AP Art History Unit 1 vocab

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Old Stone Age: 40,000-8,000 BCE in Near East, 40,000-4,000 BCE in Europe; first sculptures and paintings.

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PALEOLITHIC

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Drawing lines that create an outline.

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CONTOUR LINES

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New Stone Age (8,000-3,000 BCE Near East; 4,000-2,000 BCE Europe) marked by polished stone weapons.

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NEOLITHIC

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Characteristics of the human form, but not human.

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ANTHROPOMORPHIC

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A pose combining multiple viewpoints in one representation.

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TWISTED PERSPECTIVE

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Method of construction with two posts supporting a horizontal beam

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POST AND LINTEL

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Period before written records

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PREHISTORY

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Ancient Chinese jade artifact, a tube with circular inner and square outer sections.

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CONG

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A large stone used in prehistoric construction.

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MEGALITH

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Sculpture where figures slightly project from the background.

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BAS RELIEF