of Lascaux,
15,000-13,000 BC
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Top Map of LascauxBottom Hall of the Bulls,
Lascaux
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Man with birds head, rhinoceros, and
disemboweled bison, Lascaux
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Left Hall of the Bulls, LascauxRight A
Reindeer from Lascaux
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Left Bison (femaleness) from Altamira
12,000-11,000 BC Right Spotted Horse (Maleness)
from Pech-Merle
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Right Chinese Horse, and geometric symbol,
Lascaux cave, France, c. 13,000 BC (14.1)
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Left Bison Spear Thrower, La Madeleine, ca.
12,000 BCRight Venus of Willendorf, ca.
23,000 BC, limestone, height 4 3/8 in. (14.2)
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Left Venus of Willendorf, side viewRight
Venus of Laussel, ca. 25,000-20,000 BC
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Left Tower of JerichoRight Skull with plaster
features, from Jericho
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Left Reconstruction of Catal Huyuk 6000-5900 BC
Right Goddess giving birth, 6500-5700 BC
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City with Volcanic Eruption in the Background
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Near Eastern Art
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Map of the Ancient Near East
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White temple and ziggurat, Uruk ca. 3200-3000
BCLeft PlanRight side view
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Ziggurat at Ur c. 2100 BC (modern reconstruction)
(14.4)
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Left Head of the Goddess Inanna, from
UrukRight Alabaster Vase (the Warka Vase)
from Uruk Both 3500-3000 BC
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Left Tell Asmar Figurines from the Abu Temple,
ca. 2700 BCRight close-up of face of one
figurine
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Standard of Ur from Royal Cemetery c. 2600 BC
(both sides)
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Bull-headed lyre, from Royal Cemetery at Ur c.
2600 BC
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Details of Bull-headed lyre
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Head of an Akkadian Ruler (perhaps Sargon I or
his grandson Naram-Sin) from Nineveh c. 2250-2200
BC (14.6)
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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, 2254-2218 BC
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Gudea, ruler of Sumer, c. 2100 BC
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Left Plan of the Citadel of Sargon II, Dur
Sharrukin Right The Lamassu, c. 720-705 BC
(14.7)
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City attacked with battering ram and archers
pursuing enemies, from the Palace of King
Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud
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Ashurbanipal II hunting Lions, Nineveh, c.
645-640 BC (14.8)