Art History: In the Beginning Final Exam Review

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Prehistoric art was “created in the period before the invention of formal _____, and when human populations were _____ across the world.”

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writing; migrating and expanding

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The earliest human artistic representations have been found in _____ from about _____

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Africa; c. 100,000 B.C.

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Lion Man is the oldest known representation of a being that does not exist in _____ form but symbolizes ideas about the _________.

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physical; supernatural

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What physical evidence suggests that Lion Man was passed around by humans and possibly rubbed as part of a religious ritual?

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The wear on Lion Man’s body

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What might the location of Lion Man in a cold, dark inner chamber of a cave suggest about its purpose?

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Lion Man was used during occasional rituals in the cave.

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The Venus of Willendorf’s _____ scale suggests that the carving was carried during daily nomadic travels in search for food.

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small

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Because emphasis is placed on parts of the anatomy associated with reproduction and child rearing, such as the breasts, the Venus of Willendorf is believed by some to be associated with ______.

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fertility

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In the Hall of Bulls found in Lascaux, France, cave paintings have been found of primarily what particular subject?

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Prehistoric wildlife

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What medium, or material, is primarily used in the paintings in the Hall of Bulls?

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Charcoal and ocher

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The priest, Henri Breuil, theorized that the paintings in the Hall of Bulls were created as rituals to help prehistoric people ________.

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have a successful hunt