Vocabulary. 8.20.14Paleolithic- old, stone.Relief Sculpture- engaged holding onto something elseSculpture in the round- made sculptured object, finished on all sides and meant to be seen on all the sides. Naturalism- is a style of art that aims to depict the natural world as it appears, things that look like nature.Abstraction- reduced the detail.Megalith- really big stonePost and Lintel Construction-Chapter 1Pre-historic- before human documentation! We have to make assumptions and be detectives in this time. The Paleolithic Age (paleo; old; lithos; stone)Before we use medal objects. STONE!!!- Lower Paleolithic (2,000,000-100,000 B.C)- Middle Paleolithic (100,000-10,000 B.C)- Upper Paleolithic (40,000-10,000 B.C)Mesolithic (10,000-8000 B.C)Neolithic (8000-2000 B.C)100,000 B/C human form! We been around since 40,000 B.C Humans are able to understand abstractly! Human with Feline Head.GERMANYUPPER PALEOLITHIC (c. 30,000-28,000 B.C)Mammoth ivory. 11 5/8 inches high.Sculpture in the roundOne of the earliest sculptures!How do you think they made it?Labor intensive! Requires skill!This is rare material, large in size, but valuable.WHAT DOES IT REPRESENT?- Hybercreatures =Gods.- Something that is going to do something for them.- Sorcerer’s - Representation in a God.NaturalismTWO BISONFRANCEUPPER PALEOLITHIC (c. 13,000 B.C)Relief Sculpture! Clay. 23 inches long.ABSTRACTION – something in it that is reduced.- The beard and hair above the head on the bison’s.VENUS OF WILLENDORFAUSTRIAUPPER PALEOLITHIC (28,000-25,000 B.C)LIMESTONE, APPROX. 4 ¼ INCHES HIGH.Venus is God of sexual love.She has breast, and has a pubic triangle, her gender is very clear.She may or may not be pregnant. She doesn’t have a face.She’s over-sized flesh made.What are reduced are her face, feet, and arms. Supposed to see attributes to pregnancy in this sculpture. At the time what was required for pregnancy was weight and nutrition. - An idol or tool for young girls to know what is good and what to look for or what to aspire to.STONEHENGE (HANGING)Salisbury plain, Wiltshire ENGLANDNEOLITHIC (C. 2550-1600 B.C)Circle is 97’ in diameter each 24’