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Prehistoric Art

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.

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Prehistoric Art

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  1. Prehistoric Art

  2. 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)

  3. Spotted Horse from Pech-Merle 22,000-15,000 BC

  4. Pech-Merle cave

  5. Altamira Cave, Altamira, Spain

  6. Left: Prehistoric Europe Right: Map of Lascaux, 15,000-13,000 BC

  7. Top: Map of LascauxBottom: Hall of the Bulls, Lascaux

  8. Man with bird’s head, rhinoceros, and disemboweled bison, Lascaux

  9. Left: Hall of the Bulls, LascauxRight: A Reindeer from Lascaux

  10. Left: Bison (femaleness) from Altamira 12,000-11,000 BC Right: Spotted Horse (Maleness) from Pech-Merle

  11. Right: “Chinese” Horse, and geometric symbol, Lascaux cave, France, c. 13,000 BC (14.1)

  12. 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)

  13. Left: “Venus” of Willendorf, side viewRight: “Venus” of Laussel, ca. 25,000-20,000 BC

  14. Left: Tower of JerichoRight: Skull with plaster features, from Jericho

  15. Left: Reconstruction of Catal Huyuk 6000-5900 BC Right: Goddess giving birth, 6500-5700 BC

  16. City with Volcanic Eruption in the Background

  17. Near Eastern Art

  18. Map of the Ancient Near East

  19. White temple and ziggurat, Uruk ca. 3200-3000 BCLeft: PlanRight: side view

  20. Ziggurat at Ur c. 2100 BC (modern reconstruction) (14.4)

  21. Left: Head of the Goddess Inanna, from UrukRight: Alabaster Vase (the “Warka Vase”) from Uruk Both 3500-3000 BC

  22. Left: Tell Asmar Figurines from the Abu Temple, ca. 2700 BCRight: close-up of face of one figurine

  23. Standard of Ur from Royal Cemetery c. 2600 BC (both sides)

  24. Bull-headed lyre, from Royal Cemetery at Ur c. 2600 BC

  25. Details of Bull-headed lyre

  26. Head of an Akkadian Ruler (perhaps Sargon I or his grandson Naram-Sin) from Nineveh c. 2250-2200 BC (14.6)

  27. Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, 2254-2218 BC

  28. Gudea, ruler of Sumer, c. 2100 BC

  29. Left: Plan of the Citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin Right: The Lamassu, c. 720-705 BC (14.7)

  30. City attacked with battering ram and archers pursuing enemies, from the Palace of King Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud

  31. Ashurbanipal II hunting Lions, Nineveh, c. 645-640 BC (14.8)

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