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1
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When was art invented?

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25,000 years ago

2
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sculpture

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  • the old surviving sculptures were made from bone, ivory, stone, or antlers
  • they were engraved, carved in deep relief, or fully rounded three-dimensional sculptures
3
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cave painting

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  • first painting were made approximately 15,000 years ago

- archaeologists speculate that the artists created animal images to guarantee a successful hunt

4
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Where is Venus of Willendorf today?

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  • Museum of Natural History, Vienna
5
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Horse

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  • Cave Painting at Lascaux France

- c. 15,000-13,000 B.C.

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First Architecture

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  • began as early as 5,000 B.C.

- they took three basic forms: the dolmen, the menhir, and a cromlech

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Dolmen

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  • consists of large, vertical stones with a covering slab like a giant table
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Menhir

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  • single stone set
9
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Cromlech

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  • a circular arrangement of stones, such as Stonehenge
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Stonehenge: England’s First Rock Group

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  • was believed to either be the creation of giants or conjured by Merlin the Magician
  • it is an accurate astronomical calendar
  • there is a heel-stone marking where the sun rises in the East at the summer solstice
  • At Carnac, in the French province of Brittany, rows of megaliths stretch for several miles; they are believed to represent columns of Roman soldiers

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