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